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Background: Gender-affirming surgery leads to high satisfaction for patients; however, patients often require revision surgery. Revision labiaplasty is one of the most common surgeries following vaginoplasty. The labia minora commonly become incorporated into the labia majora and lose definition even after revision leading to patient dissatisfaction.

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Introduction: Effective medical dissolution therapy (MDT) for uric acid stones is more cost-effective than surgical treatment; however, treatment failure may be associated with increased cost. We aimed to study the cost-effectiveness of MDT for uric acid stones vs. surgical management.

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Objective: To evaluate differences in perioperative clinical outcomes in men undergoing artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) implantation in primary versus replacement settings. Secondarily, we aimed to identify patient-related factors contributing to complications associated with AUS placement.

Materials And Methods: A review of the American College of Surgeons-National Surgical Quality Improvement Program was performed between 2010 and 2018 identifying males undergoing AUS implantation.

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Objective: To assess the current practice of routine preoperative testing before urethroplasty and to determine if the results are clinically significant.

Methods: Data was obtained from the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) database. We identified 1527 patients who underwent urethroplasty from 2010 to 2017.

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