European Urology - Penile Transplantation?
Monday, 16 October 2006
Volume 50, Issue 4, Pages 664-665 (October 2006) Composite tissue allografts opened a new era of transplantation history. Hand allografts (1998) and, more recently, face allografts (2005) were the origin of a debate in the medical community and in society.
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Outcome of Kidneys in Patients Treated for Vesicoureteral Reflux (VUR) During Childhood
Friday, 06 October 2006
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - The primary concern for patients with vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) is the development of renal impairment and hypertension. The aim of this study was to evaluate adult patients treated for VUR during childhood in regards to renal function and blood pressure (BP).
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European Urology - Penile Transplantation?
Monday, 02 October 2006
Volume 50, Issue 4, Pages 664-665 (October 2006) Composite tissue allografts opened a new era of transplantation history. Hand allografts (1998) and, more recently, face allografts (2005) were the origin of a debate in the medical community and in society.
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European Urology - Reflections on a New Artificial Urinary Sphincter
Sunday, 24 September 2006
Volume 50, Issue 3, Pages 421-423 (September 2006) Before the early 1970s the treatment of urinary incontinence owing to intrinsic sphincteric deficiency, particularly in men with this problem after prostatectomy, posed a nearly insurmountable challenge.
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European Urology - Adherence to the Right Diagnostic Tools for Best Outcomes in Urethral Reconstructive Surgery
Monday, 11 September 2006
Volume 50, Issue 3, Pages 424-425 (September 2006)
Collecting the right preoperative clinical and radiologic investigations is pivotal to perform urethral reconstructive surgery and improve the short and long-term outcomes.
The term “urethral stricture” refers to different pathologies with regard to anatomy, etiology, pathology, radiology, and surgery, and urologists are used to including, in the urethral stricture category, different conditions such as lichen sclerosus, failed hypospadias repair, and pelvic trauma [1].
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Anastomotic Fibrous Ring as Cause of Stricture Recurrence after Bulbar Onlay Graft Urethroplasty
Thursday, 31 August 2006
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Buccal mucosa graft onlay urethroplasty represents one of the most widespread methods for repairing strictures in the bulbar urethra.
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Female Urethral Strictures Can Be Successfully Managed With Urethral Dilation and Long-Term Clean Intermittent Catheterization
Wednesday, 30 August 2006
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Drs. Smith, Ferlise and Rovner from Philadelphia, PA and Charleston, SC retrospectively reviewed their series of seven women with urethral strictures who were managed by urethral dilation followed by clean intermittent catheterization (CISC). These seven women had a mean age of 41 years (range 22-67).
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Review Examines Sex Differences and the Role of Sex Steroids in Renal Injury
Monday, 28 August 2006
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - There is growing evidence that males and females have differing abilities to tolerate renal injury. Sex differences in the incidence and progression of renal failure have been well documented.
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Dorsal Graft Urethroplasty for Female Urethral Stricture Examined
Wednesday, 23 August 2006
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Urethral strictures in females are uncommon, and current therapeutic options are mostly limited to repeat urethral dilations and internal urethrotomy.
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What is the Fate of the Leftover Bladder after Supravesical Diversion for Benign Disease?
Tuesday, 22 August 2006
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Ureteroileal cutaneous diversion was propagated by Bricker in 1950 for diversion after cystectomy for bladder cancer.
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Review Examines Urethral and Bladder Neck Injuries Associated with Pelvic Fracture in 25 Female Patients
Wednesday, 09 August 2006
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Trauma to the female urethra is a poorly understood entity that has been only sporadically reported in the literature. It is estimated to occur in 4.6% to 6% of all pelvic fractures in females. Long-term patient outcomes are unknown due to the lack of reports from large series.
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Two Experts Comment on Barbagli’s Review of the Repair of the Adult Hypospadias Failure
Thursday, 20 July 2006
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - A recent review article concerning the treatment of the adult hypospadias failure published in the May 2006 issue of European Urology by Guido Barbagli has generated editorial responses by two experts in the field of reconstructive urology.
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Review Examines Failed Hypospadias Repair Presenting in Adults
Wednesday, 19 July 2006
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Hypospadias is a congenital abnormality occurring in 1 of 300 live births with the current standard of care to repair the anomaly with a one-stage procedure in the first year of life on an outpatient basis.
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Laparoscopic Transvesical Urethrorectal Fistula Repair Described
Friday, 07 July 2006
Berkeley, CA (UroToday.com) - Urethrorectal fistulas are rare and usually arise from surgical complications or after radiotherapy.
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Review Examines Cost-Effectiveness Of DVIU Versus Urethroplasty For Short Bulbar Urethral Strictures
Wednesday, 05 July 2006
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Urethral stricture disease is an uncommon urologic disorder but carries significant morbidity. Direct vision urethrotomy (DVIU) is the procedure of choice for most urethral strictures in the United States. DVIU is an inexpensive, outpatient procedure with few complications and success rates of 39% to 73% have been reported for short strictures. DVIU has a low long-term success rate for longer strictures. Urethroplasty is the reference standard, but it is a complex operation requiring hospitalization, and many patients undergo multiple DVIU's before urethroplasty is considered. Urethroplasty is indicated for long, densely fibrotic strictures, but debate exists as to the optimal management of short strictures of the bulbar urethra.
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Urologic Trauma and Reconstruction 
