Specialty Urology
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Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer
In this video, Keyan Salari, MD, PhD, discusses his team's work to identify the features of seemingly indolent prostate cancers that actually make them more aggressive.
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Mass General Offers Novel, Kidney-saving Urothelial Cancer Treatment
Mitomycin chemoablation with a mitomycin gel, a novel treatment offered in the Department of Urology at Massachusetts General Hospital, can avoid the need for surgical removal of the kidney and ureter in patients with upper tract urothelial cancer.
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Review: Opioids and Kidney Stones
Brian H. Eisner, MD, and colleagues recently reviewed the use of opioids to treat renal colic and control pain after endoscopic kidney stone surgery. They focus on opioid alternatives and practice patterns that discourage persistent use of these medications.
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Women With More Severe Chronic Constipation Have More Urogenital Symptoms
In the first study of its kind, Milena M. Weinstein, MD, Liliana G. Bordeianou, MD, MPH, and Marcus V. Ortega, MD, found that in women with pelvic floor disorders, the presence of severe chronic constipation is associated with a significantly higher prevalence of urogenital symptoms, notably painful intercourse.
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Digital Therapeutic Device for Pelvic Floor Muscle Training Provides Faster, Better Results Than Conventional Exercises
Milena M. Weinstein, MD, and colleagues found in a randomized, controlled trial that pelvic floor muscle training guided by a digital therapeutic device yielded a greater reduction of stress urinary incontinence episodes and associated burden compared with home exercises based on written and verbal instructions.
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Motion-based Digital Therapeutic Device for Pelvic Floor Muscle Training Promising in Randomized Trial
Milena M. Weinstein, MD, and colleagues report a randomized, controlled trial that showed improvement in symptoms and quality of life in women with stress-predominant urinary incontinence who used a motion-based digital therapeutic device to guide pelvic floor muscle training, even though it was terminated prematurely.
Urology Contributors
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Adam Scott Feldman, MD, MPH
Director, Combined Harvard Urologic Oncology Fellowship, Director of Research and Urologic Oncologist, Department of Urology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Recent Article
Combination Prostate Biopsy Can Overestimate Gleason Grade Compared with Surgical Pathology
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Ajay Nehra, MBBS
Director of Men's Health and Male Reconstructive Surgery, Senior Urologic Surgeon
Recent Article
Establishing Guidelines for Peyronie's Disease
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Brian Howard Eisner, MD
Co-Director, Kidney Stone Program, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Review: Opioids and Kidney Stones
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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
MRI–Ultrasound Fusion–Targeted Transperineal Prostate Biopsy Complements Standard Biopsy for Detecting Perineural Invasion
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Keyan Salari, MD, PhD
Urologic Surgeon, Department of Urology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Urologic Oncologist, Mass General Cancer Center, Co-Director, Prostate Cancer Genetics Program
Recent Article
Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer
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Matthew F. Wszolek, MD
Chair of Quality and Safety, Department of Urology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Urological Oncologist, Mass General Cancer Center, Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Advancing Trimodality Therapy for Bladder Cancer
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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
Urology Care at Mass General
The Department of Urology at Massachusetts General Hospital offers sophisticated, compassionate care and the most innovative treatments for patients with any type of urological condition.