The continuum of urinary incontinence in an aging population
June 1st 2002Urinary incontinence (UI) is a common condition in persons over 65 years of age. In the United States alone, there is a 30% prevalence rate in the community and greater than 50% prevalence in nursing homes.1 Even though prevalence increases with age, UI is never normal and it remains treatable regardless of age.
Advances in anticholinergic therapy delivery systems
June 1st 2002Characterized by symptoms of urinary frequency, urgency, and urge urinary incontinence, overactive bladder (OAB) is a condition that results from a deficiency in the bladder's ability to store urine and in the onset of involuntary bladder muscle contractions that promote urgency and possibly urine loss.
Kidney cyst decortication may relieve chronic pain
June 1st 2002Orlando, FL-A study from Washington University, St. Louis, may have torpedoed a long-standing misconception concerning the pain-relieving benefits of kidney cyst decortication, while at the same time, raising a question whose answer could have important clinical implications.
Photoselective Vaporization of the ProstateBreakthrough Treatment for BPH
May 1st 2002This Urology Times supplement was produced by Advanstar Medical Education Services under an unrestricted grant from Laserscope www.laserscope.com. The views and opinions in this supplement are those of the interviewed physicians and do not necessarily reflect the views of the editors, Advanstar Medical Education Services or Laserscope.Copyright 2002 Advanstar Communications Inc. All rights reserved.
Coalition pushes for prostate cancer research funding
May 1st 2002Group presses for $420 million at NIH and $100 million at Defense Departmentin 2003Washington - The case for bolstering funding for prostate cancerresearch is being pressed on Capitol Hill by a 6-year-old coalition of organizationsand individuals who are determined to end the disease that has accountedfor 15% of all male cancer deaths over the last decade.
Stay connected with a cable modem
May 1st 2002Without a dedicated phone line, a cable modem provides continuous accessMost physicians are connected to the Internet now, but the vast majoritystill use telephone modems. Those of us who have a cable modem-connectedto cable TV-would never go back to using a telephone modem. This articlewill explain why.
Intravesical gemcitabine promising for TCC
May 1st 2002Bethesda, MD-Treatment with an intravesical formulation of gemcitabine(Gemzar) in patients with transitional cell carcinoma shows promise, accordingto results from a phase I trial. The findings were presented at the Societyof Urologic Oncology/National Cancer Institute second annual meeting here.
'Alarming rise' in female bladder cancer seen in UK
May 1st 2002Birmingham, United Kingdom-Researchers in the United Kingdom haveuncovered an "alarming rise" in bladder cancer incidence in womenover the past 25 years, and they believe the finding is not just a resultof increased surveillance.Birmingham, United Kingdom-Researchers in the United Kingdom haveuncovered an "alarming rise" in bladder cancer incidence in womenover the past 25 years, and they believe the finding is not just a resultof increased surveillance.
Using buccal mucosa grafts for urethral reconstruction
May 1st 2002With reports describing continued improvements in the success rates of hypospadias repair using contemporary one-stage techniques, only a minority of pediatric patients requires secondary urethroplasty to address significant complications. In the adult, the reconstructive urologic surgeon may similarly encounter the patient who requires extensive primary or secondary urethral reconstruction for stricture disease.
Laparoscopic RP 'as efficient' as conventional surgery
May 1st 2002Birmingham, United Kingdom-Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy is "as efficient" as conventional surgery in terms of pathological and biological results, according to mid-term follow-up of 940 French patients treated consecutively at the same institute-the largest single series of laparoscopic radical prostatectomies to date.
Study challenges thinking on PCa in African-Americans
May 1st 2002Bethesda, MD-A new study suggests that, even though there is growing evidence that genetic factors impacting hormonal regulation of aggressive prostate cancer are more frequent among African-Americans than other ethnic groups, differences in disease-free survival can be eliminated.
Surgical nuances help preserve continence post-RP
May 1st 2002Cleveland-More than one study has shown that urinary incontinence is the most feared complication of radical prostatectomy, and patients have altered their lives to varying degrees following this procedure depending on their level of incontinence.
When to bill and not to bill for multiple procedures
May 1st 2002Four major concepts must be considered when billing surgical procedures,including accurate coding of the procedure, a precise reason each procedurewas performed (diagnosis), the global concept, and the bundling of procedures.This article will address multiple procedures performed at the same encounter,along with the bundling rules.
An unresolved saga: Employees vs. independent workers
April 1st 2002The question of who is and who isn't an "employee" or an "independent contractor" for tax purposes is one that remains unresolved with no relief in sight. Many urology practices prefer to deal with independent contractors because it relieves them of liability to pay the employment taxes that they are liable for with employees.
Protein may be treatment target in advanced PCa
April 1st 2002Vancouver, British Columbia - Clusterin, a stress-related protein, appears to inhibit apoptosis associated with androgen withdrawal and may therefore be an important therapeutic target in men with advanced prostate cancer, say researchers from the University of British Columbia.
Endocrine disruptors may explain hypospadias increase
April 1st 2002San Francisco - Researchers have successfully induced hypospadias in mice, an accomplishment that observers say provides more compelling evidence in support of the endocrine disruptor hypothesis as an explanation for the increase in hypospadias observed over the past 30 years.
UTI antimicrobial resistance patterns vary worldwide
April 1st 2002Chicago-Three large-scale, international surveillance surveyshave demonstrated that, while antimicrobial resistance in urinary tractpathogens is on the rise, the antimicrobial susceptibility of bacterialisolates from urinary tract infections varies from country to country andfrom region to region. The reports were presented at the 41st InterscienceConference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.
Certain virulence factors more common in prostatitis
April 1st 2002Chicago-Virulence factors among strains of Escherichia coli thatcause prostatitis are more prevalent than among strains that cause pyelonephritisor cystitis, according to a study by Spanish researchers presented at theannual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapyhere.
Snodgrass repair corrects multiple forms of hypospadias
April 1st 2002San Francisco-A modified Snodgrass hypospadias repair may allbut eliminate the problem of postoperative fistulas, while the originalSnodgrass procedure can be successful for proximal hypospadias reconstruction,according to two studies presented at the 2001 American Academy of PediatricsSection on Urology meeting.