SUFU 2008 Winter Meeting - POD #10 - Description of a Salvage Technique in Patients with Previously Failed Continent Catheterizable Ileocecal Urinary Diversion
Wednesday, 07 May 2008
Introduction and Objectives: The etiology of incontinence varies greatly in patients with continent catheterizable urinary diversions (CCD).
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SUFU 2008 Winter Meeting - POD #11 - Trends in Stricture Management Among Male Medicare Beneficiaries: Underuse of Urethroplasty?
Wednesday, 07 May 2008
Introduction and Objectives: We sought to analyze trends in male urethral stricture management through the use of 1992-2001 Medicare claims data, and to determine whether some racial and ethnic groups bear a disproportionate burden of urethral stricture disease.
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SUFU 2008 Winter Meeting - POD #12 - Long Term Follow Up of Patients with Injury to Spinal Cord Sustained Prior to 1977: Retrospective Review
Wednesday, 07 May 2008
Introduction and Objectives: Our aim was to retrospectively analyze renal function and upper tract status of spinal cord injury (SCI) patients followed at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center with at least 30 years of follow-up.
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SUFU 2008 Winter Meeting - POD #28 - Is Obesity Truly a Risk Factor for Failure in Sling Surgery for Stress Incontinence in Women?
Wednesday, 07 May 2008
Introduction and Objectives: Obese women have been previously shown to have similar durable outcomes after undergoing pubovaginal slings (PVS) constructed from autologous rectus fascia (ARF), porcine dermis (PD), and polypropylene midurethral slings (PP).
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SUFU 2008 Winter Meeting - POD #29 - Managing the Urethra at the Time of Transvaginal Pelvic Organ Prolapse Repair: A Urodynamic Approach
Wednesday, 07 May 2008
Introduction and Objectives: At the time of surgical repair of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) the decision of whether or not to perform a simultaneous anti-incontinence procedure is one of much debate.
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SUFU 2008 Winter Meeting - POD #31 - Sensory Neural Changes are Present in the Lower Urinary Tract of Women After Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery
Wednesday, 07 May 2008 Introduction and Objectives: Changes in urinary tract sensation may be associated with symptoms and response to treatment.
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Features and Outcomes of Patients with Grade IV Renal Injury - Abstract
Wednesday, 07 May 2008 Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX, USA.
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UroToday Inc. Launches a Unique “No Cost” Online Open Access Journal Focused on Urology and Urologic Oncology
Tuesday, 06 May 2008
BERKELEY, CA, USA (Press Release) - UroToday International Journal® offers authors the ability to submit manuscripts for peer-review free of charge and readers access to full text articles free of charge.
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SUFU 2008 Winter Meeting - POS #MP2 - Incontinence and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery: Practice Patterns of Southeastern Section AUA Urologists
Monday, 05 May 2008 Introduction and Objectives:
Female pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD), including urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse, markedly affects health related quality of life with a prevalence that increases with age.
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SUFU 2008 Winter Meeting - POS #MP4 - Changes in Voiding Function after Anterior Compartment Repair and Pubovaginal Sling
Monday, 05 May 2008 Introduction and Objectives:
Frequently, patients with pelvic organ prolapse also present with some form of incontinence concomitantly.
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SUFU 2008 Winter Meeting - POS #MP7 - Preoperative Urodynamic Testing does not Predict Postoperative Voiding Dysfunction among Women Undergoing Surgery for SUI: Results from a Prospective Randomized Trial Comparing Burch Versus Sling
Monday, 05 May 2008 Introduction and Objectives:
Voiding dysfunction (VD) occurs in 2-20% of patients following surgery for stress urinary incontinence (SUI).
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SUFU 2008 Winter Meeting - POS #MP9 - Long Term Durability and Functional Outcomes among Patients with Artifical Urinary Sphincters: A 10 Year Retrospective Review from the University of Michigan
Monday, 05 May 2008 Introduction and Objectives:
The artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) continues to be one of the most effective surgical treatments for severe urinary incontinence.
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SUFU 2008 Winter Meeting - POS #MP10 - Artifical Urinary Sphincter vs. Male Perineal Sling for Treatment of Post Prostatectomy Incontinence: What do Patients Choose?
Monday, 05 May 2008 Introduction and Objectives:
Currently there are two surgical procedures to treat post prostatectomy stress incontinence (PPI), artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) and male sling (MS).
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Minimally Invasive Endovascular Techniques to Treat Acute Renal Hemorrhage - Abstract
Monday, 05 May 2008 Department of Urology, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
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Comparison of Blade Temperature Dynamics after Activation of Harmonic Ace Scalpel and the Ultracision Harmonic Scalpel LCS-K5
Thursday, 01 May 2008
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Not all harmonic shears are created equal - surgeon beware.
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