Editorial Commentary
Publication date: July 2018Source: Urology Practice, Volume 5, Issue 4Author(s): James Furr, Ash Bowen (Source: Urology Practice)
Source: Urology Practice - July 10, 2018 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: research
Editorial Commentary
Publication date: July 2018Source: Urology Practice, Volume 5, Issue 4Author(s): Daniel Liberman, Luc Valiquette (Source: Urology Practice)
Source: Urology Practice - July 10, 2018 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: research
Patient Portal Use in Pediatric Urology—Is it Meaningful Use for Everyone?
ConclusionsPrimary language and socioeconomic factors may be significant barriers to portal adoption. Patient education to reduce these barriers may increase portal acceptance and increase meaningfulness to the portal for patients/parents and providers. (Source: Urology Practice)
Source: Urology Practice - July 10, 2018 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: research
Editorial Commentary
Publication date: July 2018Source: Urology Practice, Volume 5, Issue 4Author(s): Lane S. Palmer (Source: Urology Practice)
Source: Urology Practice - July 10, 2018 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: research
Reply by Authors
Publication date: July 2018Source: Urology Practice, Volume 5, Issue 4Author(s): (Source: Urology Practice)
Source: Urology Practice - July 10, 2018 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: research
The Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome Clinical Picture: A Perspective from Patient Life Experience
ConclusionsThe biopsychosocial information provided by our patients will better inform the health care professional on how to develop personalized treatment strategies and also individualized patient directed outcomes independent of bladder pain and urination symptoms. (Source: Urology Practice)
Source: Urology Practice - July 10, 2018 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: research
Editorial Commentary
Publication date: July 2018Source: Urology Practice, Volume 5, Issue 4Author(s): Robert Moldwin (Source: Urology Practice)
Source: Urology Practice - July 10, 2018 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: research
Extended Experience with High Submuscular Placement of Urological Prosthetic Balloons and Reservoirs: Refined Technique for Optimal Outcomes
ConclusionsExperience with high submuscular placement of urological balloons and reservoirs confirms that it is safe and well tolerated. With refinements in technique the complication rates are similar in frequency to those with space of Retzius but appear to be minor in nature with negligible risk of visceral or vascular injury. (Source: Urology Practice)
Source: Urology Practice - July 10, 2018 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: research
Editorial Commentary
Publication date: July 2018Source: Urology Practice, Volume 5, Issue 4Author(s): Steven K. Wilson (Source: Urology Practice)
Source: Urology Practice - July 10, 2018 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: research
Burden of Disease for Urethral Stricture Managed by Repeat Endoscopic Treatment vs Single Endoscopic Treatment or Urethroplasty in the Veterans Affairs Population
ConclusionsIn the Veterans Health Administration system men who undergo repeated scheduled endoscopic treatments for urethral stricture may be at increased risk for emergent procedures, even if they eventually progress to urethroplasty, compared to men who undergo urethroplasty immediately after a failed endoscopic intervention. (Source: Urology Practice)
Source: Urology Practice - July 10, 2018 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: research
Editorial Commentary
Publication date: July 2018Source: Urology Practice, Volume 5, Issue 4Author(s): Elizabeth C. Wendel, K. Jeff Carney, Muta M. Issa (Source: Urology Practice)
Source: Urology Practice - July 10, 2018 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: research
The Promise and Disappointment of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Transurethral Resection for Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer: Updated Results and Long-Term Followup
ConclusionsLong-term followup shows a subset of patients achieving good outcomes while preserving the bladder. However, we also observed an inability to reliably identify this subset of patients given current clinical and pathological markers. Until we are able to achieve that goal, the safest oncologic approach remains neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by radical cystectomy. (Source: Urology Practice)
Source: Urology Practice - July 10, 2018 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: research
Editorial Commentary
Publication date: July 2018Source: Urology Practice, Volume 5, Issue 4Author(s): Jeffrey M. Holzbeierlein (Source: Urology Practice)
Source: Urology Practice - July 10, 2018 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: research
National Trends and Characteristics of Success in the Urology Match Process
ConclusionsUrology has remained a highly competitive specialty with a competitive match rate and increasing number of applicants. These data may guide future applicants in achieving desired professional goals. (Source: Urology Practice)
Source: Urology Practice - July 10, 2018 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: research
Editorial Commentary
Publication date: July 2018Source: Urology Practice, Volume 5, Issue 4Author(s): Kirsten L. Greene (Source: Urology Practice)
Source: Urology Practice - July 10, 2018 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: research
