Optimizing outcomes in men with prostate cancer: the cardiovascular event lowering (CaELo) pathways.

Introduction: Risk of cardiovascular disease is higher among men with prostate cancer than men without, and prostate cancer treatments (especially those that are hormonally based) are associated with increased cardiovascular risk.

Materials And Methods: An 11-member panel of urologic, medical, and radiation oncologists (along with a men's health specialist and an endocrinologist/preventive cardiologist) met to discuss current practices and challenges in the management of cardiovascular risk in prostate cancer patients who are taking androgen deprivation therapies (ADT) including LHRH analogues, alone and in combination with androgen-targeted therapies (ATTs).

Results: The panel developed an assessment algorithm to categorize patients by risk and deploy a risk-adapted management strategy, in collaboration with other healthcare providers (the patient's healthcare "village"), with the goal of preventing as well as reducing cardiovascular events.

Telemedicine Utilization in the COVID-19 Era: Patterns of Care in Community Urology Practice.

Introduction: The acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted ambulatory care in the US, and in response telemedicine was adopted rapidly but unevenly across specialties and time. This study examines the utilization of telemedicine in the specialty of urology across a 3-year period (before, during, and after the onset of the pandemic) with the objective of describing patterns, costs, and trends in telemedicine utilization in the specialty.

Methods: The study data were drawn from the adjudicated claims of 1726 providers in 41 independent (privately owned) practices across the US from March 2019 to February 2022.

Technical and ethical considerations in telesurgery.

Telesurgery, a cutting-edge field at the intersection of medicine and technology, holds immense promise for enhancing surgical capabilities, extending medical care, and improving patient outcomes. In this scenario, this article explores the landscape of technical and ethical considerations that highlight the advancement and adoption of telesurgery. Network considerations are crucial for ensuring seamless and low-latency communication between remote surgeons and robotic systems, while technical challenges encompass system reliability, latency reduction, and the integration of emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and 5G networks.

Clinical applications of robotic surgery platforms: a comprehensive review.

Robotic surgery has expanded globally across various medical specialties since its inception more than 20 years ago. Accompanying this expansion were significant technological improvements, providing tremendous benefits to patients and allowing the surgeon to perform with more precision and accuracy. This review lists some of the different types of platforms available for use in various clinical applications.

Parent-adolescent coping with prolonged geopolitical conflict: A qualitative analysis focusing on distress and resilience.

Adolescents who were raised in conflict-ridden areas may face unique challenges that may also impact their transition to adulthood. We explored coping processes, distress symptoms, and resilience resources of late adolescents and their parents residing in Israeli communities bordering Gaza and exposed to ongoing conflict-related violence. We conducted in-depth interviews with late adolescents and one of their parents (n = 8 dyads, 16 individual interviews).