New recurrent UTI guideline: What urologists need to know
Oct 7, 2019 · New recurrent UTI guideline: What urologists need to know. The AUA/CUA/SUFU guide focuses on a combination of symptoms and positive cultures. Uncomplicated urinary tract infection is one of the most common indications for antimicrobial exposure in otherwise healthy women. In the past 20 years, antimicrobial resistance among uropathogens has ...
Shock wave therapy: ED cure or unproven treatment? - Urology …
Aug 6, 2019 · Low-intensity extracorporeal shock wave therapy is a safe treatment for men with erectile dysfunction and might work to improve, or even cure, ED in some patients. But there remain important unanswered questions, including which patients are ideal candidates and which protocol and devices are best. Without answers, offering the ED treatment ...
Dr. Elterman discusses Rezum and Aquablation for patients with BPH
Sep 10, 2021 · Dean Elterman, MD. At the 2021 American Urological Association annual meeting, Dean Elterman, MD, MSc, FRCSC, presented the studies “Rezūm water vapor therapy for large volume (≥80 mL) benign prostatic enlargement: large, multi-center cohort,” 1 and “Pooled analysis of bladder function post-Aquablation.” 2.
Dr. Winter highlights the benefits of vaginal estrogen - Urology …
Nov 9, 2023 · So, unlike your anticholinergics for overactive bladder, a low dose vaginal estrogen can address the root cause, can prevent UTIs, can prevent overactive bladder, and it doesn't cause dry mouth, constipation, potentially dementia, all this bad stuff. It's this incredible medication, and once you start using it and using it liberally in your ...
Long-term results of Rezum therapy for patients with large prostates
Dec 23, 2021 · So, the retreatment rate for our small prostate cohort was 4.4%, which is in line with the results demonstrated from the original WATER clinical trial, 3 which also had a retreatment rate of 4.4%. For our large prostate cohort, this subset of patients had a retreatment rate of 18.4%, so a little less than one in five patients required ...
Varicocele: Treatment indications and repair techniques - Urology …
Oct 1, 2017 · This article presents an overview of the pathophysiology of varicoceles and discusses indications for treatment, two primary repair techniques, and treatment outcomes. Varicocele is a pathologic enlargement of the testicular veins that is associated with impaired spermatogenesis and infertility. In fact, varicocele is the most common ...
Transgender surgery: Videos demonstrate cutting-edge techniques
Apr 6, 2017 · Transgender surgery: Videos demonstrate cutting-edge techniques. In these videos, expert surgeons demonstrate robot-assisted penile inversion vaginoplasty, single-stage metoidioplasty, and simple orchiectomy for transgender patients. Transgender surgery is a burgeoning field in urology and, with nearly 700,000 people in the United States alone ...
EpiSwitch Prostate Screening blood test launches on US market
Sep 26, 2023 · The EpiSwitch Prostate Screening (PSE) blood test has been clinically validated and is now available to men in the US who are being screened for prostate cancer, announced Oxford BioDynamics, the developer of the test, in a news release. 1. "It feels wholly appropriate that the early launch of the test coincides with Prostate Cancer Awareness ...
Expert discusses use prostate MRI with and without contrast
Mar 1, 2024 · In this video, Leonardo Kayat Bittencourt, MD, PhD, discusses mpMRI of the prostate. Bittencourt is vice chair of innovation in the department of radiology at UH Cleveland Medical Center, a radiologist in abdominal imaging at UH Cleveland Medical Center, associate professor of radiology at Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, and a member of the Cancer Imaging Program at Case ...
The Role of the ExoDx Prostate Test in Early Detection of Prostate …
Oct 26, 2021 · The ExoDx Prostate test returns a personalized risk score ranging from 0 to 100 to help assess a man’s risk for high-grade, clinically significant prostate cancer. 18 An EPI result below the cut-off point of 15.6 is associated with a lower likelihood of high-grade prostate cancer; on the other hand, an EPI result above the validated cut …