Bicycle-related genitourinary injuries
Urology · 2011
Presenting symptoms of anterior urethral stricture disease: a disease specific, patient reported questionnaire to measure outcomes
The Journal of urology · 2011
We evaluated the spectrum of symptoms in men with urethral stricture presenting for urethroplasty. We identified 214 men who underwent anterior urethroplasty by a single surgeon (CMG) from March 2001 to June 2010. We retrospectively reviewed the initial...
Screening urine analysis before bacille Calmette-Guérin instillation does not reduce the rate of infectious complications
BJU international · 2011
Study Type - Therapy (case series) Level of Evidence 4 What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Infectious complication is a risk of bacille Calmette-Guérin instillation. Urine analysis in asymptomatic patients has been used as a measure...
Simple modifications in operating room processes to reduce the times and costs associated with robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy
Journal of endourology · 2011
Robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALRP) is the most expensive, yet most common, surgical treatment for patients with prostate cancer. Furthermore, its popularity continues to grow despite the lack of evidence for functional and oncologic...
Pediatric testicular torsion epidemiology using a national database: incidence, risk of orchiectomy and possible measures toward improving the quality of care
The Journal of urology · 2011
Testicular torsion causes considerable morbidity in the pediatric population but the societal burden is poorly quantified. We determined the modern incidence of testicular torsion as well as the current rates of orchiectomy and attempted testicular...
Incidence and outcomes of ductal carcinoma of the prostate in the USA: analysis of data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program
BJU international · 2011
To use the national Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) cancer registry to describe the natural history, national incidence and treatment patterns for ductal prostate cancer (PCa) over the last 20 years, as the available literature on ductal...