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“It is a positive thing, because the technology we’re using now is not really very accurate," one urologist told Urology Times.

“It is a positive thing, because the technology we’re using now is not really very accurate," one urologist told Urology Times.

A urologist in academic practice recently told Henry Rosevear, MD, that it’s impossible to simultaneously be an excellent clinician and a businessman. "I disagreed," Dr. Rosevear writes. "Emphatically."

In this interview, Inderbir S. Gill, MD, MCh, discusses what he calls the three most significant advances in minimally invasive oncologic surgery, how the current model for education can be improved, and the next frontier in minimally invasive surgery.

Raoul S. Concepcion, MD, uses his group's experience to illustrate how other urology groups can successfully incorporate APPs into their practice model and provide state-of-the-art care.

In this round-up of new urology products and services, learn about an app that helps moviegoers with OAB, a new mesh for sacrocolpopexy, and device/smartphone app that help women with pelvic floor exercises.

According to a population-based assessment of the risk factors for bladder slings used to treat stress urinary incontinence in women, provider volume impacts the incidence of mesh removal or revision.

Innovation has been the underpinning of American medicine for decades. However, as we move deeper into the 21st century, it is important to assess whether we are providing an environment where a culture of innovation can thrive.

Unfortunately, there is no “one-size-fits-all” answer to when you should start receiving Social Security benefits.

The AUA Coding and Reimbursement Committee, American Academy of Pediatric Urology, urology fellows of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and members of the Pediatric Urology Coordinating Council of the Society of Pediatric Urology recently published a consensus document on suggested coding guidance for pediatric hypospadias repair.

For the practicing physician, MACRA introduces a new fork in the road and a freeway to the future.

The reality of ICD-10 and what it means to physicians’ practices will come into focus beginning Oct. 1. But there are things that specifically urologists should know in the days, weeks, and dwindling months before adopting the code set becomes the new normal.

In most states, the standard for obtaining consent includes discussion of risks versus benefits, some known complications, and any alternative treatment options.

Congress doesn’t appear to like very much President Obama’s FY 2016 budget proposal to eliminate funding for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention activities that are focused on education about prostate cancer screening and treatment, as well as tracking disease incidence and mortality data.

This article focuses on the the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' recently released 2013 utilization and payment data and what they tell us about the business of urology.

A novel investigational oral testosterone replacement therapy restored and maintained testosterone levels to a eugonadal range in 88% of hypogondal men treated with the agent in a randomized clinical trial.

ARN-509, a novel oral antiandrogen, was safe, well tolerated, and showed promising efficacy in men with high-risk, non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) in a phase II study, reported Neal D. Shore, MD.

Use of testosterone replacement therapy more than tripled between 2003 and 2012 in a population of reproductive-age men, according to a study presented at the AUA annual meeting in New Orleans.

Higher radiation doses don’t confer a survival benefit in men with low-risk prostate cancer, although they do increase survival rates for men with medium- and high-risk cancers, the authors of a new study report.

Mini-laparoscopic surgery has evolved since its initial introduction, but its benefits are still the subject of debate.

While there is no benefit from using tamsulosin (Flomax) versus placebo for the treatment of small ureteral stones, there is a potential upside of increased passage from using the drug to treat 5- to 10-mm stones, according to a study from Australia published online in the Annals of Emergency Medicine (July 13, 2015).

A recently published review expands understanding of the effectiveness and side effects of mid-urethral sling procedures for stress urinary incontinence, providing more information for women considering minimally invasive surgical treatment.

Despite the strategy’s benefits, many low-risk patients still undergo surgical or radiation treatment, researchers report.

The recently published findings may open new avenues for treating urinary tract infections.

The authors of a recently published study have found that bariatric surgery may provide a significant benefit beyond dramatic weight loss.

New findings based on pharmacy claims data show just how adherent patients are to a thiazide, alkali citrate, and allopurinol.

A large, randomized trial provides a head-to-head comparison of late complications involving the two approaches to BPH.

New study data suggest an answer to the problem of managing stones in pregnant women.

Study findings suggest that high levels of vitamin D could be harmful to the prostate.

Urologist Stephen G. Weiss II, MD, FACS, explains why he is voluntarily relinquishing his American Board of Urology certificate.