Indocyanine Green (ICG) is frequently used during urologic robotic procedures and is generally considered to be safe. However, there are reported cases of severe complications from ICG when used for non-urologic purposes. We present the first case to our knowledge of anaphylactic shock in response to intravenous ICG during a robotic partial nephrectomy.

The term "afferent neurourology" is introduced to describe the study of sensory processing related to the genitourinary tract. Urologic disorders that are characterized by abnormal sensory processing are reviewed, and unique challenges to our understanding of these disorders are described. A paradigm which separates afferent urologic disorders from efferent disorders and structural abnormalitie...

Urologic trauma continues to be a dynamic and evolving subspecialty of urology. This is evident by the trauma papers published this past year. Highlights of the 2011 literature include a needed revision of renal trauma grading, increased use of large population-based datasets and multiple papers examining the use of angioembolization. Buckley and McAninch (1) revised the current American Associ...