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Laparoscopic Surgery & Long Term Bladder Cancer Control

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Bert Vorstman, MD, MS, FAAP, FRACS, FACS www.urologyweb.com Findings indicate that long-term survival rates for bladder cancer after laparoscopic surgery are comparable that those of open surgery. The study, published in BJU International indicates that prospective randomized trials comparing these two bladder cancer surgeries are warranted. A treatment for muscle invasive and high-risk non-muscle invasive […]

Assessing UTI Risk in Women after Pelvic-floor Surgery

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Bert Vorstman, MD,MS,FAAP,FRACS,FACS www.urologyweb.com The latest issue of PLOS ONE reported that researchers may have found a method to assess the women at risk for developing a urinary tract infection (UTI) following pelvic-floor surgery. Urinary tract infections (UTI), the most common type of bacterial infection, have estimated treatments costs exceeding USD$1 billion a year in […]

New Device Spots Kidney Disease and Prostate Cancer

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Detection of kidney disease and prostate cancer is now made easier with a new device that tests urine samples. Brighan Young University chemist Adam Woolley and his students made a new device that can detect markers of kidney disease and prostate cancer in an instant. The new device is a tiny tube lined with DNA […]

Drug-Resistant Bacteria Test & Prostate Biopsy Infections

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Bert Vorstman, MD,MS,FAAP,FRACS,FACS www.urologyweb.com Simple rectal swab cultures prior to prostate biopsy procedures can stop some infections found after the procedure due to drug-resistant Escherichia coli. Rhode Island Hospital researchers found that the cultures test for antibiotic-resistant E. Coli and the findings are used to direct the selection of antimicrobial prophylaxis used for the procedure. […]

UTI Risk in Women Following Pelvic-floor Surgery

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The latest issue of PLOS ONE reported that researchers may have found a method to assess the women at risk for developing a urinary tract infection (UTI) following pelvic-floor surgery. Urinary tract infections (UTI), the most common type of bacterial infection, have estimated treatments costs exceeding USD$1 billion a year in the United States alone. […]

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