Urology
Conference Coverage
Wireless neurostimulation safe for urge incontinence
More than three-quarters of the women who received the device responded to therapy at 1 year, and 84.6% of the patients showed improvement.
Latest News
Findings question value of pessary for pelvic organ prolapse
Women who were assigned to the pessary treatment were likely to cross over to a surgical intervention – more than 50% ended up having surgery.
Feature
Doc trains family physicians in vasectomy care
Requests for vasectomy consultations at the end of June – when the Dobbs decision was announced – came from men of all ages.
Conference Coverage
New ESC guidelines for cutting CV risk in noncardiac surgery
The guidelines, which aim to reduce cardiovascular complications from noncardiac surgery, introduce new concepts and recommendations, compared...
News
Mosquitoes and the vicious circle that’s gone viral
Plus: The battle against “Hamptons bladder,” the benefits of avocados, and the friendly way to follow your nose.
From the Journals
Add AFib to noncardiac surgery risk evaluation: New support
Preexisting atrial fibrillation should again be part of pre–noncardiac surgery cardiac risk assessment, argues a new report.
Conference Coverage
POISE-3 backs wider use of tranexamic acid in noncardiac surgery
The antifibrinolytic agent significantly reduced the risk for bleeding in a wide array of major noncardiac surgeries, suggesting an expanded role...
From the Journals
Surgeons successfully reattach testis after wrong-site surgery
“The take-home message is that microsurgery can be used to reattach an organ, in the case of a wrong-site surgery.”
Opinion
Detransition, baby: Examining factors leading to ‘detransitioning’ and regret in the transgender community
Comments about the finality of gender-affirmative procedures by cisgender people reveal a more deep-seated issue – general distrust of individual...
Latest News
Mistake: Doc does vasectomy instead of circumcision; patient sues; more
No expert testimony is needed to establish medical malpractice if the lack of care is so obvious that it’s within the comprehension of a layperson...
Feature
MDs doing wrong-site surgery: Why is it still happening?
“When they make a wrong-site error, usually the first thing they say is, ‘I never thought this would happen to me.’ ”