The 'Learning Curve' In Hypospadias Surgery
Wednesday, 12 April 2006
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - It has always been my opinion that successful hypospadias surgery is truly a reflection of surgeon experience.
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Development Of Laparoscopic Suturing Skills: A Prospective Trial
Friday, 07 April 2006
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Practice Does Make Perfect! These surgical education researchers have shown that 3, 30-minute training sessions per week were better than none at all, in acquiring the challenging skills of laparoscopic suturing and knot tying.
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Laparoscopic Pyeloureterostomy: Experience In Three Cases
Tuesday, 04 April 2006
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Surgery of duplicated systems is uncommon in the adult population and for this reason I thought this paper would be interesting for the pediatric forum.
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European Urology - Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy: A Critical Analysis of Surgical Quality
Monday, 03 April 2006
Objective: To review the literature and answer the question of whether the laparoscopic
approach meets the quality standards.
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Single-Center Experience Using Three Shockwave Lithotripters With Different Generator Designs In Management Of Urinary Calculi
Tuesday, 14 March 2006
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - The group from the Scottish Lithotriptor Centre provides an extensive and thoughtful retrospective analysis of their SWL experience with over 3000 patients undergoing lithotripsy for stones ≤ 1.5 cm, spanning nearly a 20 year period.
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Hemofiltration Prevents Contrast-Induced Nephropathy
Wednesday, 08 March 2006
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pre- and post-procedural hemofiltration appears to be the best means of preventing nephropathy caused by contrast medium administration in patients with chronic kidney disease, according to Italian researchers.
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Pulmonary Embolism Subgroup With High Fibrinolysis-Related risk Identified
Tuesday, 21 February 2006
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Cancer, hemodynamic instability, diabetes, or elevated international normalized ratio (INR) are independent predictors of major hemorrhage following fibrinolytic therapy for acute pulmonary embolism, researchers in Boston report.
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Sterile Disposable Sheath System For Flexible Cystoscopes
Friday, 03 February 2006
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - This report of a flexible cystoscope with disposable sterile sheath could revolutionize office cystoscopy by eliminating the need for messy, caustic, and expensive sterilization processes for office staff to perform.
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Serum Laboratory Values Following Uncomplicated Laparoscopic Urological Surgery
Wednesday, 25 January 2006
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - This study from the University of Texas Southwestern Group evaluated the common postoperative serum laboratory values in 50 patients undergoing uncomplicated urological laparoscopic surgery.
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Urological Intervention In Patients With Cystinuria Is Decreased With Medical Compliance
Wednesday, 18 January 2006
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - In another excellent article from the University of Wisconsin, the authors point out again the effectiveness of medical therapy for preventing recurrent cystine stone disease.
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Shock Wave Lithotripsy Success Determined By Skin-To-Stone Distance On Computed Tomography
Friday, 13 January 2006
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - The IVP is gone and with it all of the ancillary information one could use to try to determine whether a given stone, especially one in the lower pole, would be amenable to shock wave lithotripsy (SWL).
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Testicular Torsion May Recur After Fixation Procedure
Wednesday, 04 January 2006
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Treating testicular torsion with a fixation procedure, even one using a nonabsorbable suture, is no guarantee that the problem will not happen again, new research suggests.
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Long-Term Outcome Of Transcatheter Embolization Of Renal Angiomyolipomas Due To Tuberous Sclerosis Complex
Friday, 23 December 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Large (>4 cm) or clinically symptomatic angiomyolipomas (AML) are common in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC).
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Medical-Expulsive Therapy For Distal Ureterolithiasis: Randomized Prospective Study On Role Of Corticosteroids Used In Combination With Tamsulosin ? Simplified Treatment Regimen And Health-Related Quality Of Life
Tuesday, 20 December 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - The passage of ureteral calculi can be significantly improved by the administration of tamsulosin 0.4 mg daily.
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Comparison Of Second-Generation Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Devices For Surgeon Pain And Arm Circulation
Thursday, 15 December 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - All hand-assist devices (HAD) are not created equal.
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