Pub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2024.10.064
Walter Rayford
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Pub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2024.10.072
Tze-Chen Chao , Alana L. Christie , Feras Alhalabi , Philippe E. Zimmern
Objective
To report the midterm outcomes of women with symptomatic recurrent urinary tract infections (RUTIs) with findings of vesicular cystitis (VC) on cystoscopy treated with bladder electrofulguration (EF) and to identify factors affecting successful treatment outcome.
Methods
Following Institutional Review Board approval, a prospectively collected long-term database of women with RUTI and VC treated with EF was retrospectively reviewed. Patients were divided into two groups based on the associated presence of urinary obstruction (“obstructed group”) or not. Follow-up included an office cystoscopy 6 months after EF. The primary outcome evaluated was rate of urinary tract infections (UTIs) recurrences over time.
Results
From 2010 to 2023, 50 women met all study criteria, with 94% being postmenopausal. Overall, the 3-year UTI-free survival from repeat fulguration was 71.4% (95% CI, 54.4-83.0). Kaplan-Meier analysis showed that patients with obstruction had a higher 3-year survival of no UTI recurrence (40.3%; 95% CI: 18.2, 61.7) than patients without obstruction (20.8%; 95% CI: 6.2, 41.4], P = .0085).
Conclusion
Over two-thirds of women with VC and symptomatic UTI did not need a second EF or daily antibiotic prophylaxis after the initial EF. Those with VC related to bladder outlet obstruction experienced less RUTIs and a longer time to a repeated EF.
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Pub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2024.11.021
Sydney Strup , Andrew Harris
{"title":"Editorial Comment on “Gender Differences in the Adoption and Utilization of Robotic-assisted Laparoscopic Surgery (RALS) Among Practicing Urologists: A Study of American Board of Urology Case Logs From 2012-2022”","authors":"Sydney Strup , Andrew Harris","doi":"10.1016/j.urology.2024.11.021","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urology.2024.11.021","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23415,"journal":{"name":"Urology","volume":"196 ","pages":"Page 340"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142689047","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2024.11.037
Samuel C. Haywood
{"title":"Editorial Comment on “PSMA PET-targeted Biopsy for Prostate Cancer Diagnosis: Initial Experience From a Multicenter Cohort”","authors":"Samuel C. Haywood","doi":"10.1016/j.urology.2024.11.037","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urology.2024.11.037","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23415,"journal":{"name":"Urology","volume":"196 ","pages":"Page 186"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142717173","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2024.11.041
Herbert Lepor
{"title":"Reply to Editorial Comment on “Five-year Oncologic Outcomes Following Primary Partial Gland Cryo-ablation Prospective Cohort Study of Men With Intermediate-risk Prostate Cancer”","authors":"Herbert Lepor","doi":"10.1016/j.urology.2024.11.041","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urology.2024.11.041","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23415,"journal":{"name":"Urology","volume":"196 ","pages":"Pages 198-199"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142740708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2024.11.049
Glenn T. Werneburg, Sandip P. Vasavada, Aaron W. Miller
{"title":"Reply to Editorial Comment on “Indwelling Urological Device Biofilm Composition and Characteristics in the Presence and Absence of Infection”","authors":"Glenn T. Werneburg, Sandip P. Vasavada, Aaron W. Miller","doi":"10.1016/j.urology.2024.11.049","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urology.2024.11.049","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23415,"journal":{"name":"Urology","volume":"196 ","pages":"Pages 91-92"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142751835","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2024.11.058
Daniela A. Haehn , Ryan M. Chadha , Steven B. Porter , Ram A. Pathak , Timothy D. Lyon , Alex P. Hochwald , Chandler D. Dora
Objective
To determine if using spinal anesthesia (SA) for holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) impacted the ability to perform same-day discharge (SDD) compared to a prostate volume-matched cohort undergoing HoLEP under general anesthesia (GA).
Methods
From January 1, 2021 to March 28, 2024, 995 men underwent HoLEP by a single surgeon. Three hundred eleven were identified who had SA and a recorded preoperative prostate volume. Propensity score matching based on prostate volume was performed with the remaining cohort who received GA in a 1:1 ratio. The primary outcome was rate of SDD.
Results
When comparing SDD between the two groups, 84% of SA patients had SDD compared to 74% of GA patients (P-value .002). The operative time for SA was significantly shorter than GA (89 vs 101 minutes P-value <.001). The total operating room time (wheels-in to wheels-out) including anesthesia induction for SA was significantly shorter than GA (119 vs 128 minutes P-value .0003). There were no significant differences in early catheter reinsertion, emergency department visits, complications, or postoperative serum prostate-specific antigen measured at 3 months.
Conclusion
Utilizing SA for HoLEP did not preclude SDD compared to a prostate volume-matched cohort who underwent HoLEP under GA. In fact, SDD were higher in the SA cohort without a corresponding increase in emergency department visits or catheter reinsertion.
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Pub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2024.11.020
Victoria A. Buckley , Anna Rosamilia , Joseph K. Lee
Objective
To evaluate symptoms using the modified International Prostate Symptoms Score (wIPSS) questionnaire and clinical factors that could indicate objective voiding dysfunction (VD) in women.
Methods
One thousand eighty-three women who underwent urodynamic assessment were retrospectively analyzed. The primary outcome was objective VD. Two definitions were utilized; VD1 defined VD as maximum flow rate <10th centile on the Liverpool nomogram, while VD2 defined VD as Qmax ≤15 mL/s and PVR ≥100 mL. Associations of potential explanatory variables with VD were assessed by standard bivariate testing. Classification and Regression Tree analyses were conducted to assess the discriminatory power of explanatory variables for VD.
Results
The prevalence of objective VD depended on the definition used (VD1-30.9% vs VD2-5.8%), as did the median wIPSS score (VD1-15, interquartile range (IQR) 10-20 vs VD2–12.5, IQR 10.3-22.8). Age, menopausal status, previous pelvic floor surgery, current degree of anterior/apical prolapse, a medical history of diabetes or neurological disease, the wIPSS score, as well as the wIPSS with additional items were associated with VD. CART analysis revealed the questions regarding force of stream (FOS) and hesitancy were the strongest predictors for VD.
Conclusion
Rates of objective VD depend on the definition used. VD was associated with the overall wIPSS score, and the additional questions of hesitancy and FOS, which proved to be the most powerful predictors. This modified wIPSS may be a useful tool in screening for the absence of objective VD.
Brief Summary
Can we use a non-invasive screening tool to evaluate for female VD?
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Pub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2024.11.050
Angel Garrido Urincho, Victor Jesus Lara Ameca, Denise Monserrat Rendón Olguín
{"title":"Presentation of Acute Flank Pain in a Young Woman: Breaking the Mold in Emergency Diagnosis","authors":"Angel Garrido Urincho, Victor Jesus Lara Ameca, Denise Monserrat Rendón Olguín","doi":"10.1016/j.urology.2024.11.050","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urology.2024.11.050","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23415,"journal":{"name":"Urology","volume":"196 ","pages":"Pages e139-e140"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142755706","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2024.09.034
Geehan Suleyman , Banna Hussain , Ali A. Dabaja
{"title":"Letter to the Editor: Use of Catheterization Algorithms to Manage Acute Urinary Retention; What is the Evidence?","authors":"Geehan Suleyman , Banna Hussain , Ali A. Dabaja","doi":"10.1016/j.urology.2024.09.034","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urology.2024.09.034","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23415,"journal":{"name":"Urology","volume":"196 ","pages":"Page 344"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142296586","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}