Dr. Robles and Dr. Watts share takeaways from AUA QI Summit
January 16th 2024"There's just a tremendous opportunity for telehealth and being able to increase delivery to patients in these areas or at least reduce their amount of travel time to get to see a urologist based on where they live," says Kara L. Watts, MD.
Expert: Online resources help improve incontinence, do not reduce clinic visits
January 14th 2024"What we found was that the primary outcome didn't change. Whether you had access to eADVICE or you didn't, most people still wanted to see the specialist at the end of their time, including people who were already dry," says Patrina H. Y. Caldwell, BMed, FRACP, PhD.
Dr. Rickey on the Prevention of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Research Consortium
January 10th 2024"PLUS was created to start laying down the foundation for implementing prevention science, and understanding things that helped maintain bladder health [and] things that are risk factors for progression into bladder disease," says Leslie Rickey, MD, MPH.
Begin Your Journey: Dr. Suskind on wellness and mentorship at UCSF
January 9th 2024"For the first 3 years that people join us, there's a whole program set up for them to help assimilate them into the culture, get them the resources that they need, make sure that they're meeting their benchmarks and goals," says Anne M. Suskind, MD, MS, FACS, FPMRS.
Dr. Shaw and Dr. Hampson on understanding incontinence’s impact on men
January 6th 2024"I think as urologists that treat incontinence, both Dr. Shaw and I probably have the experience of talking to many men who actually never pursue surgical treatment for their incontinence, but they still want to understand what the options are," says Lindsay A. Hampson, MD, MAS.
Dr. Rogers and Dr. Wang discuss opioid-free discharge after kidney cancer surgery
January 4th 2024"For me, the take-home message is that reduced or even no-narcotic discharge for patients after kidney surgery is feasible, and that it really should be our mindset of, can we reduce the amount of opioids we use?" says Craig G. Rogers, MD.
Experts urge early exploration of surgical treatments for incontinence in men
January 4th 2024"I think the main [finding] that continues to strike me working with Dr Hampson on this type of work is how different individual incontinence is for the patient who is experiencing it," says Nathan M. Shaw, MD.
Dr. McVary discusses early promise with Rezum in large prostates
January 1st 2024“Overall, I'd say these shorter-term outcomes at 6 months look to be very similar to those outcomes measured with the smaller glands. In a sense, at least within this range, volume may not be a deal breaker,” says Kevin T. McVary, MD.
Expert on increasing access to overactive bladder medications
December 30th 2023“[We can use] the study to help further those arguments that we should be able to make our clinical decisions based on the patient's presentation, a risk-benefit discussion between patient and physician, and not based on what insurance companies will pay for,” says Michelle E. Van Kuiken, MD.