(UroToday.com) The annual Journal of Urology Lecture at the 2020 American Urologic Association (AUA) virtual annual meeting was provided this year by John Davis, MD, who discussed the use of the web and social media sources for educating physicians. Dr. Davis noted that the goals of an academic social media presence are to enhance the quality […]
(UroToday.com) In a plenary session at the American Urologic Association 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting this after, Peter Basch, MD, presented a state of the art lecture addressing the question of whether electronic medical records (EMR) have improved patient care.
(UroToday.com) In a plenary session at the American Urologic Association Virtual Annual Meeting, Dr. Seth Lerner moderated a session designed to answer the question of “What to do During BCG Shortage for High-Risk NMIBC Patients?.” Along with panelists Drs. Steve Boorjian, Ashish Kamat, James McKiernan, Chad Ritch, and Dr. Lerner explored a number of treatment options.
(UroToday.com) 12 core systematic prostate biopsy is the standard of care in the diagnosis of prostate cancer and has been for decades. It has a low sensitivity and specificity in detecting clinically significant cancer. They may only sample 0.04% of the gland,1 and it has difficulty reaching the anterior and apical regions of the prostate,2 […]
(UroToday.com) At the American Urological Association (AUA) 2020 Virtual annual meeting, Dr. Anne Schuckman discussed blue light cystoscopy for bladder cancer and several of her tips and tricks. Dr. Schuckman notes that there are over 75,000 new bladder cancer diagnoses per year, leading to more than 15,000 deaths. The prevalence of bladder cancer is >550,000 cases, […]
(UroToday.com) The guidelines for microhematuria were formulated by a multidisciplinary panel with representations from the American Urological Association (AUA), Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine & Urogenital Reconstruction (SUFU), and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), as well as Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN) patient advocate.
Urinary incontinence in women is the subject of multiple recommendations all over the world. The aim of our study was to compare methodologies and search for inconsistencies in texts and grades in these guidelines.
The question of whether SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus-2 [SARS-CoV-2], leading to the COVID-19 infection) can be harboured in the testes and/or semen is currently unanswered.
To evaluate the efficacy of 12-week pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) using bio-assisted surface electromyography (EMG) feedback in women with complex pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD); to further differentiate the effect of exercise adherence from the biofeedback per se; and to assess and compare the severities of overactive bladder (OAB) symptoms, stress urinary incontinence (SUI), and […]
Fungal prostatitis is exceedingly rare with mostly case reports. Electronic medical records at three medical centers were searched for cases of fungal prostatitis due to endemic mycoses and Cryptococcus over the preceding 10 years.
