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Water vapor thermal therapy for BPH sustains efficacy at 5 yearsThere were also no reports of sexual dysfunction related to device or procedure and no reported cases of sustained de novo erectile dysfunction at 5 years.
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Renal cell carcinoma treated with partial nephrectomy or enucleation produce equivalent resultsPatients with localized renal cell carcinoma treated with either partial nephrectomy or simple tumor enucleation have equivalent results in terms of local recurrence and cancer-specific survival after an estimated 10 years' follow-up.
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Blue light cystoscopy significantly decreases risk of recurrence in NMIBCThe investigators reported that “the risk of recurrence was significantly lower following BLC (HR=0.67, 95% CI: 0.51-0.89) than WLC.”
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Sense of urgency surrounds BCG shortageAs urologists maneuver through the third shortage of bacillus Calmette-Guérin during the past decade, there is a sense of urgency to find short- and long-term alternative treatments to the only FDA-approved BCG strain as a therapeutic agent for nonmuscle-invasive bladder cancer.
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Retiring from the operating room but not from life"The question of when a surgeon should retire has been the subject of debate for decades," writes Raj S. Pruthi, MD.
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Robotic ureteroscopy: The future of stone management?Advances in robotic URS will help target stones and reduce ionizing radiation.
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Merck releases iPhone apps for its manualsMerck & Co. has released iPhone applications for the professional and consumer editions of its Merck Manual.
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What you need to know about buying and selling a practiceThese tough economic times may give you pause if you're in the market to buy or sell a practice. But buying or selling at the right price at the right time could be the best investment you will ever make.
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Management of nocturia: An unmet need in LUTSIn this article, we review the underlying causes of nocturia and outline an approach to its diagnostic evaluation and treatment.
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Urologic care of the spinal cord injury patientThis article focuses on the potentially dangerous urinary tract factors seen in spinal cord injury patients, with an emphasis on early and continuous treatment.
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Use of prosthetic devices in urologic practiceThree areas in urology currently rely upon the use of prostheses: artificial urinary sphincter for urinary incontinence, penile prosthesis for erectile dysfunction, and testicular prosthesis for congenital or acquired absent testis.
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Use of prosthetic devices in urologic practiceThree areas in urology currently rely upon the use of prostheses: artificial urinary sphincter for urinary incontinence, penile prosthesis for erectile dysfunction, and testicular prosthesis for congenital or acquired absent testis.
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Majority of nocturia patients have nocturnal polyuriaDrs. Shlomo Raz and Ja-Hong Kim discuss recent advances in the treatment of stress incontinence.
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Letter: Anterior urethropexy offers excellent, low-risk option to mesh"Practicing medicine is difficult enough these days without doing things to enrich innovation-stifling lawyers," writes Jack Francis, MD.
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Dr. Shore on germline and somatic testing in prostate cancer"Then [we] also started looking at somatic testing, because if you only stop at germline testing, you miss another 50% of patients who would have somatic alterations who have resistant prostate cancer," says Neal D. Shore, MD, FACS.
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The USPSTF is putting men's lives at riskThe American Association of Clinical Urologists (AACU) rejects the USPSTF's complete disregard of the positive effect the PSA test has had on so many men in this country.
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'Gold standard' lithotripter wins clearance comparisonVarious aspects of shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) were the focus of several abstracts presented at the World Congress of Endourology & SWL here. Data from one U.S. group seemed to suggest, however, that SWL's "gold standard" offers better stone fragmentation and clearance than at least one newer device.
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Surprise billing regulation stuns providers, rejects congressional intent"The AACU joined 1 effort calling for the administration to remove the directive that arbiters anchor their determination to the qualifying payment amount, and instead let them consider all allowable information submitted by the parties to support their offer," says Ross E. Weber of the AACU.
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Preserve assets for heirs after second marriageA relatively simple technique called the spousal lifetime access trust has proven especially advantageous and popular among those who have remarried and want to provide for children from a prior marriage.
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A new credit card law could lead to higher fees for consumersRecent changes in credit card laws will likely affect everyone in ways both positive and negative.
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Adding a physician extender? Weigh these factors firstTo address the gap between the increasing number of urologic patients and decreasing number of urologists, some urology practices have to turned to physician extenders, also known as midlevel providers.
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Adding a physician extender? Weigh these factors firstTo address the gap between the increasing number of urologic patients and decreasing number of urologists, some urology practices have to turned to physician extenders, also known as midlevel providers.
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State advocacy: It starts with the grassrootsWith guidance from the American Association of Clinical Urologists, Inc., urologists have scored key grassroots victories in state legislatures across the country over the past year.
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Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: Recent technical modificationsSince the original description of the robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy technique in 2002, several technical modifications have been reported.
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Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: Recent technical modificationsSince the original description of the robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy technique in 2002, several technical modifications have been reported.
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New chemotherapeutic approaches in superficial bladder cancerAn overview of new agents and device-assisted therapies being investigated to improve outcomes for patients with superficial bladder cancer.
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Advice on using technology to enhance patient–physician communicationResearch has shown that follow-up text messages are more effective than telephone calls at reducing hospital readmissions or emergency department visits following hospital discharge.
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Laser vaginal rejuvenation: What urologists need to know"The world of laser vaginal rejuvenation is fast paced, with new companies adding a laser platform nearly each month," write Jessica DeLong, MD, and Jennifer Miles-Thomas, MD.
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Sealing devices show distinct advantages in studySeal strength tests on two laparoscopic instruments indicate that each offers separate advantages when sealing ureters and blood vessels, researchers reported at the World Congress of Endourology & SWL.
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Prostate specific antigen standardization: Making sense of the controversyEfforts to standardize PSA assays were undertaken a decade ago, but PSA standardization remains controversial.
