Alicia Morgans: Hi, my name is Alicia Morgans and I’m a GU medical oncologist and Associate Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University. I am so excited to have here with me today a friend and colleague, Joaquin Mateo, who is a physician-scientist and medical oncologist, and the team leader for the Prostate Cancer Translational Research […]
To develop and evaluate an assessment tool for endourological skills during simulation including cystoscopy, ureteroscopy and transurethral resection procedures. We designed a Global Assessment of Urological Endoscopic Skills (GAUES) tool with a 9-point endourology task-specific skills and 2-point global rating skills.
To comprehensively evaluate the quality of patient-oriented mobile health applications (apps) available for the medical management of kidney stone disease (KSD). A systematic search was performed to identify apps from the Apple and Google Play app stores.
Although maintaining high fluid intake is an effective, low-risk intervention for the secondary prevention of urinary stone disease (USD), many stone patients do not increase their fluid intake. We describe the rationale and design of the Prevention of Urinary Stones with Hydration (PUSH) study, a randomized trial of a multi-component behavioral intervention program to increase […]
Obstructive pyelonephritis is a common urologic emergency that requires prompt decompression of the collecting system. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed patient flow and healthcare strategies at numerous emergency departments across Brazil with still unknown consequences for the population.
Urology has become more complex over the last decades with surgical sophisticated technologies such as endoscopy, laparoscopy and robotic surgery. As these minimally invasive methods gain popularity throughout the world, this has led in some countries to a serious training gap as compared to other countries, and between generations of surgeons within national training systems.
To review recent and relevant information regarding the use of high-power (HPL) and low-power (LPL) Holmium:YAG lasers (Ho:YAG) in retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) for lithotripsy. METHODS: A PubMed/Embase search was conducted and recent and relevant papers on Ho:YAG for RIRS were reviewed.
to evaluate the efficiency and usefulness of augmented reality (AR) technology using HoloLens glasses for laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (LPN). From July to December 2019, a total of 5 patients with localized kidney cancer (cT1aN0M0) underwent AR-assisted LRP.
Chromophobe carcinoma of the kidney is a rare pathological entity generally smaller and asymptomatic than other renal cell carcinomas and with a lower risk of metastatic disease. We describe a case of a giant renal chromophobe carcinoma successfully treated by laparoscopy.
Objective: To compare the surgical and early oncological outcomes in patients with bladder cancer who had laparoendoscopic single-site radical cystectomy (RC) or laparoscopic RC.
