Case log trends of urogynecology and reconstructive pelvic surgery fellows: A comparison of urology- and gynecology-based fellowship programs.

Aims: Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery (URPS) fellowship can be pursued after completion of either a urology (URO) or obstetrics and gynecology (GYN) residency. Our aim is to determine differences in graduating fellow cohort (GFC) case logs between URO- and GYN-based URPS programs.

Methods: Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education case logs for URPS GFCs in both GYN- and URO-based programs were analyzed for the 2019-2023 academic years (AY).

Assessment and Acquisition of Knowledge Regarding Urinary Tract Infection Among Adult Women in the United States.

Objective: To assess baseline UTI knowledge, interest in health resources, and platform preferences for information acquisition and dissemination.

Materials And Methods: Adult women who had a UTI in the past 12 months were recruited from Researchmatch.org to participate in a web-based quantitative study.

Vaginal Estrogen Prescribing and Cost Trends Among Medicare Part D Beneficiaries.

Importance: In 2016, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists issued a Committee Opinion on the safety of vaginal estrogen (VE) in estrogen-dependent breast cancer patients. Since that time, prescribing trends of VE have not been studied.

Objective: Our objective was to analyze expenditure and prescribing trends of VE from 2016 to 2020 for Medicare Part D beneficiaries.

Third-Line Overactive Bladder Therapies on TikTok: What Does the Public Learn?

Importance: Millions of people rely on social media platforms, including TikTok, for health-related information. TikTok has not yet been evaluated as an information source for overactive bladder (OAB) third-line therapies.

Objectives: Our aim was to assess TikTok videos on third-line therapies for OAB for misinformation and quality.

Open Label, Pilot Evaluation of the Safety and Efficacy of Intravesical Sustained Release System of Lidocaine and Oxybutynin (TRG-100) for Patients With Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome, Overactive Bladder and Patients With Retained Ureteral Stents Following Endourological Interventions.

Background: Intravesical instillation of analgesic and anticholinergic drugs have shown efficacy in the treatment of pain and voiding symptoms. Unfortunately, drug loss with urination and dilution in the bladder limit their durability and clinical usefulness. We have recently developed and tested in vitro, a sustained delivery system (TRG-100) of fixed-dose combination of lidocaine and oxybutynin designed to allow for a longer exposure of the urinary bladder to the drugs.

Pelvic mapping to explore patterns of chronic pelvic pain.

Purpose: Chronic pelvic pain syndromes (CPPS) are commonly encountered by urologists and urogynecologists and pose diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. Body maps have been helpful adjuncts to verbal descriptions of pain and may serve a role in phenotyping what is known to be a heterogeneous patient population. The aim of this study was to assess whether patterns of pain as marked on a body map of the pelvis exist among common CPPS diagnoses.

Validation of the 'Pelvic Pain Map': a new self-assessment tool for chronic pelvic pain localisation.

Objective: To develop and validate the Pelvic Pain Map to fill a gap in the need for a localised body map of the pelvic region.

Patients And Methods: The Pelvic Pain Map incorporated input from 12 chronic pelvic pain experts across the United States, as well as patient feedback to assess face validity. Finalised diagrams are single, front-facing images of the male and female pelvis that incorporate both abdominal and perineal views.