Real-World Practice Patterns Favor Minimally Invasive Methods over Ureteral Reconstruction in the Initial Treatment of Severe Blunt Ureteral Trauma: A National Trauma Data Bank Analysis.

Purpose: We utilized the National Trauma Data Bank® database to report practice patterns in managing blunt traumatic ureteral injuries and assess the consistency with current guidelines/literature.

Materials And Methods: Between 2007 and 2016 all National Trauma Data Bank database patients with blunt traumatic ureteral injuries were identified using ICD-9 and Abbreviated Injury Scale codes. Penetrating trauma and missing data were excluded.

The association of renal cell carcinoma with gastrointestinal stromal tumors.

Background And Objectives: Prior small studies have reported a possible association between renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs). In the largest known series, our objective was to describe the prevalence of RCC among patients with GISTs over 26 years at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC).

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed MSKCC's prospectively maintained sarcoma and RCC databases and identified all patients with both RCC and GIST between 1980 and 2016.

Vertical reduction mammaplasty utilizing the superomedial pedicle: is it really for everyone?

Background: Classically, the vertical-style reduction mammaplasty utilizing a superomedial pedicle has been limited to smaller reductions secondary to concerns for poor wound healing and nipple necrosis.

Objectives: The authors reviewed a large cohort of patients who underwent a vertical-style superomedial pedicle reduction mammaplasty in an attempt to demonstrate its safety and efficacy in treating symptomatic macromastia.

Methods: A retrospective review was performed of 290 patients (558 breasts) who underwent a vertical-style superomedial pedicle reduction mammaplasty.