BACKGROUND Mucormycosis, a cause of opportunistic infections in immunocompromised patients, is rarely identified in the penis. The literature often describes drastic surgical interventions or rapid patient demise, with scant mention of surgical management specifics. The objective of this report is to detail our experience with this unique infection and highlight the utility of intraoperative frozen margins during surgical management.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To evaluate the use, cost, postoperative urinary tract infection (UTI) rates, and complications of dextrose instillation during cystoscopy.
Methods: The medical records of patients who underwent cystoscopy during pelvic reconstructive surgery between June 2016 and June 2017 were reviewed. Patients were divided into two groups: patients who had one ampule of dextrose 50% (D50) directly instilled and patients who did not have D50 instilled during cystoscopy.