AUA 2018 take-homes highlight guidelines, opioids, robotics
Three new clinical guidelines, potentially practice-changing advances in robotics and artificial intelligence, and research on hot-button public health issues such as opioid abuse were among many highlights of the AUA annual meeting in San Francisco.
Three new clinical guidelines, potentially practice-changing advances in robotics and artificial intelligence, and research on hot-button public health issues such as opioid abuse were among many highlights of the AUA annual meeting in San Francisco.
Despite being a day shorter than previous meetings, this year’s event felt no less packed with excellent science and a spirit of camaraderie among attendees. Health policy and practice management in a changing health care landscape, the impact of FDA actions on testosterone replacement and sling surgery, the pros and cons of prostate cancer screening and surveillance, and a new focus on care of transgender patients were also high-interest topics.
In this article, Urology Times recaps AUA 2018 with our report of the meeting’s annual take-home messages. Messages have been edited for space, and some topics are covered exclusively online.
Click on a topic below to view the take-home messages for that area, and check back for more topics that will be added soon.
AI chatbot responses lack readability, actionability regarding urologic cancers
September 1st 2023“Our findings show that AI chatbots provided accurate information with little misinformation. However, the information was provided at a college reading level and with little actionability," says Abdo E. Kabarriti, MD, FACS.
Dr. Richard Matulewicz discusses smoking cessation counseling and treatment among urologists
March 31st 2021“Because so many disease processes that we deal with are related to tobacco use and smoking specifically… I think this is absolutely our domain,” says Richard S. Matulewicz, MD, of tobacco cessation counseling and treatment.
