• Randomized controlled trial comparing three different modalities of lithotrites for intracorporeal lithotripsy in pcnl 

  York, Nadya E.; Borofsky, Michael S.; Chew, Ben H.; Dauw, Casey A.; Paterson, Ryan F.; Denstedt, John D.; Razvi, Hassan; Nadler, Robert B.; Humphreys, Mitchell R.; Preminger, Glenn M.; Nakada, Stephen Y.; Krambeck, Amy E.; Miller, Nicole L.; Terry, Colin; Rawlings, Lori D.; Lingeman, James E. (Liebert, 2017)

  Purpose: To compare the efficiency (stone fragmentation and removal time) and complications of three models of intracorporeal lithotripters in percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL). Materials and Methods: Prospective, ...
• Standardized Reporting of Microscopic Renal Tumor Margins: Introduction of the Renal Tumor Capsule Invasion Scoring System 

  Snarskis, Connor; Calaway, Adam C.; Wang, Lu; Gondim, Dibson; Hughes, Ian; Idrees, Mohammad; Kleithermes, Stephanie; Maniar, Viraj; Picken, Maria M.; Boris, Ronald S.; Gupta, Gopal N. (Elsevier, 2017-01)

  Purpose Renal tumor enucleation allows for maximal parenchymal preservation. Identifying pseudocapsule integrity is critically important in nephron sparing surgery by enucleation. Tumor invasion into and through the ...
• Evolving concepts of micropapillary variant urothelial carcinoma 

  Monn, M. Francesca; Cheng, Liang (AME, 2016-12)

  Micropapillary variant (MPV) urothelial carcinoma remains an uncommon, challenging to treat entity. Recent research has emerged that examines the genetic expression profile of MPV urothelial carcinoma and provides a new ...
• Papillary Ductal Plugging Is a Mechanism for Early Stone Retention in Brushite Stone Disease 

  Williams, James C., Jr.; Borofsky, Michael S.; Bledsoe, Sharon B.; Evan, Andrew P.; Coe, Fredric L.; Worcester, Elaine M.; Lingeman, James E. (Elsevier, 2017)

  Purpose Mechanisms of early stone retention in the kidney are under studied and poorly understood. To date attachment via Randall plaque is the only widely accepted theory in this regard, which is best described in ...
• Metabolic diagnosis and medical prevention of calcium nephrolithiasis and its systemic manifestations: a consensus statement 

  Gambaro, Giovanni; Croppi, Emanuele; Coe, Fredric; Lingeman, James; Moe, Orson; Worcester, Elen; Buchholz, Noor; Bushinsky, David; Curhan, Gary C.; Ferraro, Pietro Manuel; Fuster, Daniel; Goldfarb, David S.; Heilberg, Ita Pfeferman; Hess, Bernard; Lieske, John; Marangella, Martino; Milliner, Dawn; Preminger, Glen M.; Reis Santos, Jose’ Manuel; Sakhaee, Khashayar; Sarica, Kemal; Siener, Roswitha; Strazzullo, Pasquale; Williams, James C. (Springer-Verlag, 2016-12)

  BACKGROUND: Recently published guidelines on the medical management of renal stone disease did not address relevant topics in the field of idiopathic calcium nephrolithiasis, which are important also for clinical ...
• Predictive Nomogram for Recurrence following Surgery for Nonmetastatic Renal Cell Cancer with Tumor Thrombus 

  Abel, E. Jason; Masterson, Timothy A.; Karam, Jose A.; Master, Viraj A.; Margulis, Vitaly; Hutchinson, Ryan; Lorentz, C. Adam; Bloom, Evan; Bauman, Tyler M.; Wood, Christopher G.; Blute, Michael L., Jr. (Elsevier, 2017-10)

  Purpose Following surgery for nonmetastatic renal cell carcinoma with tumor thrombus the risk of recurrence is significant but variable among patients. The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a predictive ...
• A Usability Comparison of Laser Suction Handpieces for Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy 

  Dauw, Casey A.; Borofsky, Michael S.; York, Nadya; Lingeman, James E. (Liebert, 2016)

  Introduction: The holmium laser has revolutionized the practice of minimally invasive endoscopy for kidney stones. Recently, a novel, rigid handpiece for use in percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) that couples the holmium ...
• Same-Session Bilateral Ureteroscopy: Safety and Outcomes 

  Ingimarsson, Johann P.; Rivera, Marcelino; Knoedler, John J.; Krambeck, Amy E. (Elsevier, 2017)

  Objective To assess the complications and outcomes associated with same-session bilateral ureteroscopy in a tertiary referral center, as same-session bilateral ureteroscopy for stone disease has been critiqued for the ...
• Novel Use of Folate-Targeted Intraoperative Fluorescence, OTL38, in Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy: Report of the First Three Cases 

  Shum, Cheuk Fan; Bahler, Clinton D.; Low, Philip S.; Ratliff, Timothy L.; Kheyfets, Steven V.; Natarajan, Jay P.; Sandusky, George E.; Sundaram, Chandru P. (Mary Ann Liebert, 2016)

  Partial nephrectomy is now the preferred surgical option for small renal tumors because it allows nephron preservation without compromising oncologic clearance. Its outcomes depend on the surgeon's ability to continuously ...
• Long-term Health-related Quality of Life Outcomes Following Radical Cystectomy 

  Gellhaus, Paul T.; Cary, Clint; Zaimakliotis, Hristos Z.; Johnson, Cynthia S.; Weiner, Michael; Koch, Michael O.; Bihrle, Richard (Elsevier, 2017)

  Objective To evaluate the long-term (>5 years) health-related quality of life (HRQOL) outcomes following radical cystectomy, comparing Indiana pouch (IP), neobladder (NB), and ileal conduit (IC). Materials and ...
• The Worldwide Economic Impact of Neurogenic Bladder 

  Flack, Chandra; Powell, C.R. (Springer, 2015-12)

  Costs of neurogenic bladder vary widely and depend on a number of factors including severity of disease, symptomatology, patient insurance, and devices required. Recognition of how each treatment strategy will impact the ...
• Outcomes of Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate in the Re-Treatment Setting 

  Marien, Tracy; Kadihasanoglu, Mustafa; Tangpaitoon, Teerayut; York, Nadya; Blackburne, Andrew T.; Abdul-Muhsin, Haidar; Borofsky, Michael S.; Krambeck, Amy E.; Humphreys, Mitchell R.; Lingeman, James E.; Miller, Nicole L. (Elsevier, 2017-06)

  Purpose Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate can also be applied in the re-treatment setting when other benign prostatic hyperplasia therapies fail. We compared outcomes in men who underwent holmium laser enucleation ...
• Getting Out of a PCCL: Percutaneous Cholecystolithotomy as a Salvage Treatment Option for Gallstone Removal in Patients Deemed Unfit for Standard Surgical Approaches 

  Calaway, Adam C.; Borofsky, Michael S.; Dauw, Casey A.; Lingeman, James E. (Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 2016-02-01)

  Definitive management of acute cholecystitis or symptomatic cholelithiasis in exceedingly high-risk patients remains a clinical dilemma. In certain cases, treatment through a percutaneous approach following standard ...
• Transgluteal CT-Guided Percutaneous Renal Access for Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy in a Pelvic Horseshoe Kidney 

  Mullins, Ryan J.; Dauw, Casey A.; Borofsky, Michael S.; York, Nadya; Patel, Aashish A.; Lingeman, James E. (Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 2015-10-01)

  CT-guided percutaneous renal access has been described as a safe and effective access technique in patients with complex anatomy, including ectopic kidney, retrorenal colon, spinal dysraphism, hepatomegaly, and splenomegaly. ...
• Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy in the Superobese: A Comparison of Outcomes Based on Body Mass Index 

  Dauw, Casey A.; Borofsky, Michael S.; York, Nadya; Lingeman, James E. (Liebert, 2016)

  Introduction: Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) is considered the gold standard for treatment of large renal calculi. Although several investigators have examined the feasibility and outcomes associated with PCNL in obese ...
• A Proposed Grading System to Standardize the Description of Renal Papillary Appearance at the Time of Endoscopy in Patients with Nephrolithiasis 

  Borofsky, Michael S.; Paonessa, Jessica E.; Evan, Andrew P.; Williams, James C. Jr.; Coe, Fredric L.; Worcester, Elaine M.; Lingeman, James E. (Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 2016-01)

  BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The appearance of the renal papillae in patients with nephrolithiasis can be quite variable and can range from entirely healthy to markedly diseased. The implications of such findings remain ...
• Use of the cell cycle progression (CCP) score for predicting systemic disease and response to radiation of biochemical recurrence 

  Koch, Michael O.; Cho, Jane S.; Kaimakliotis, Hristos Z.; Cheng, Liang; Sangale, Zaina; Brawer, Michael; Welbourn, William; Reid, Julia; Stone, Steven (IOS, 2016-07)

  BACKGROUND: Determining the optimal treatment for biochemical recurrence (BCR) after radical prostatectomy (RP) is challenging. OBJECTIVE: We evaluated the ability of CCP score (a prognostic RNA expression signature) ...
• An Universal Packaging Technique for Low-Drift Implantable Pressure Sensors 

  Kim, Albert; Powell, Charles R.; Ziaie, Babak (Springer, 2016-04)

  Monitoring bodily pressures provide valuable diagnostic and prognostic information. In particular, long-term measurement through implantable sensors is highly desirable in situations where percutaneous access can be ...
• Robotic versus Open Prostatectomy: End of the Controversy 

  Koch, Michael O. (Elsevier, 2016-07)
• A Parallel Randomized Clinical Trial Examining the Return of Urinary Continence After Robot- Assisted Radical Prostatectomy with or without a Small Intestinal Submucosa Bladder Neck Sling 

  Bahler, Clinton D.; Sundaram, Chandru P.; Kella, Naveen; Lucas, Steven M.; Boger, Michelle A.; Gardner, Thomas A.; Koch, Michael O. (Elsevier, 2016-07)

  Purpose Urinary continence is a driver of quality of life after radical prostatectomy. In this study we evaluated the impact of a biological bladder neck sling on the return of urinary continence after robot-assisted ...

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