Abaza, Ronney Kogan, Paul Martinez, Oscar
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Urology
Objective To assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the rate of same-day discharge (SDD) after robotic surgery Methods We reviewed our robotic surgeries during COVID-19 restrictions on surgery in Ohio between March 17 and June 5, 2020 and compared them with robotic procedures before COVID-19 and after restrictions were lifted. We followed ou...
Koch, George E Luckenbaugh, Amy N Chang, Sam S
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Urology
The heterogenous nature of high-risk nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer encompasses a wide range of tumor biologies with varying recurrence and progression risks. Radical cystectomy provides excellent oncologic outcomes but is often underutilized. Timing for these patients is critical, however, to its effectiveness. Certain unfavorable tumor charact...
Wang, Luke L Beavers, Angela J Makari, John H
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Urology
Ureteral quadruplication is exceedingly rare. All except for 2 cases were symptomatic and nearly all underwent intervention. We present the first case of asymptomatic ureteral quadruplication in the presence of ureteral cyst. The report is first to prove ureteral quadruplication, even with ureteral cyst, can have normal renal function and parenchym...
Lee, Matthew S Shen, Mary Williams, Aaron Kendrick, Daniel Weizer, Alon Montgomery, Jeffrey
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Urology
Fakhoury, Mathew Q Ghorayeb, Antoine M Houlihan, Matthew D Powers, Ryan J Hurley, Stephen Wille, Mark A Freeman, Vincent L Kim, Kyeezu Psutka, Sarah P Vidal, Patricia
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Urology
To determine risk factors for continued smoking following a diagnosis of a genitourinary (GU) malignancy. Smoking is a well established risk factor in the development of cancers involving the GU tract. Unfortunately, a large percentage of patients continue to smoke or relapse after cancer diagnosis; by doing so, there is an increased risk of recurr...
Nassiri, Nima Zhu, Terry Asanad, Kian Vasquez, Evalynn
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Urology
A 12-year-old otherwise healthy boy presents to a local emergency room with sudden onset, sharp, continuous left testicular pain for 9 hours, associated with nausea and vomiting. Exam and ultrasound is consistent with testicular torsion. During scrotal exploration, a bell-clapper deformity of the left testicle is appreciated, with a normal gubernac...
Streeper, Necole M Galida, Matthew Boltz, Suzanne Li, Shuang Nakada, Stephen Y Raffin, Eric P Brown, David R Pais, Vernon M Chan, Justin Yh Scotland, Kymora B
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Urology
To compare the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of patients with residual fragments after surgical intervention for kidney stones to patients that are stone-free using the disease-specific WISQOL questionnaire. Kidney stones contribute to impaired HRQOL, which is increasingly recognized as an important healthcare outcome measurement. With IRB...
Barnett, Jack T Liaw, Christine W Mehrazin, Reza
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Urology
Adrenal incidentalomas are common neoplasms and while they are often benign, they have the potential to be malignant. The American Urological Association guidelines state that adrenal incidentalomas should be surgically resected if they are large, metabolically active, and display malignant characteristics. Other groups have suggested that growth k...
Kenigsberg, Alexander P Tilley, Wayne D Raj, Ganesh V
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Urology
Agarwal, Deepak K Rivera, Marcelino E Nottingham, Charles U Large, Tim Krambeck, Amy E
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Urology
To determine if same day catheter removal is feasible in a select population after holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP). We performed an analysis of patients undergoing HoLEP at our institution who underwent same-day catheter removal after HoLEP. All HoLEPs were performed with Moses 2.0 Optimized for BPH. Patients were dismissed from p...