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Perirenal hematoma characteristics determined by computed tomography may be suggestive of the need for angiographic embolization in patients who present with blunt renal trauma, a study from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, suggests.

"I am optimistic about urology, regardless of what the president does."

The practicing urologist faces an increasingly common dilemma: How should I treat this incidentally discovered small renal mass?

Urology Times asked urologists around the country whether the ability of a dissatisfied patient to broadcast his discontent on the Internet has changed the way they deal with those patients and whether additional measures are needed to prevent those patients from trashing a physician's reputation online.

Second-look flexible nephroscopy after percutaneous nephrolithotomy is cost-effective only for patients who have larger residual stone fragments.

Rising temperatures associated with global warming may be accompanied by a significant, costly increase in the incidence of kidney stones. Climate change may increase stone incidence rates by up to 30% in some regions.

Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB), a popular form of weight reduction surgery for morbidly obese patients, significantly elevates the risk of kidney stone formation.

A small percentage of males born with cryptorchidism are more likely to have genetic mutations, including those for a syndrome that is a common genetic cause of infertility, according to a study by Italian researchers.

A new report from the nation's leading cancer organizations shows that, for the first time since the report was first issued in 1998, both incidence and death rates for all cancers combined are decreasing for both men and women, driven largely by declines in prostate, breast, and other common cancers.

Overactive bladder patients treated with solifenacin succinate (VESIcare) experience significant increases in warning time before having to urinate, according to a study published in the online edition of Urology.

Selenium may aid in the prevention of high-risk bladder cancer, according to a study by researchers from Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH. The news follows a less-encouraging report from the Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial (SELECT) showing that supplementation with selenium or vitamin E was not associated with a lower risk of prostate cancer.

Serial PSA screening may play a role in improving outcomes for patients who are diagnosed with prostate cancer, according to researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.

St. Luke's Hospital in Bethlehem, PA, will offer what it's calling a first-of-its-kind clinical guarantee on robot-assisted radical prostatectomies.

The FDA has accepted the new drug application for a 6-month formulation of triptorelin pamoate (Trelstar), a luteinizing hormone releasing hormone agonist for the palliative treatment of advanced prostate cancer, according to Watson Pharmaceuticals, the drug's manufacturer.

Use of a novel template-guided prostate biopsy system potentially produces a higher cancer detection rate and more accurate assessment of grade, according to an article in the British Journal of Urology (2008; 102:546-50).

A European phase III double-blind placebo controlled study of PSD502, a proprietary formulation of lidocaine and prilocaine for the treatment of premature ejaculation, has met its three co-primary endpoints of intra-vaginal ejaculation latency time (IELT) and index of premature ejaculation (IPE), Plethora Solutions Holdings PLC has announced.

"An analysis of randomized, controlled trials indicates that use of bevacizumab (Avastin) is associated with an increased risk of venous thromboembolism, researchers reported in JAMA (2008; 300:2277-85)."

"Inactivating the expression of GRP78, a specific biomarker for aggressive prostate cancer, appears to block its development in animal models, according to researchers from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles."

Surveys are an attempt to capture a snapshot of the present and predict the future. This holds true for the recent Urology Time State of the Specialty survey, a relatively small poll of practicing urologists.

Sexual function improves in women after successful surgery for stress urinary incontinence whether they undergo a sling procedure or Burch colpopsuspension.

In this interview, Mark S. Litwin, MD, MPH discusses the NIDDK-funded Urologic Diseases in America (UDA) project, which is now in its second phase.

Declining reimbursement remains urologists' number one concern, ahead of increasing overhead, increasing government regulations, and other issues, according to the 2008 Urology Times State of the Specialty Survey

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With a new Congress powered by Democrats and a new Democratic president, sweeping actions affecting health care policy and, particularly, Medicare can be expected in 2009.

Here are some smart steps physicians and managers can take to make performance reviews easier to conduct and more effective, ultimately paving the way for higher productivity.

The 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule was recently published, containing many important changes in reimbursement for urologists.

A wide range of anticholinergic medications used by women for the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms are associated with high discontinuation rates, according to research presented at the American Urogynecologic Society annual scientific meeting.

All successful physicians listen to their patients. Do you?