Costs of Health Registries: An Exploration for Health Services Research.

Health registries are an established methodology in health services research. Regarded as cheap bidder for observation studies in earlier times, many registries now benefit from an appropriate funding. However, reference figures for costs of registries in health services research are missing.

Real-world experience with the new pulsed solid-state Thulium: YAG laser (Thulio) for endoscopic enucleation of the prostate.

Purpose: The solid-state Thulium laser (Tm: YAG) is a novel alternative to the widely used Holmium laser for endoscopic enucleation of the prostate (EEP) due to its relatively high peak power. The aim of this study was to examine the efficacy and safety of a new pulsed Tm: YAG laser in its first application in humans.

Methods: Data were retrospectively collected for the first 103 patients who underwent EEP with a new pulsed solid-state Tm: YAG laser (Thulio, Dornier MedTech Systems GmbH, Weßling, Germany).

Personalized Surgical Management Offers Full Restitution and Unimpaired Quality of Life to Patients with Duplex Kidneys and Associated Pathologies: 30-year Follow-up at a Tertiary Referral Center.

Background: Duplex kidneys may be associated with additional pathologies with an indication for surgery. Various surgical approaches have been described. However, little is known about long-term outcomes and quality of life (QoL) for these patients.

[Report template from the German Society of Urology and the German Radiological Society for standardized, structured reporting of native computed tomography scans in the diagnosis of urinary stones].

Standardized structured radiological reporting (SSRB) has been promoted in recent years. The aims of SSRB include that reports be complete, clear, understandable, and stringent. Repetitions or superfluous content should be avoided.

Totally tubeless, tubeless, and tubed percutaneous nephrolithotomy for treating kidney stones.

Background: Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL) is the standard of care for removing large kidney stones (> 2 cm). Once the procedure is complete, different exiting strategies exist to manage the percutaneous tract opening, including placement of an external nephrostomy tube, placement of an internal ureteral stent, or no external or internal tube. The decision to place or not place a tube is handled differently among clinicians and may affect patient outcomes.