AUA Kidney Stone Guidelines Unveiled
At its annual meeting, the American Urological Association provided details of its first guidelines for the medical management of urolithiasis.
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RARP Surgical Volume Has No Effect on Quality of Life
Study compared surgeons who performed fewer than 100 robot-assisted radical prostatectomies with those who performed 100 or more.
Yachia Corporoplasty Offers Long-Term Peyronie’s Relief
Single-institution study finds most patients satisfied with the results and would have the surgery again.
CCH Injection Interval Flexible in Peyronie’s Patients
Allowing 1, 2, or 3 or more days between the first and second injection of collagenase clostridium histolyticum does not impact efficacy.
Maximal Tumor Diameter Predicts PSA Failure Risk
This parameter can identify prostate cancer patients for whom adjuvant radiation therapy after radical prostatectomy may be of no benefit.
Fluoroquinolone Resistance Ups Post-Biopsy Infection Risk
Detecting fluoroquinolone-resistant organisms may allow for targeted antibiotic prophylaxis and identification of men at risk for infection.
Shorter RCC Recurrence Time Ups Risk of Cancer-Specific Death
The risk of cancer-specific death at 1 year was 48% and 23% for patients whose disease recurred at 3 months and 3 years, respectively.
Salvage Prostate Surgery Effective for Some Men
Patients should be selected carefully because of a higher incidence of locally advanced disease and regional lymph node metastases.
Post-Brachytherapy PSA Bounce Linked to Sexual Activity
PSA bounce was associated with significantly higher scores on the International Index of Erectile Function-15 questionnaire.
TURP Better than PAE for Bladder Outlet Obstruction
Researchers compared transurethral resection of the prostate with prostate artery embolization in a randomized trial.
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