AUA 2011 - Hospital discharge trends for benign prostatic hyperplasia, 1998-2007 - Slide Presentation

WASHINGTON, DC USA (UroToday.com) - Presented by J. Kellogg Parsons, MD, MHS, Associate Professor of Surgery at the Moores UCSD Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Diego, CA.

AUA 2011 - Incidence of renal hemorrhage after extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy in comparison with three shock wave generators in 482 hospitals; Japanese diagnosis procedure combination database - Session Highlights

WASHINGTON, DC USA (UroToday.com) - Renal hemorrhage is a rare, but significant, complication of SWL.

AUA 2011 - Late breaking session: Prevention of BPH - Session Highlights

WASHINGTON, DC USA (UroToday.com) - During the AUA late breaking report on May 17, J. Kellogg Parsons, MD, reported findings from a seven year benign prostatic hyperplasia prevention study at the University of California San Diego.

AUA 2011 - Long term complications in men after radical prostatectomy who have early or late radiation - Session Highlights

WASHINGTON, DC USA (UroToday.com) - This presentation suggests that the timing of radiation therapy (XRT) after radical prostatectomy (RP) for prostate cancer (CaP) does not alter the incidences of complications such as urinary incontinence, bladder neck contracture (BNC) or urethral stricture (US).

AUA 2011 - Obstetric complications of ureteroscopy during pregnancy - Session Highlights

WASHINGTON, DC USA (UroToday.com) - With miniaturization of the modern ureterorenoscopes and more efficient and effective intracorporeal lithotripsy this treatment modality has gained acceptance for use in pregnant patients with obstructing, symptomatic urolithiasis.

 

 

AUA 2011 - Office based management of SUI in 2011 - Session Highlights

WASHINGTON, DC USA (UroToday.com) - Dr. Saad Juma opened by presenting trans-urethral radiofrequency (TURF) – the Renessa technique.

AUA 2011 - Panel discussion: Antimicrobial prophylaxis for genitourinary prosthetics - Session Highlights

WASHINGTON, DC USA (UroToday.com) - Lawrence Hakim noted that there are 30,000 GU prosthesis (IPP, AUS and slings) implanted each year.

AUA 2011 - Panel discussion: Recurrent UTIs in the female - Session Highlights

WASHINGTON, DC USA (UroToday.com) - Dr Toby Chai began the lecture noting that UTIs have a high prevalence in females.

AUA 2011 - Postoperative pain after pure and robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. A prospective randomized study - Session Highlights

WASHINGTON, DC USA (UroToday.com) - Despite many hospitals touting the application of robotic surgery to improve patient outcomes, there are few studies that compare minimally invasive techniques directly.

AUA 2011 - Previously developed systems-based biopsy model (Prostate Px+) identifies favorable-risk prostate cancer for men enrolled in an active surveillance program - Session Highlights

WASHINGTON, DC USA (UroToday.com) - Prognostic systems-based models using the patient’s own prostate needle biopsy (PNB) specimen can accurately identify active surveillance (AS) patients at risk for Gleason upgrading or requiring treatment while on protocol, according to Dr. Donovan of Aureon.

AUA 2011 - Renal and perirenal anatomy in the supine and prone position: implications for percutaneous stone treatment - Session Highlights

WASHINGTON, DC USA (UroToday.com) - Debate continues to reign as to the safety and efficacy of supine versus prone position PCNL.

AUA 2011 - The development of patient specific simulator for laparoscopic renal surgery - Session Highlights

WASHINGTON, DC USA (UroToday.com) - The research group from Japan first presented their initial work on a patient specific laparoscopic nephrectomy simulator at the 2009 AUA Annual Meeting (J Urol 2009; 181(4) Supplement: Abstract 2176).

AUA 2011 - The management of polycystic kidneys in renal transplantation concomitant or staged nephrectomy - Session Highlights

WASHINGTON, DC USA (UroToday.com) - Polycystic kidney (PK) disease occurs in a ratio of 1:1000.

AUA 2011 - Trends in surgical management of BPH - Session Highlights

WASHINGTON, DC USA (UroToday.com) - A 90 item questionnaire to assess surgical management of BPH was sent to urologists in the AUA database and the Veteran Health system;

AUA 2011 - Value of early confirmatory biopsies and centralized pathological review to select prostate cancer patients for active surveillance - Session Highlights

WASHINGTON, DC USA (UroToday.com) - A confirmatory biopsy (CB) for patients on active surveillance (AS) for low risk prostate cancer (CaP) will reclassify up to one-third of patients according to this presentation from France.

AUA 2011 - Whole genome microarray of the major pelvic ganglion after cavernous nerve injury: New insights into expression profiles after nerve injury - Session Highlights

WASHINGTON, DC USA (UroToday.com) -The authors used an animal model for a genomic expression profile to identify candidate genes reflecting physiologic events following cavernosal nerve injury.

AUA 2011 - Abiraterone acetate plus low-dose prednisone has a favorable safety profile, improves survival and produces PSA and radiographic responses in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer progressing after docetaxel-based chemotherapy: Result

WASHINGTON, DC USA (UroToday.com) - An update of COU-AA-301 by Dr. Fred Saad confirms the oncologic benefits and safety profile of Abiraterone acetate (AA) in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) post-docetaxel chemotherapy.

AUA 2011 - Regulatory role of miR-203 in prostate cancer progression and metastasis - Session Highlights

WASHINGTON, DC USA (UroToday.com) - A new mechanism to regulating prostate cancer metastasis was presented by this group from UCSF.

AUA 2011 - What is on the horizon in drug therapy for OAB? - Slide Presentation

WASHINGTON, DC USA (UroToday.com) - Presented by Karl-Erik Andersson, MD, PhD* at the American Urological Association (AUA) Annual Meeting - May 14 - 19, 2011 - Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC USA

AUA 2011 - New treatments present innovative approaches to painful bladder, chronic pelvic pain syndromes and interstitial cystitis - Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC USA (UroToday.com) - May 17, 2011 -

Drugs, devices show promise in providing relief for patients with debilitating bladder pain disorders