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Q. Please discuss the scope of the problem of surgery-related musculoskeletal injury. Chrouser: There's the act of surgery itself, which is hard on people's bodies. And I think on top [...]

Early treatment intensification for patients with advanced and metastatic prostate cancer has been receiving a lot of attention based on results of new clinical trials demonstrating survival benefit as compared [...]

Racial and ethnic disparities were observed among patients undergoing pelvic organ prolapse (POP) surgery in the United States in regard to prevalence, patients' baseline characteristics, types of POP surgery performed, [...]

Q. I am a coder and have a question regarding the use of Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code 55650, billed during a laparoscopic robotic prostatectomy. I have one urologist who [...]

On August 22, 2007, a 70-year-old man presented to a urologist complaining of difficulty urinating, a weak urinary stream, and the sensation that he could not empty his bladder. A [...]

As new drugs and more advanced technologies have entered the veterinary world, the level of care that can be offered to companion animals has increased dramatically. Unfortunately, so have the [...]

Q. I was reading an article regarding different approaches to remove a previously placed ureteral stent and ran into a coding dilemma. One of our providers was performing a percutaneous [...]

On May 23, 2013, a 54-year-old man presented to a urologist with pain in his right testicle. An ultrasound showed damage to the testicle, including scarring and atrophy. Approximately 15 [...]

In my previous editorial, I recounted the advances we had made in the past 50 years in benign disease. (1) It also provided a good opportunity to reflect on conditions [...]

SAN FRANCISCO--Performing green laser enucleation of the prostate with a live audience does not result in more complications, researchers say. The finding could ease concerns about the live demonstrations of [...]

THE LATEST IN UROLOGIC SURGICAL TECHNIQUES AND OFFICE-BASED PROCEDURES The focus in global health in past decades has been on the management and prevention of communicable diseases. Successful organizations, including [...]

Step 1: Verification and localization of urethroliths Perform appropriate diagnostic procedures to localize the sites of urethrolith(s). Evaluate their number, size, radiodensity and surface characteristics. Since uroliths rarely form in [...]

A malpractice suit is an evolving, rather than static, process. Often, the primary allegation of negligence advanced by the patient becomes a secondary issue at trial. As a result, the [...]

Seattle--Findings from a retrospective review of patients undergoing single-stage bulbar urethroplasty with buccal mucosa suggest that neither dorsal nor ventral onlay of the graft is inherently superior. Researchers from the [...]

Ann Arbor, MI--Medical expulsive therapy for the initial management of uncomplicated acute renal colic, with eventual uretereoscopy if 111 needed, is associated with less resource utilization and lower 6-week costs [...]

Tengion, Inc. announced that it has successfully implanted the seventh patient in its ongoing phase I clinical trial of the Neo-Urinary Conduit, which is for use in bladder cancer patients [...]

Paris--Insertion of a ureteral access sheath during retrograde intra-renal surgery may induce severe ureteric injuries, according to a prospective analysis of 136 patients undergoing procedures using ureteral access sheaths. In [...]