Genetic essentialism: The mediating role of essentialist biases on the relationship between genetic knowledge and the interpretations of genetic information.

Purpose: Genetic research, via the mainstream media, presents the public with novel, profound findings almost on a daily basis. However, it is not clear how much laypeople understand these presentations and how they integrate such new findings into their knowledge base. Genetic knowledge (GK), existing causal beliefs, and genetic essentialist tendencies (GET) have been implicated in such processes; the current study assesses the relationships between these elements and how brief presentations of media releases of scientific findings about genetics are consumed and affect the readers.

RENAL nephrometry score predicts surgery type independent of individual surgeon's use of nephron-sparing surgery.

Objective: To evaluate whether surgeon factors, such as training and experience, have a strong impact on selection of surgical approach for treating renal cancers. Nephron-sparing surgery (NSS) has become the reference standard for tumors that are amenable to such an approach. Tumor size and configuration are important predictors of usage of NSS.

Photoselective potassium-titanyl-phosphate laser vaporization of the benign obstructive prostate: observations on long-term outcomes.

Purpose: We present long-term observations on photoselective vaporization of the prostate in a prospectively studied cohort of men with obstructive benign prostatic hyperplasia.

Materials And Methods: Obstructive benign prostatic hyperplasia in 94 men was treated with transurethral near contact vaporization with potassium-titanyl-phosphate laser with the patient under general or spinal anesthesia. Baseline characteristics, perioperative data, postoperative outcomes and adverse events were recorded.

High power potassium-titanyl-phosphate laser vaporization prostatectomy.

Purpose: We prospectively studied a cumulative cohort of men with obstructive benign prostatic hyperplasia who underwent potassium-titanyl-phosphate (KTP) laser vaporization prostatectomy to determine the safety and efficacy of this procedure.

Materials And Methods: A total of 55 men with symptomatic bladder outlet obstruction due to benign prostatic hyperplasia were treated with a 60 W. KTP laser produced by a prototype Laserscopedagger generator and delivered through a side-deflecting fiber with a 22Fr continuous flow cystoscope.

High-power potassium titanyl phosphate laser vaporization prostatectomy.

In a search for potential therapeutic strategies for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) that would be associated with less morbidity than transurethral resection of the prostate, various types of laser prostatectomy have been used. Although the neodymium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet (Nd:YAG) laser allows performance of prostatectomy in an almost bloodless field and without absorption of irrigant, the remaining necrotic tissue causes bladder outlet obstruction and related symptoms for 5 to 7 days after treatment. In contrast, the potassium titanyl phosphate (KTP) laser has been found to vaporize tissue with minimal coagulation of the underlying structures.