Conservative Management of Lichen Sclerosus Male Urethral Strictures: A Multi-Institutional Experience.

Objective: To assess the outcomes and safety of conservative management of lichen sclerosus urethral stricture disease (LS-USD).

Methods: This multi-institutional study included patients with LS-USD managed with endoscopic procedures or clean intermittent catheterization (CIC) regimens between 2005 and 2019. Those with an obliterative stricture, a history of prior urethral reconstruction, or <3 months follow-up was excluded.

Minimally Invasive Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: Initial North American Experience.

The goal of this study is to evaluate the outcomes in a cohort of patients who underwent minimally invasive percutaneous nephrolithotomy (MIP) at a single institution from 2017 to 2019. Sixty patients at a single institution with two different surgeons underwent MIP from 2017 to 2019. The MIP technique uses a proprietary nephroscope with a "vacuum" technique for stone evacuation.

The Effect of Radiation Therapy on the Efficacy of Internal Urethrotomy With Intralesional Mitomycin C for Recurrent Vesicourethral Anastomotic Stenoses and Bladder Neck Contractures: A Multi-Institutional Experience.

Objective: To assess the efficacy, effect of radiotherapy, and complications of direct visual internal urethrotomy (DVIU) and intralesional mitomycin C (MMC) for recurrent bladder neck contracture/vesicourethral anastomotic stenosis (BNC/VUAS).

Methods: Patients who underwent DVIU with intralesional MMC for recurrent BNC/VUAS between 2007 and 2019 at 2 institutions were included. Cold knife incisions were performed in a reproducible fashion followed by injection of 0.

Germline genetics in localized prostate cancer.

Purpose Of Review: To provide the reader an understanding of the importance and limitations of prostate cancer (PCa) screening, the heritable component of PCa and the role that germline genetic markers can play in risk-adapted screening and treatment.

Recent Findings: Despite strong science supporting the association of germline genetic change with PCa risk and outcome, there has been a reluctance to pursue practical application of these technologies. Recent findings suggest that actionable information may now be garnered from this form of testing, which can help men at risk for and with PCa.

Outpatient Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: The UC San Diego Health Experience.

Introduction: Outpatient percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) has been described for highly selected patients. We sought to assess the safety and feasibility of outpatient PCNL in a tertiary referral stone center without strict patient selection criteria.

Materials And Methods: We reviewed all PCNLs performed at our institution from September 2015 to October 2016.