Address correspondence to Dr. Daniel Canter, Department of Surgical Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, 333 Cottman Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111 USA Transrectal implantation of electromagnetic transponders following radical prostatectomy for delivery of IMRT Daniel Canter, MD,1 Alexander Kutikov, MD,1 Eric M. Horwitz, MD,2 Richard E. Greenberg, MD1 1Department of Urologic Oncology, Fox Chase C...

The following year (1952), after Emerson had presented his account, Dr. God-frey's story of the beginnings of the AES were set forth before the Society. It was quite different, almost, in fact-a rebuttal. Even in the early 1920s, as an active health official, Godfrey had begun a crusade to convince public health workers around the country of the value of accurate, quantitative reporting of dise...

Address correspondence to Dr. Jack Barkin, Humber River Regional Hospital, 404-960 Lawrence Avenue West, Toronto, ON M6A 3B5 Canada UroLift system for relief of prostate obstruction under local anesthesia Jack Barkin, MD,1 Jonathan Giddens, MD,2 Peter Incze, MD,3 Richard Casey, MD,3 Stephen Richardson, MD,4 Steven Gange, MD4 1Humber River Regional Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontar...

T HE development of routine doublecontrast techniques for examining the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract has dramatically improved our ability to diagnose a variety of inflammatory and neoplastic diseases in the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum. Despite increasing acceptance of this technique, many radiologists still use conventional single-contrast radiography as the primary modality for exam...

Complaints of memory loss are frequent as one ages. Individuals worry about the presence of Alzheimer's disease, but the presence of other intact intellectual abilities is reassuring to these people. We do not know the cause of Alzheimer's disease. There are now 5.4 million confirmed cases in the United States. We know that the disease is an age-related, non-reversible brain disorder that devel...

Address correspondence to Dr. James A. Brown, University of Iowa, Department of Urology, 200 Hawkins Dr., 3 RCP, Iowa City, IA 52242-1089 USA Ureteroileal anastomotic strictures after a Bricker ileal conduit: 50 case assessment of the impact of conversion from a slit incision to a “shield shaped” ileotomy Marina Cheng, MD,1 Stephen W. Looney, MD,2 James A. Brown, MD1 1Division of Urology, Medic...

The management of post-prostatectomy erectile function has been debated since the nerve sparing radical prostatectomy was fi rst introduced. A number of penile rehabilitation protocols have been proposed with varying degrees of success and patient satisfaction. My management of postprostatectomy erectile dysfunction has evolved based on an honest and critical appraisal of the literature and my ...

Pancreatoduodenectomy is now the most fundamental operation for cancer of the pancreatic head. However, with the conventional operative procedure, the resection rate is low and long-term results are extremely poor. We introduced an extended radical Whipple operation in 1978 to improve surgical curability. Systemic dissection of extended lymph nodes and plexuses and en bloc resection of the port...

The biochemical diagnosis of male hypogonadism remains a controversial issue. The problem is compounded by the variety of laboratory assays available to measure serum testosterone (T) and the limited understanding, among clinicians, of their relative diagnostic validity. It is widely accepted that only the testosterone not bound to sex hormonebounding globulin is metabolically active. Therefore...