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It appears that large administrative datasets correlate very poorly with validated questionnaire data, the gold standard for outcome assessment.

Combined male-/female-factor infertility in couples results in the highest costs for treatment compared to male-factor or female-factor infertility only.

Urologists say they average around 10 to 15 minutes with each patient.

In vitro evidence suggests that increasing the energy level more slowly could not only improve fragmentation but also minimize renal injury. But a controlled, randomized trial didn't corroborate that evidence.

Many commonly prescribed antibiotics may inhibit colonization of Oxalobacter formigenes, a bacterium that lowers the risk of calcium oxalate calculi.

If we are to accurately assess the potential advantages or disadvantages of any new technique or treatment, we must apply rigorous scientific standards and use validated instruments with comparisons to the contemporary gold standard.

Urologists respond to the FDA's ruling on dutasteride and finasteride.

With huge Medicare reimbursement cuts for physicians now off the table for this year, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has proposed a 1% increase for 2012 as a way of encouraging physicians to continue to treat Medicare patients.

Results of pathologic analysis of buccal mucosa used in first- and second-stage adult urethroplasty procedures shows it is a robust tissue for grafting.

The issues surrounding running a urology practice are much more complicated today, and having business/administrative knowledge as well as a medical degree may be one option that can help us through the labyrinth of medical practice.

When weighing the value and efficacy of two ablation technologies used in the treatment of BPH-holmium laser ablation and photoselective vaporization-surgeons should factor the size of the prostate into their deliberations.

The newest urology products and services from Endo Pharmaceuticals, UroMed, Hunter House Publishers, and Women Against Prostate Cancer.

Adding the no-calorie sweetener sucralose (Splenda) to a potassium citrate solution might improve patient compliance with citrate supplementation.

You cannot charge Medicare for the catheter when billing for a catheter insertion.

Novel backloading ureteroscopic biopsy forceps allow physicians to obtain larger specimens of upper tract lesions.

Evidence continues to accumulate that clomiphene citrate (Clomid), approved in the U.S. for the treatment of ovulatory dysfunction in women, may be an effective therapeutic option for men with hypogonadism.

A team of researchers from Italy has developed and refined a technique that widens and lengthens the penis in patients receiving prostheses for erectile dysfunction.

Radical prostatectomy provides effective local and distant disease control and is associated with minimal long-term disease-specific mortality, according to results from a retrospective review analyzing 30-year outcomes.

A recent study has shown that the alpha-1-selective alpha-blocker alfuzosin (Uroxatral) may improve symptoms of ejaculatory dysfunction.

In men with incontinence as a result of prostate surgery, one-on-one sessions by trained therapists do not produce any additional clinical benefit compared with standard management.

In this interview, Allan Pacey, BSc, PhD, discusses the World Health Organization's fifth edition of its reference values for human semen characteristics and other changes to the WHO reference manual and their impact on clinical practice.

Treatment with the androgen biosynthesis inhibitor abiraterone acetate improved survival by almost 4 months in men with castration-resistant prostate cancer that had progressed on docetaxel (Taxotere).

In vitro studies suggest that a solution of rifampin and gentamicin applied to the Titan inflatable penile prosthesis as part of a rigorous infection control protocol can significantly reduce the risks of infection by Staphylococcus epidermidis and Escherichia coli acquired during the implant procedure.

Traditionally, nephrolithiasis is considered more prevalent in males than females; a ratio of 3:1 has been described for this discrepancy. However, this gap appears to be narrowing, researchers say, and additional factors must be considered to further our understanding of stone risk.

Marketing to men can be particularly challenging for a medical practice, since the traits that men often aspire to embody-independence, virility, strength, control-can be the very things that keep them from seeing a doctor.

Urethroplasty for radiation-induced bulbomembranous urethral stricture is feasible, although the risk of postoperative urinary incontinence appears to be much higher in this population than in men with strictures unrelated to radiation therapy.

Given mounting pressures on Medicaid programs and new health insurance products, physicians must retain the flexibility to make their own business decisions and not be required to accept payments for their services that do not meet their costs.