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San Francisco, California (UroToday.com) Gordon Hong discussed how pre-operative estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) is used to help counsel patients prior to nephrectomy on post-operative risk of renal function decline and to help guide treatment decisions. They compared four eGFR equations – Cystatin-C based Hoek formula (Cys-C), Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD), Cockcroft-Gault (C-G), […]

San Francisco, CA (UroToday.com) — Dendreon Pharmaceuticals, a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company and pioneer in the development of immunotherapy, announced early completion of patient enrollment of its Phase 3 ProVent clinical trial. More than 450 subjects were randomized in the large-scale clinical trial, which is evaluating the effectiveness of sipuleucel-T (PROVENGE®) in reducing disease progression in men […]

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UroToday.com) Dr. Xiaoye Zhu and his colleagues assessed the capacity of intraoperative CT immediately after PCNL procedure completion as a protocol to more effectively determine whether or not patients were stone free. Dr. Zhu began by noting that fluoroscopy during PCNL may lead to an overestimation of stone-free rate (SFR). […]

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UroToday.com) Dr. Sarwar Noori Mahmood and his colleagues retrospectively assessed the safety and efficacy of renal stones treated by miniature percutaneous nephrolithotomy (mPCNL) in 134 pediatric patients below the age of 17 years-old at a single tertiary care center. Dr. Mahmood defined mPCNL as any procedure that uses a 20Fr access […]

San Francisco, California (UroToday.com) Ilias Aizat Sabri, MD, Malaysia Ministry of Health, Kelantan, Malaysia, described a trial to decrease pain during cystoscopy. Flexible cystoscopy is a common urological procedure. Various anesthetic techniques have been used to reduce pain but somehow some patients would still experience pain and discomfort. Hence, an alternative method such as music […]

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UroToday.com) Dr. Fabio Vicentini discussed the findings of his international multicenter, retrospective study that looked at the positioning of patients with horseshoe kidneys who underwent PCNL. To date, there have been no data comparing the prone versus supine positions. Prone positions have been typically employed due to cultural reasons. Dr. Vicentini […]