Prostate cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer in men and accounts for significant mortality and morbidity in the United States. Initially androgen-dependent, prostate cancer ultimately becomes androgen-independent, ...
Powell, Charles R.; Kim, Albert; Roth, Joshua; Byrd, James P.; Mohammad, Khalid; Khalid, Mouhamad; Alloosh, Mouhamad; Vittal, Ragini; Sturek, Michael(American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, 2020-10)
Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) has detrimental effects on the bladder, including detrusor underactivity. The progression and mechanism of disease are poorly understood. A swine model for diabetic bladder dysfunction (DBD) was ...
Introduction and Objectives Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) is a highly effective treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Technical advances and improved hemostatic properties of Holmium lasers ...
Nottingham, Charles U.; Assmus, Mark A.; Peters, Alexander W.; Large, Tim; Agarwal, Deepak K.; Rivera, Marcelino E.; Krambeck, Amy E.(Sage, 2021-02-22)
Background: Our aim was to compare microorganism detection between standard culture (Ctx) and next generation sequencing (NGS) in patients undergoing surgery for nephrolithiasis; we prospectively compared both urine and ...
Borofsky, Michael S.; Handa, Rajash K.; Evan, Andrew P.; Williams, James C., Jr.; Bledsoe, Sharon; Coe, Fredric L.; Worcester, Elaine M.; Lingeman, James E.(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 2020-02)
Introduction: There is evidence that patients with a history of ileostomies, who produce acidic urine and form uric acid or calcium oxalate stones, may plug some collecting ducts with calcium phosphate (CaP) and urate ...
Introduction: Parents who make decisions about hypospadias repair for their child may seek information from online platforms such as YouTube.
Objective: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the health literacy demand ...
Bahler, Clinton D.; Maniar, Viraj; Marley, Kristen N.; Kheyfets, Steven V.; Shum, Cheuk Fan; Sundaram, Chandru P.(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 2017-02-06)
Introduction and Objective: The folate receptor (FR) protein is upregulated in numerous epithelial malignancies while having limited expression on normal tissues. This overexpression of FR in renal-cell carcinoma (RCC) can ...
Borofsky, Michael Seth; Paonessa, Jessica E.; Evan, Andrew P.; Williams, James C.; Coe, Fredric L.; Worcester, Elaine M.; Lingeman, James E.(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 2015-12-03)
Introduction: An overlooked finding at the time of renal endoscopy for patients with nephrolithiasis is the appearance of the renal papillae. Recent work has demonstrated that it is possible to distinguish specific ...
Purpose: Robotic partial nephrectomies by their nature are associated with renal volume loss. Our goal from this study is to examine renal volume loss over time post partial nephrectomy. Materials and Methods: Fifty ...
Cresswell, Gregory M.; Wang, Bingbing; Kischuk, Erin M.; Broman, Meaghan M.; Alfar, Rami A.; Vickman, Renee E.; Dimitrov, Dimiter S.; Kularatne, Sumith A.; Sundaram, Chandru P.; Singhal, Sunil; Eruslanov, Evgeniy B.; Crist, Scott A.; Elzey, Bennett D.; Ratliff, Timothy L.; Low, Philip S.(AACR, 2021-02)
Although immunotherapies of tumors have demonstrated promise for altering the progression of malignancies, immunotherapies have been limited by an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME) that prevents infiltrating ...
Calaway, Adam C.; Kern, Sean Q.; Crook, David; Tong, Yan; Masterson, Timothy A.; Adra, Nabil; Einhorn, Lawrence H.; Foster, Richard S.; Cary, Clint(American Urological Association, 2021-12)
Purpose:
Presence of teratoma in the orchiectomy and residual retroperitoneal mass size are known predictors of finding teratoma during postchemotherapy retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (PC-RPLND). We sought to ...
Krishnan, Naveen K.; Zappia, Jason; Calaway, Adam C.; Nagle, Ramzy T.; Sundaram, Chandru P.; Boris, Ronald S.(Liebert, 2022-01)
Objective: To identify preoperative characteristics in patients with renal masses that influence operative time during robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) and evaluate the relationship between operative time and ...
Objective: To develop a structured and objective scoring tool for assessment of robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN): Scoring for Partial Nephrectomy (SPaN).
Materials and Methods:Content development: RAPN was ...
Szymanski, Konrad M.; Rink, Richard C.; Whittam, Benjamin; Hensel, Devon J.; Life with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Study Group(Elsevier, 2021-04)
Introduction
To assess opinions of females with CAH, and parents of females with CAH, about designating this population “intersex,” particularly in legislation about genital surgery during childhood.
Methods
We conducted ...
Lee, Matthew S.; Assmus, Mark A.; Agarwal, Deepak; Rivera, Marcelino E.; Large, Tim; Krambeck, Amy(Mary Ann Liebert, 2021)
Abstract
Background COVID-19 changed the practice of medicine in America. During the March 2020 lockdown, elective cases were cancelled to conserve hospital beds/resources resulting in financial losses for health systems ...
Lee, Matthew S.; Assmus, Mark A.; Cooley, Lauren; Li, Eric; Large, Tim; Krambeck, Amy(Mary Ann Liebert, 2021)
Introduction Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate (HoLEP) is a size-independent treatment option for the management of benign prostatic hypertrophy. While advancements in laser technology have led to clinical ...
Background
Little sexual health research has been conducted in gay men. Anecdotally, this population seems to experience more bother related to Peyronie's disease (PD).
Objectives
To examine the impact of PD on ...
Introduction:
Many parents who choose hypospadias repair for their son experience decisional conflict and regret. The utilization of a shared decision-making process may address the issue of decisional conflict and regret ...