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This article provides an overview of the 2007 EAU-AUA Nephrolithiasis Guidelines.

This revised surgical approach uses a single suturing process that improves outcomes.

The nation is in the midst of a recession, and confidence in the economy continues to deteriorate. Many experts consider the health care industry to be more resilient than most, but how well a practice does depends on the decisions you make.

Today, targeted therapy is the first choice for most patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma, but some patients can still be reasonably treated with immunotherapy, according to study results presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology 33rd Congress.

In patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma treated with the novel compound pazopanib, tumor response could be correlated with several prognostic factors, investigators reported at the European Society for Medical Oncology 33rd Congress here.

Recent reports have suggested that single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) is technically feasible.

First-line treatment with a novel agent known as sagopilone yields a high response rate and substantial decline in PSA in men with androgen-independent prostate cancer, according to findings presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology 33rd Congress.

A majority of surgeons feel that laparoscopic training has had a positive effect on their current open surgical skills, according to research presented at the 2008 World Congress of Endourology & SWL.

While urology program directors are impressed with this year's group of residency interviewees, some flaws and some generational differences are evident.

Effective communication and documentation lessen the chances for claims and markedly improve the likelihood for successful defense of a claim.

The Worker, Retiree, and Employer Recovery Act of 2008, which was signed into law at the end of last year, has a dramatic positive impact on those who are subject to minimum distributions from their individual retirement accounts.

Most practicing physicians will have to deal with the medical malpractice industry at least once in their career despite their best efforts to employ standards of care and reasonable risk management.

Medicare will pay for services provided in the postoperative period if the services fall under these rules: "Treatment for postoperative complications that requires a return trip to the operating room (OR)."

There is a significant correlation between Comet assay results and the likelihood of pregnancy using ART.

The likelihood of successful sperm extraction may be higher at later stage sperm maturation arrest (MA), according to a study conducted by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston that was presented at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine annual meeting.

Injecting an immunofluorescent dye into the testes may eventually help clinicians locate individual sperm and improve the yield from microdissection testicular sperm extraction (mTESE), researchers from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, reported at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine annual meeting.

Baseline urinary continence status, based on a strict definition of no leakage or pad use, is predictive of improved return of continence following radical prostatectomy, according to University of Chicago researchers.

Seal 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.

Men who respond quickly to varicocele repair have a better chance of fathering children than men who take longer to respond do.

Fascial closure is an effective method to prevent port-site hernias, even when non-bladed trocars are used, according to a study presented at the World Congress of Endourology & SWL.

Researchers are trying to identify which oligospermic men will respond to the drug clomiphene citrate.

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Efforts to standardize PSA assays were undertaken a decade ago, but PSA standardization remains controversial.

An innovative technique for tubeless percutaneous nephrolithotomy is a viable alternative to stenting the ureter and placing a nephrostomy tube.

Various 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.

The World Congress of Endourology & SWL proved to be a fertile platform for technological advancements in ureteroscopy. Three studies in this area were particularly noteworthy.

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