Background. Long-term urologic complications after total hip arthroplasty are rare, and reports in the urologic literature are scant. We present a recent case and review the relevant literature. Case. A 77-year-old man was referred to the urology clinic for a single episode of gross painless hematuria, abnormal urine cytology, and pelvic mass. He had a significant smoking history. Surgical hist...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Cost in healthcare is an increasing and justifiable concern that impacts decisions about the introduction of new devices such as the da Vinci(®) surgical robot. Because equipment expenses represent only a portion of overall medical costs, we set out to make more specific cost comparisons between open and robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS We perf...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS(™)) skills curriculum has validity evidence supporting use for assessing laparoscopic skills for general surgeons. As charged by the American Urological Association (AUA) Laparoscopy, Robotic, and New Surgical Technology Committee, we sought to develop and validate a urology-specific FLS, referred to as the Basic Laparoscopic ...

Abstract Metoidioplasty consists of lengthening and straightening the hormonally hypertrophied clitoris. The goals procedure include masculinizing external genitalia enabling standing micturition. may be performed as a stand-alone or an interval prior to phalloplasty. While most often with urethral lengthening, metoidioplasty also “simple release” (i.e., without lengthening). Secondary procedur...

Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is a recently developed non-invasive technique for obtaining high resolution, cross-sectional images of human tissue. This work investigated the capability of OCT to differentiate the architectural morphology of urologic tissue with the long term aim of using OCT as an adjunct to endoscopic imaging and to improve the efficiency of interventional procedures suc...

OBJECTIVE We conducted a prospective study to assess the long-term results of complete surgery for low rectal endometriosis (LRE), paying particular attention to surgical complications, functional results, and disease recurrence after a follow-up of at least 5 years. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA Deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) may infiltrate the midlow rectum and lead to severe pelvic pain. ...