To review the literature regarding the use of penile ultrasound in the evaluation and management of Peyronie’s disease. A literature review was performed using PubMed from 1980 to 2018 using the keywords: Peyronie’s disease, ultrasound, sonography, calcification, penile fracture, and penile hematoma. Articles were reviewed for study size, image protocols, and findings. In addition, we […]
As more transgender patients undergo gender-affirming genital reconstructive surgery, such as vaginoplasty and phalloplasty, it is imperative for health care providers, including urologists, to understand the new anatomy and most common complications to diagnose and treat patients effectively. Although there have been several modifications to prior techniques as well as development of new techniques over […]
Penile inversion vaginoplasty is a technique of gender-affirming genital surgery that uses primarily genital skin to construct the vulva and neovagina for patients assigned male sex at birth. This article presents present the authors’ techniques and other contemporary techniques for this surgery, with particular attention to neovaginal canal construction, neoclitoral construction, and urethroplasty. The Urologic […]
Antioxidant supplementation in idiopathic male infertility has a beneficial effect on semen parameters. However, the molecular mechanism behind this effect has not been reported. The objective of this study was to evaluate the sperm proteome of idiopathic infertile men pre- and post-antioxidant supplementation. Idiopathic infertile men were provided with oral antioxidant supplementation once daily for […]
This study aimed to investigate the association between sperm quality assessed by routine semen analysis and sperm DNA integrity assay. In our cross-sectional study, a total of 318 men from the infertile couples were enrolled from December 2017 to March 2019 at the Hue Center for Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Vietnam. General characteristics and semen […]
To determine if self-administered transcutaneous tibial nerve stimulation (TTNS) is a feasible treatment option for neurogenic bladder among people with spinal cord injury (SCI) who utilize intermittent catheterization for bladder management. Four-week observational trial in chronic SCI subjects performing intermittent catheterization with incontinence episodes using TTNS at home daily for 30 minutes. Those using anticholinergic […]
Athens, Greece (UroToday.com) The multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) was formed from the need to have enhanced locoregional staging. The mpMRI is composed of 3 parameters: Anatomy – T2 weighted imaging Biology – Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) Vascularity – Dynamic enhanced contrast (DCE) The DCE is essential in local recurrence with high sensitivity. It has limited standardization with low […]
Athens, Greece (Urotoday.com) Dr. Leibovitch gave a detailed discussion on the surgical management of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) with inferior vena cava (IVC) tumor thrombus involvement. Venous tumor thrombus (VTT) occurs most often with clear cell RCC but can occur with multiple retroperitoneal tumors including urothelial carcinoma, germ cell tumor, adrenal tumors, metastases to kidneys, Wilm’s tumor […]
Video assessment is an emerging tool for understanding surgical technique. Patient outcomes after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) may be linked to technical aspects of the procedure. In an effort to refine surgical approaches and improve outcomes, we sought to understand technical variation for the key steps of RARP in a surgical collaborative.
To compare the oncological and functional outcomes of robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) and laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP). We compared patients who underwent the RARP (n=778) and LRP (n=48) techniques for prostate cancer between January 2008 and July 2017 in our clinic.
