Male Voiding Behavior: Insight from 19,824 At-Home Uroflow Profiles.

Purpose: Benign prostatic hyperplasia is one of the most common conditions seen by a general urologist. Validated questionnaires provide insight into patient symptoms, however office based uroflow devices are limited by the variability of voiding behavior. Using a home uroflow device, we assessed individual voiding variability, temporal distribution of voiding parameters and the impact of age on voiding.

Endoscopic Management of Iatrogenic Ureteral Injury: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Iatrogenic ureteral injury represents an uncommon, but significant, complication of gynecologic surgery. Endoscopy has typically played little to no role in the treatment of these injuries, which are traditionally managed with re-exploration or delayed repair. Delayed repair with temporary urinary diversion exposes the patient to significant morbidity.

Patency and Incontinence Rates After Robotic Bladder Neck Reconstruction for Vesicourethral Anastomotic Stenosis and Recalcitrant Bladder Neck Contractures: The Trauma and Urologic Reconstructive Network of Surgeons Experience.

Objective: To review a robotic approach to recalcitrant bladder neck obstruction and to assess success and incontinence rates.

Materials And Methods: Patients with a recalcitrant bladder neck contracture or vesicourethral anastomotic stenosis who underwent robotic bladder neck reconstruction (RBNR) were identified. We reviewed patient demographics, medical history, etiology, previous endoscopic management, cystoscopic and symptomatic outcomes, urinary continence, and complications.

An antimicrobial prophylaxis protocol using rectal swab cultures for transrectal prostate biopsy.

Purpose: To evaluate the benefit of an antimicrobial prophylaxis protocol using rectal swab cultures in patients undergoing transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)-guided prostate biopsy in our Veterans Affairs population.

Methods: Between June 1, 2013, and June 1, 2014, we implemented an antimicrobial prophylaxis protocol using rectal swab cultures on selective media containing ciprofloxacin for all men scheduled for TRUS-guided prostate biopsy. Data from 2759 patients from Jan 1, 2006 to May 31, 2013, before protocol implementation served as historical controls.

Urologic problems in spina bifida patients transitioning to adult care.

Objective: To identify the urologic needs of adult patients with spina bifida (SB) at the time of their transition from pediatric to adult care. We hypothesized that delays in transition to adult care would be associated with higher rates of active problems.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed patients seen at adult dedicated SB clinics at the Universities of Utah and Minnesota from April 2011 to April 2012.