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To evaluate the accuracy, readability, understandability, and actionability of Internet patient education materials (PEM) about transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy.A comprehensive Internet search was performed to find PEM with pre- or postbiopsy instructions. PEM that were duplicates, government affiliated, international, or video based were excluded. Biopsy instructions were evaluated for...
To evaluate if body mass index (BMI) ≥ 40 is associated with risk of postoperative complications, receipt of perioperative blood transfusion (PBT), length of hospital stay (LOS), perioperative death, or hospital readmission rate following renal mass surgery.After Institutional Review Board approval, comprehensive information was collected for patients treated with surgery for renal mass from 2000...
To review our 10-year experience with radiofrequency ablation, focusing on the outcomes for the incidental benign renal tumor. Tumor ablation is an alternative minimally invasive approach for the treatment of small renal masses (SRMs), with published series appropriately emphasizing the outcomes for the renal cell carcinoma subset of treated tumors. However, just as with partial nephrectomy, approximately...
To examine the potential for renal protection through incomplete renal artery (RA) occlusion with both assessments of creatinine changes and the use of hyperspectral imaging to monitor tissue oxygenation. Renal ischemia during partial nephrectomy can have adverse consequences on renal function.Fourteen pigs with a solitary kidney underwent open partial nephrectomy with warm ischemia. The RA flow was...
To define clinical scenarios in urology for which laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS) is indicated and likely to be successful. We report a series of LESS nephrectomies and compare patient characteristics with traditional laparoscopic nephrectomies performed during the same time period.We retrospectively reviewed all laparoscopic nephrectomies (conventional or LESS) performed by a single surgeon...
To study the potential pathologic effect of prolonged compression of abdominal wall between the components. Magnetic Anchoring and Guidance System (MAGS) instruments ameliorate some of the challenges in triangulation created by laparo-endoscopic single-site and natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery. They consist of an intracorporeal magnetic device coupled to an external hand-held magnet...
To report a retrospective series of proximal ureteral stone ureteroscopies (URS) by a single surgeon, using results presented in a recommended format from the American Urological Association Ureteral Stone Guideline panel, with an emphasis on outcomes related to obesity.A retrospective chart review of a single surgeon's 2-year URS experience was performed. Of the 55 ureteroscopies for proximal ureteral...
To develop peptide-coated iron oxide-based microparticles that selectively adhere to calcium stone fragments, thereby enabling magnetic manipulation of human stone fragments.In phase 1, human stone fragments were coated overnight with iron oxide-based microparticles. Groups of 10 coated stones (1.5-3 mm) were placed into a bladder simulator and removed cystoscopically with either an 8 Fr magnetic...
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