Specialty Urology
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Catastrophizing by Patients with Chronic Pelvic Pain Varies with Symptom Distribution, Comorbidities
Patients with chronic pelvic pain who have worse symptoms or a higher number of comorbid painful conditions are more likely to report catastrophizing thoughts.
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Genetic Tests Improve Prognostication for Newly Diagnosed Patients with Prostate Cancer
Genetic tests that aid risk stratification have potential to reduce both over- and undertreatment of prostate cancer.
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Long-term Safety Profile of Salvage Cystectomy After Trimodality Therapy Seems Acceptable
Salvage cystectomy after trimodality therapy is associated with a higher rate of late complications than primary cystectomy, according to Matthew F. Wszolek, MD, and colleagues. However, the increased risk of late complications does not influence overall survival.
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Case Report: Robotic-assisted Proximal Dorsal Urethral Diverticulectomy
Sarah Mozafarpour, MD, Elise J.B. De, MD, and colleagues used a robotic approach to transabdominal laparoscopic repair of a dorsal, very proximal female urethral diverticulum located entirely cephalad to the pubic symphysis.
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Fecal Incontinence Linked to High Prevalence of Urinary Incontinence in Women with Pelvic Floor Disorders
Marcus V. Ortega, MD, and Milena M. Weinstein, MD, of the Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, and colleagues found a substantial overlap of fecal and urinary incontinence in women, and they suggest comprehensive screening for both conditions at the time of initial evaluation.
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Women's Lower Expectations, Discomfort with Negotiation May Contribute to Income Gap Between Male and Female Urologists
Eugene B. Cone, MD, and colleagues found in a nationally representative sample of urology residents that women had significantly lower salary expectations than men did and felt significantly less prepared to handle the business aspects of medicine, including salary negotiation.
Urology Contributors
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Adam Scott Feldman, MD, MPH
Director, Combined Harvard Urologic Oncology Fellowship, Urologic Oncologist, Department of Urology, Faculty, The Carol and James Herscot Center for Tuberous Sclerosis Complex, Massachusetts General Hospital
Recent Article
Considerations in Selecting Patients for Trimodal Therapy for Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer
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Ajay Nehra, MBBS
Director of Men's Health and Male Reconstructive Surgery, Senior Urologic Surgeon
Recent Article
Advances in Treatment for Peyronie's Disease
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Ajay Singla, MD
Director, Harvard Urologic Surgery Residency Program
Recent Article
Non-Mesh Options for Stress Urinary Incontinence
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Brian Howard Eisner, MD
Co-Director, Kidney Stone Program, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Study Finds No Link Between Ureteral Access Sheaths and Ureteral Lesions
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Dianne E. Sacco, MD
Co-Director, Kidney Stone Program, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
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Douglas Middleton Dahl, MD
Chief, Division of Urologic Oncology, Director of Robotic Surgery, Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Prostate Cancer and Translational Research
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Elise J. De, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School , Chair, Education Committee, International Continence Society, Urologist, FPMRS, Massachusetts General Hospital | Co-editor, Facing Pelvic Pain
Recent Article
Case Report: Robotic-assisted Proximal Dorsal Urethral Diverticulectomy
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Matthew F. Wszolek, MD
Assistant in Urology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Long-term Safety Profile of Salvage Cystectomy After Trimodality Therapy Seems Acceptable
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Shahin Tabatabaei, MD
Director, Prostate Health Program
Recent Article
BPH Supplements Have Little Support for Efficacy and Safety
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Siam Oottamasathien, MD
Director of Pediatric Urology Basic Science Research
Recent Article
Interstitial Cystitis Research and Therapeutics to Treat Radiation-induced Proctitis
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