Minimally invasive methods for bulbar urethral strictures: a survey of members of the American Urological Association.

Objective: To determine current practice patterns, we mailed a questionnaire regarding urethral stricture evaluation, treatment, and follow-up to members of the American Urological Association (AUA). The minimally invasive methods used for treating and evaluating anterior urethral strictures vary widely among clinicians.

Methods: A nationwide survey of practicing members of the AUA was performed by mailed questionnaires.

Unintentional transurethral Foley catheterization of the right renal pelvis.

This case study describes a 23-year-old woman who had an unintentional blind placement of a 16 Fr Foley catheter into her right ureter with inflation of the balloon in the right renal pelvis. Pertinent medical history/presentation, clinical interactions, and clinical implications are discussed.

Is there a better way to biopsy the prostate? Prospects for a novel transrectal systematic biopsy approach.

The study reported here was undertaken to investigate a novel method of systematic, 3-dimensional, template-guided, transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy. The TargetScan transrectal ultrasound and prostatic biopsy system (Envisioneering Medical Technologies, St. Louis, MO) uses a stationary transrectal ultrasound probe that acquires 3-dimensional and simultaneous biplanar ultrasound imaging.

The distribution of histological subtypes of renal tumors by decade of life using the 2004 WHO classification.

Purpose: The 2004 World Health Organization histological classification of renal tumors reflects our understanding of the underlying molecular determinants of renal tumors. We reviewed all partial and radical nephrectomy specimens at Barnes-Jewish Hospital to determine if the distribution of renal tumor histological subtypes varies by decade of life using the new scheme.

Materials And Methods: A total of 1,043 consecutive cases of renal masses operated on for presumed malignancy from 1989 to 2003 were identified.

Urologist practice patterns in the management of Peyronie's disease: a nationwide survey.

Introduction: Peyronie's disease (PD) is a poorly understood clinical entity. Aim. We endeavored to determine how contemporary urologists in the United States manage PD.

Adult anterior urethral strictures: a national practice patterns survey of board certified urologists in the United States.

Purpose: We determined the methods and patterns of the evaluation of and treatment for adult anterior urethral stricture disease by practicing urologists in the United States.

Materials And Methods: A nationwide survey of practicing members of the American Urological Association was performed by a mailed questionnaire. A total of 1,262 urologists were randomly selected from all 50 states, of whom 431 (34%) completed the questionnaire.

Emerging drug therapies for benign prostatic hyperplasia.

Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is the nonmalignant enlargement of the prostate gland caused by increases in number of both epithelial and stromal cells. Clinically, BPH leads to voiding dysfunction, which is most often referred to as lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). Historically, the only treatments for LUTS due to BPH were watchful waiting or surgery (transurethral or open prostatectomy).