High-risk Disease and Poor Follow-up: The Importance of Renal Mass Biopsy in a Cohort of Veterans.

Objective: To assess the clinical utility of renal mass biopsy (RMB) in our multistate system. RMB is useful in the management of masses ≤4 cm (T1a), but evaluation of RMB in the uniquely vulnerable Veteran population is lacking.

Methods: About 136 RMB in 130 patients performed between 06/2015 and 11/2020 were identified in this Quality Improvement analysis.

The Impact of Race, Ethnicity and Insurance Status on Surgery Rates for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia.

Objective: To determine whether patient race/ethnicity are associated with differences in likelihood of undergoing surgical treatment for LUTS/BPH.

Methods: Queried hospital network database between 1/2011 and 10/2018. Men over age 40 on medical therapy for LUTS (selective alpha blockade and/or 5-alpha-reductase inhibitor), with 2+ provider visits, and without bladder/prostate malignancy were included.

Analysis of evidence within the AUA's clinical practice guidelines.

Introduction: Surgical subspecialty societies release clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) to provide topic-specific recommendations to healthcare providers. We hypothesize that there may be significant differences in statement strength and evidence quality both within the American Urological Association (AUA) guidelines and compared to those published by the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS) and American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS).

Materials And Methods: CPGs issued through 2017 were extracted from the AUAnet.

Estimating the burden of acute gastrointestinal illness in Grenada.

This is the first study conducted in Grenada, with a population of approximately 108,000, to quantify the magnitude, distribution, and burden of self-reported acute gastroenteritis (AGE). A retrospective population survey was conducted in October 2008 and April 2009 and a laboratory survey from October 2008 to September 2009. The estimated monthly prevalence of AGE was 10.