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“The transperineal [prostate biopsy] approach is safer because the needles are passed through the perineal skin…so, we can sterilize that skin and if we enter through that passageway, we mitigate, if not eliminate, the risk of infection and sepsis,” says Matthew J. Allaway, MD.

“Transgender and gender-diverse people are at a higher risk of a multitude of mental health diagnoses, [which] really lends itself to a sensitive psycho-social history regardless of the specialty,” says David A. Klein, MD, MPH.

“The 3 major barriers we face [are] training, equipment, and reimbursement,” says Matthew A. Allaway, MD.

“The notable feature was that the bleeding risk is very small. In our particular group, it was less than 1%,” says Jai Seth, MD.

“This is an important form of providing health care, especially for people who have a lot of limitations in coming for in-person visits,” says Nitya E. Abraham, MD.

“From a clinician’s perspective…these medications and these diagnoses happen when there’s not enough care from the start,” says David A. Klein, MD, MPH.

“We found a majority of patients with televisits were satisfied, with many saying it was easy to schedule, easy to comfortably share sensitive information with their doctor, and with the most surprising [finding] being 80% saying they would choose it again over an in-person visit,” says Christina Shin, BA.

“In terms of patients having Botox, we have to be individualized to some extent where if you feel someone's at very high risk of bleeding…then maybe you will stop the blood thinners,” says Jai Seth, MD.

“Botox to [the] bladder has, in some ways, changed the paradigm of treatment for [overactive bladder],” says Jai Seth, MD.

“The MRI/ultrasound-guided transperineal approach allows easy access to anterior prostate tumors,” says Marc A. Bjurlin, DO, MSc, FACOS, in this video.

“[Patients] want to ensure that all of their episodes of UTIs are seen as a chronic condition that’s really debilitating in their life, and not just single episodes for which they need antibiotics,” says Victoria C. Scott, MD.

"A lot of ancillary providers want more privileges that the physician has, and we have to be the guardians and the reason we're doing this is to protect our patients so that they get the best care available to them," says William C. Reha, MD, MBA.

“The frustration component that we found and heard amongst these women was with their providers really focusing their care around antibiotics…[and] not spending enough time on education with prevention strategies,” says Victoria C. Scott, MD.

“Being able to have a follow-up visit that is convenient, that saves time, that saves money, but that can allow you to put everything together for the patient…is still a very valuable tool,” says Juan José Andino, MD.

“The feedback has been very positive from both physicians and patients,” author Madeline Zech Ruiz says of her book “I Married a Urologist.”

“With more people using [telehealth], with more people essentially forced by the pandemic to have to offer care at least at some point virtually, there is comfort and…more interest in ensuring that it remains an option,” says Juan José Andino, MD.

“Everybody in our department participates in some quantity of telehealth within their regular scheduled practice,” says Kara L. Watts, MD, in this video.

“[Telemedicine is] not just a form of health care delivery for emergency pandemic situations, this is something that is here to stay,” says Kara L. Watts, MD, in this video.

"None of our patients had unexpected appointments that had to be made after their video encounters…supporting this idea that at least in urology, it seems that telehealth is a substitute for inpatient care when appropriately selected by the physician,” says Juan José Andino, MD.

Ninety-one percent of patients “felt very comfortable sharing sensitive information with the healthcare provider via the telehealth platform,” says Kara L. Watts, MD.

Madeline Zech Ruiz discusses why she included chapters on premature ejaculation and genitourinary symptoms of menopause in her book “I Married a Urologist.”

“One of the toughest parts about having a discussion with a patient about low-risk or early-stage prostate cancer…is actually deciding what might be best for that individual patient,” says Ketan K. Badani, MD.

“The…state of genomic testing continues to evolve,” says Ketan K. Badani, MD.

“What was surprising to us was that in both arms, about a third of the women really didn't have a urinary tract infection,” says Elizabeth R. Mueller, MD, MSME.

“I think as technology evolves, we as urologists need to continue to evolve and make changes to our practice,” says Kevin T. Keating, DO.

"I learned...over the first 10 years [of being married to a urologist] that everybody has a urology issue," says Madeline Zech Ruiz.

“We found in general that there was really no difference in their symptom improvement,” said Elizabeth R. Mueller, MD, MSME, of a study comparing women from whom standard vs expanded cultures were obtained.

“While many patients may think of imaging tests, as many other tests, as [having] a binary outcome, it may be important to have a discussion about how the scoring and MRI works, [and] what the patient can expect to see on their report,” says Stella K. Kang, MD.

Arjun V. Balar, MD, discusses notable findings from 2 separate studies of pembrolizumab (Keytruda).

“What I found exciting was that the extent to which a…PI-RADS 4 score saved biopsies without really affecting the likelihood of detecting clinically significant tumor,” says Stella K. Kang, MD.