Rates of Serious Surgical Errors in California and Plans to Prevent Recurrence.

Importance: Despite widespread recognition and known harms, serious surgical errors, known as surgical never events, endure. The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has developed an oversight system to capture never events and a platform for process improvement that has not yet been critically appraised.

Objectives: To examine surgical never events occurring in hospitals in California and summarize recommendations to prevent future events.

Novel measurement tool and model for aberrant urinary stream in 3D printed urethras derived from human tissue.

Background: An estimated 10% of male adults have split or dribbled stream leading to poor hygiene, embarrassment, and inconvenience. There is no current metric that measures male stream deviation.

Objective: To develop a novel method to measure spray in normal and abnormal anatomical conformations.

Characterizing voiding experiences of men choosing seated and standing positions.

Aims: Voiding positions and preferences in men are not well characterized. In this study, we aim to understand the interplay of voiding characteristics and their impact on voiding position.

Methods: We designed a 27-item survey to assess voiding characteristics and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) severity in men seen in urology and other outpatient clinics.

Endoscopic resection of the third ventricular epidermoid cysts: A case review and review of literature.

Background: Epidermoid cysts are benign, congenital lesions that originate from ectodermal cells, they are most commonly found in the cerebellopontine angle, but rarely in the ventricular system. There is limited literature regarding the different microsurgical techniques utilized to approach these lesions.

Methods: A 63-year-old female with a recurrent third ventricular epidermoid cyst underwent gross total resection utilizing an endoscopic technique.