Dr. Fisher highlights factors influencing fall risk among women with pelvic floor disorders
April 17th 2023"About 30% of women screened positive, but of course when we looked at [the data] stratified by age, about 50% of women 65 years and older had a positive screen," says Steven R. Fisher, PhD, PT, GCS.
Dr. Isali on the development of a co-electrocompacted bladder patch for vesicovaginal fistula
April 14th 2023"We are optimistic about this study, because it has the potential not just only for vesicovaginal fistula treatment, but it can be also used in the treatment of burns for other fistula types," says Ilaha Isali, MD.
Dr. Ackerman on the use of step therapy for overactive bladder
April 13th 2023"Our second line [for overactive bladder] is our medications. These often can be very effective for patients, but we find that they can be also extremely limited by adverse events that are associated with those medications," says A. Lenore Ackerman, MD, PhD.
Expert: Work needed to validate changes in diagnostic work-up for upper tract urothelial carcinoma
April 12th 2023“I think clinicians can really take away that we have more work to be done in this space of evaluating patients with microhematuria, specifically when it comes to looking at assessments of upper tract urothelial carcinoma or renal cell carcinoma,” says Jacob Taylor, MD, MPH.
Study points to heterogeneity of urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome
April 11th 2023“I would say that these conditions are highly heterogeneous, and we've identified a number of factors that relate to different ways that the disease progresses and different ways that patients feel about the progression of their disease,” says Alisa J. Stephens-Shields, PhD.
How findings on the impact of bladder cancer treatment affect clinical decision-making
April 10th 2023"Understanding work productivity and activity impairment in the context of the treatment decisions are vital, not just for the provider who has to counsel on treatment benefits and risks, but also to the patient who's making the ultimate decision," says Angela Smith, MD, MS.
Dr. Mehta previews the upcoming SWIU meeting at AUA
April 3rd 2023"The [SWIU meeting] is a meeting that provides updates to all of our members about the exciting initiatives that the organization has been able to accomplish in the preceding year, as well as the initiatives that are planned for the subsequent year," says Akanksha Mehta, MD, MS.
Dr. Mehta on strategies for recruitment and retention of women in urology
March 30th 2023"It is a big ask of a trainee to have them sign up for a field that is demanding in terms of training, but also demanding in terms of non-professional commitments that they would otherwise make to their family life and their personal life," says Akanksha Mehta, MD, MS.
How MAPP results can inform future studies on urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome
March 30th 2023“We would like to use all of what we've learned in the MAPP to move back into the space of clinical trials and trying to identify effective therapies for this condition,” says Alisa J. Stephen-Shields, PhD.