Urology
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Pelvic floor dysfunction imaging: New guidelines provide recommendations
“These diseases do not choose an arbitrary side in the pelvis ... Instead, [they] affect the entire pelvis and require a multidisciplinary and...
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Pubovaginal sling during urethral diverticulectomy reduces stress incontinence
The reduction in stress urinary incontinence was significant, but it was associated with other adverse effects.
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Stress incontinence surgery found to improve sexual dysfunction
There were no significant differences between the four surgical treatments for stress urinary incontinence.
Commentary
Commentary: Should AVFs be ligated after kidney transplant?
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Clinical trial: Robotic or open radical cystectomy in treating patients with bladder cancer
Patients are eligible for the study if they are indicated for radical cystectomy, have Tis-T3 urothelial cancer, and meet surgical candidate...
Conference Coverage
Gap in care: Female patients with incontinence
LAS VEGAS –
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Risk factors identified for urinary retention after lap hernia repair
TEP is becoming a common approach to hernia repair.
Conference Coverage
Prostate cancer risk before age 55 higher for black men
SAN FRANCISCO – Efforts at identifying prostate cancer at an earlier age should consider black men as a high risk group.
Conference Coverage
Complete MUS mesh removal not linked to incontinence
SAN FRANCISCO – A retrospective analysis at a tertiary center suggests fear of incontinence should not prevent mesh removal.
Conference Coverage
Bladder cancer: Two chemoradiation therapy regimens on par for muscle-invasive disease
Primary results were comparable in the NRG/RTOG 0712 trial, but one regimen is more convenient.
Conference Coverage
Adjuvant chemo halves DFS events in upper-tract urothelial cancer
SAN FRANCISCO - Trial enrollment was stopped early, after a median follow-up of 19.3 months, because of efficacy of chemotherapy.