The Urology Applicant: An Analysis of Contemporary Urology Residency Candidates.

Objective: To better understand today's urology applicant.

Methods: All 2016 Urology Residency Match applicants to the study-participating institutions were provided a survey via email inquiring about their paths to urology, their career aspirations, how they evaluate a training program, and how they perceive residency programs evaluate them.

Results: Of a possible 468 applicants registered for the match, 346 applicants completed the survey.

The ureteroscope as a safety wire for ureteronephroscopy.

Background And Purpose: The recent technologic advances in the newer generation of flexible ureteroscopes have significantly enhanced the therapeutic and diagnostic efficacy of ureteroscopy. The purpose of our study was to assess ureteroscopy and lithotripsy of renal calculi without a safety wire, using the ureteroscope as the safety device.

Patients And Methods: Medical records for patients undergoing ureteroscopy by a single surgeon were retrospectively reviewed from December 2006 to December 2009.

Role of interleukins, IGF and stem cells in BPH.

The condition known as benign prostatic hyperplasia may be defined as a benign enlargement of the prostate gland resulting from a proliferation of both benign epithelial and stromal elements. It might also be defined clinically as a constellation of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTSs) in aging men. The purpose of this review is to consider the ways in which inflammatory cytokines belonging to the interleukin family, members of the IFG family, and stem cells may contribute to the development and progression of BPH-LUTS.

Urolithiasis in a rural Wisconsin population from 1992 to 2008: narrowing of the male-to-female ratio.

Purpose: Urolithiasis is a common disease with multiple etiologies and risk factors. Studies suggest an increased incidence in developed nations in recent decades as well as differential geographic incidence and prevalence rates, and differences between the genders. We updated urolithiasis epidemiological data by examining the incidence and prevalence rates in a stable rural Wisconsin population.