Real-time indocyanine green angiography with the SPY fluorescence imaging platform decreases benign ureteroenteric strictures in urinary diversions performed during radical cystectomy.

Background: Ischemia is thought to contribute to benign ureteroenteric stricture (UES) after radical cystectomy with urinary diversion (RCUD). Our institution adopted the use of ureteral perfusion assessment during all RCUDs using real-time indocyanine green angiography using the SPY fluorescence imaging platform (Stryker Corp., Kalamazoo, MI, USA).

Renal hilar block predicts long-term success of renal auto-transplantation for loin pain hematuria syndrome.

Purpose: In patients with loin pain hematuria syndrome (LPHS), a response to percutaneous renal hilar blockade (RHB) and a multidisciplinary team (MDT) evaluation predicts patient's potential renal auto-transplantation (RAT) success.

Methods: A pain assessment was performed using a 0-10 numeric pain rating scale prior to a percutaneous RHB under CT guidance. If the pain score was reduced > 50% immediately after the RHB, patients were evaluated for RAT by a MDT.

Urinary Diversion for Severe Urinary Adverse Events of Prostate Radiation: Results from a Multi-Institutional Study.

Purpose: We evaluated the short and long-term surgical outcomes of urinary diversion done for urinary adverse events arising from prostate radiation therapy. We hypothesized that patient characteristics are associated with complications after urinary diversion.

Materials And Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort study of 100 men who underwent urinary diversion (urinary conduit or continent catheterizable pouch) due to urinary adverse events after prostate radiotherapy from 2007 to 2016 from 9 academic centers in the United States.