Transgender surgery: Videos demonstrate cutting-edge techniques
网页2017年4月6日 · Miroslav L. Djordjevic, MD, PhD, is professor of urology and surgery at the School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia. In this video, we demonstrate our technique and special considerations for orchiectomy in transgender patients. Principles include use of a vertical midline scrotal incision and maximal preservation of underlying ...
New recurrent UTI guideline: What urologists need to know
网页2019年10月7日 · The index patient is an otherwise healthy adult female with an uncomplicated, culture-proven recurrent UTI associated with acute-onset symptoms. Central to a diagnosis of UTI is the symptom of dysuria. Dysuria is a highly specific symptom, with more than 90% accuracy for UTI in young women …
Varicocele: Treatment indications and repair techniques - Urology …
网页2017年10月1日 · Article. 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 …
Shock wave therapy: ED cure or unproven treatment? - Urology …
网页2019年8月6日 · 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 ...
UroCuff makes it easier to assess bladder function in patients with …
网页2021年5月3日 · In an era of ever-increasing treatment options for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), the UroCuff test is useful for assessing bladder function in patients. Tobias S. Köhler, MD, MPH, discussed the UroCuff test in a presentation at the 2021 Society of Benign Prostate Disease Annual Meeting, which was held virtually in March.
Painless testicular swelling: What’s your diagnosis? - Urology Times
网页2015年11月5日 · Although hydroceles are typically idiopathic in origin, in older males, a hydrocele can occur as a result of injury/trauma, inflammation, or inguinal surgery. 1. Testicular hydrocele is the most common reason for painless scrotal swelling. It affects about 1% of men, mostly above the age of 40 years, and 4.7% of neonates. 1.
The Role of the ExoDx Prostate Test in Early Detection of Prostate …
网页2021年10月26日 · 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-off point of 15.6 is associated with an increased ...
Overactive bladder: Two drugs found better than one - Urology …
网页2015年6月15日 · A two-drug treatment regimen works better than monotherapy for incontinent overactive bladder patients, researchers reported at the AUA annual meeting in New Orleans. Related - PTNS for overactive bladder: Patient selection and technique. The beta-3 adrenergic agonist mirabegron (Myrbetriq) used as add-on therapy with the antimuscarinic drug ...
Testosterone levels show steady decrease among young US men
网页2020年7月3日 · Testosterone deficiency has a prevalence of 10%-40% among adult males, and 20% among AYA men aged 15-39 years, he added. Therefore, Lokeshwar and colleagues hypothesized that serum total testosterone levels will decline in AYA men. The investigators used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) from 1999 to 2016 ...
Long-term results of Rezum therapy for patients with large prostates
网页2021年12月23日 · 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 ...