Post-prosthesis infection data alter conventional thinking
March 29th 2019"The observations that penile prosthesis surgical infections occurring early are frequently associated with anaerobic bacterial organisms and that these infections overall comprise diverse pathogens including fungal organisms fundamentally alter conventional thinking related to this topic area," writes Arthur L. Burnett, II, MD, MBA.
Data reveal timeline of post-IPP infections
March 29th 2019Isolated anaerobic organisms appear to occur most rapidly on average when infections occur following surgical intervention with an inflatable penile prosthesis (IPP), according to data presented at the 2018 AUA annual meeting in San Francisco.
High paternal age may raise PCa rate
December 12th 2018The public health impact of increasing paternal age requires further investigation, and clinicians should discuss with their patients the potential impact older fathers may have on their children, according to researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA.
BPH procedures and med use: Two sides of a coin
November 14th 2018"When analyzing efficacy of minimally invasive/surgical therapies for lower urinary tract symptoms secondary to BPH, we appropriately focus on subjective criteria and objective criteria. While we discuss retreatment rates, we don’t measure failure of therapies by how many men restart LUTS/BPH medications," writes Steven A. Kaplan, MD.
Infertility/andrology: 78% cite inadequate exposure to subspecialty
July 23rd 2018A review of surgically acquired sperm for assisted reproductive technology and a multicenter study analyzing surgical sperm retrieval rates in men with non-mosaic Klinefelter’s syndrome undergoing micro-TESE were among other AUA 2018 take-homes in infertility/andrology.