Publications by authors named "Dennis D Venable"
Objectives: To construct a pre-biopsy predictive model incorporating several clinical variables, including African-American (AA) or Caucasian race, to predict the risk of prostate cancer detection on prostate biopsy, as traditionally AA men have had a higher incidence of prostate cancer than Caucasian men, but previous predictive tools for prostate cancer have not incorporated the effect of race.
Patients And Methods: We evaluated 9473 patients undergoing initial prostate biopsy at three equal-access healthcare institutes from 1993 to 2003. At each biopsy session, patient age, race, serum prostate-specific antigen level (PSA), digital rectal examination (DRE) findings, number of biopsy cores taken, year of biopsy, and pathological findings were recorded.
Objectives: To evaluate men with abnormal digital rectal examination (DRE) findings and a serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level less than 4.0 ng/mL who underwent prostate biopsy.
Methods: A total of 986 patients undergoing prostate biopsy were documented to have DRE findings suspicious for prostate cancer and a serum PSA level of less than 4.
Purpose: We evaluated men undergoing repeat prostate biopsies for persistently increased serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels to determine if race was a predictor of cancer detection.
Materials And Methods: Between July 1995 and June 2002, 401 men had undergone 2 or more transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsies at our institutions. Clinical information was gathered using our prostate biopsy database and retrospectively reviewed.
Objectives: We sought to evaluate the diagnosis and management of penetrating ureteral injuries at our trauma center.
Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the cases of 12 patients with ureteral injuries secondary to penetrating ureteral trauma.
Results: From January 1995 to December 2000, a total of 12 patients were diagnosed and treated for penetrating ureteral injuries.
Purpose: Traditionally black men undergoing radical prostatectomy have presented with higher serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels, Gleason grade and pathological stage compared to white men. We evaluated men undergoing radical prostatectomy at our institutions to determine if race was an independent predictor of neurovascular bundle resection and if racial differences existed with regard to clinical and pathological outcomes in men undergoing a nerve sparing procedure.
Materials And Methods: Between July 1995 and March 2000, 316 men underwent radical retropubic prostatectomy for clinically localized prostate cancer.
Purpose: We evaluated the prevalence and relationship of serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels in a screening population of men diagnosed with National Institutes of Health (NIH) category IV prostatitis.
Materials And Methods: In September of 2001, 300 men were randomly selected from our prostate cancer awareness screening program to be evaluated for NIH category IV prostatitis. After informed consent was obtained all patients completed the NIH prostate cancer awareness survey and had a serum sample obtained for PSA before examination.
Purpose: A procedure whereby reviewers are not informed of the author or institutional identity for submitted abstracts is sometimes considered a more equitable and impartial process for selection of the content for a scientific program. We performed a prospective randomized study to evaluate the impact of a reviewer blinding process on scientific program content.
Materials And Methods: A total of 234 abstracts submitted for presentation at the 2001 meeting of the Southeastern Section of the American Urological Association were distributed for review and grading to 42 reviewers who were randomly assigned to either a blinded or unblinded category.
Background: Squamous cell carcinoma of the penis is a rare malignancy in the United States, accounting for only 0.4% of all cancers in men.
Methods: From June 1975 to June 2000, 45 patients were diagnosed and treated for squamous cell carcinoma of the penis at our institution.
Granular cell tumors are soft tissue neoplasms that rarely involve the male external genitalia. Thus far, only 7 cases of granular cell tumor of the penis have been reported. We report a case of granular cell tumor of the penis in a man undergoing radical retropubic prostatectomy for organ-confined adenocarcinoma of the prostate.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: We evaluated men with documented chronic prostatitis and elevated serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) to determine whether treatment with antibiotics and anti-inflammatory drugs lowers serum PSA.
Materials And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the records of 95 men who presented with serum PSA greater than 4 ng./ml.