Urologic Surgery

The AUA Coding and Reimbursement Committee, American Academy of Pediatric Urology, urology fellows of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and members of the Pediatric Urology Coordinating Council of the Society of Pediatric Urology recently published a consensus document on suggested coding guidance for pediatric hypospadias repair.

This article provides a contemporary perspective on several aspects of hypospadias surgery, including preoperative counseling, use of androgen stimulation, and technical nuances for repair of routine midshaft-to-distal hypospadias, as well as more complex cases.

On his flight home from this year’s AUA, Henry Rosevear, MD, decided to write down a few valuable lessons he took away from his time in New Orleans.

This video describes a microsurgical, subinguinal, artery- and lymphatic-sparing technique of varicocelectomy.

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This video demonstrates a subinguinal microscopic varicocelectomy without delivery of the testis.

This video demonstrates a technique for single-port laparoscopic varicocelectomy using both transperitoneal and preperitoneal approaches.

A change in how stricture is managed in the U.S. is evident, both among young urologists and over time.

Products in the pipeline for prostate cancer, bladder cancer, and much more.

Other products featured include a spacer system to protect men undergoing PCa radiotherapy, a pelvic floor exercise app, and more.

To help you maximize your AUA experience, Urology Times’ editorial board and other thought leaders have pored over hundreds of abstracts to identify the key trends and can’t-miss research from this year’s meeting.

Christopher Amling, MD, describes strategies to reduce skeletal-related morbidity, including lifestyle changes, calcium and vitamin D supplementation, and pharmacologic therapy.

This video demonstrates one of the most simple and reliable urethroplasty techniques: excision and primary anastomosis of the urethra.

This video demonstrates creation of a definitive perineal urethrostomy for management of severe urethral strictures.

This video demonstrates buccal mucosa graft urethroplasty for lengthy bulbar urethral strictures that are not amenable to excision and primary anastomotic urethroplasty.

This video demonstrates a posterior urethroplasty for treatment of pelvic fracture urethral injury.

This article provides a real-world definition of refractory overactive bladder and its prevalence, then examines treatment options, with a focus on percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation as a noninvasive form of neuromodulation “for the masses.”

In this video, Edward Karpman, MD, shows how he performs microsurgical two-layer vasovasostomy to reconstruct the vas deferens after vasectomy.

In this video, Daniel H. Williams, IV, MD, demonstrates the use of microsurgical epididymovasostomy (two-suture intussusception technique) when no sperm are found in the testicular end of the vas deferens at the time of microsurgical reconstruction.

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Ureteroscopy is being increasingly used for surgical management of nephrolithiasis in pediatric patients, and that trend appears to be associated with cost benefits, a recent study indicates.

Other products discussed in this article include a prosthesis for underactive bladder, a prostate cancer test, and an erectile dysfunction drug.

This video demonstrates a wide-excision prostatectomy for patients with locally advanced, high-risk prostate cancer.

These videos depict a classic tennis racquet bladder neck reconstruction and mucosal eversion as popularized by Patrick Walsh, MD, for open prostatectomy, but used by relatively few surgeons for robotic prostatectomy.

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This video demonstrates the step-by-step process, including positioning, ventral phalloplasty, and a modified “no-touch” technique, utilized in the placement of an inflatable penile prosthesis.

These videos demonstrate the difference in anatomic approach between a single penoscrotal and double perineal/penoscrotal incision technique for simultaneous placement of the inflatable penile prosthesis and artificial urinary sphincter.

This video first demonstrates the ventral phalloplasty and then shows the placement of an inflatable penile prosthesis.

This video demonstrates a technique for placing an AMS Spectra penile prosthesis (American Medical Systems) using a subcoronal incision.

This video demonstrates a unique, retractor-less approach to penoscrotal placement of the AMS 700 penile prosthesis (American Medical Systems)