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Surgical Treatment Of Severe Peyronie's Disease For Maximum Penile Length And Girth Gain
03.07.2008 04:19
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ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - This presentation from Dr. Paulo Egydio, et al., from Serbia generated perhaps the most discussion of all of the abstracts at the session. This abstract dealt with the surgical treatment of severe Peyronie's disease with circumferential tunical resection and grafting with cadaveric pericardium.
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State Of The Art Lecture: What Are The Most Important Ongoing Clinical Trials In Urologic Oncology Worldwide?
03.07.2008 04:19
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ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Dr. E. David Crawford presented information on challenges facing clinical trials from SWOG, ECOG and CALGB. Patient accrual for clinical trials is only 2-3%. Innumerable layers of rules and regulations have been created with numerous layers that increase costs and delays. He applauded prevention trials such as PCPT, SELECT, Toremifene for PIN and REDUCE. He gave poor marks for randomized treatment trials.
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Outcomes Of Patients Lost To Follow-Up After Midurethral Synthetic Slings: Successes Or Failures?
03.07.2008 04:19
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ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - A common concern affecting most outcomes studies is the patients who are lost to follow up. Options include assuming they are failures, considering them successes, or disregarding their data, thereby effectively classifying them as equivalent to those who are followed up. Dr. Ballert and cohorts sought to answer the question of how these patients would be best classified. 60/213 patients who underwent a midurethral sling had
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Orchidopexy In Adulthood Improve Male Fertility
03.07.2008 04:19
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ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - This is a report of 33 infertile men with undescended testes who underwent orchidopexy in one institution. The mean age was 31,2 years ( 24 - 35 years). UT was bilateral in 36.4 % of the cases and unilateral in 63.6 %. UT was in inguinal position in all patients with a mean size was of 15 ml. Preoperative semen analysis demonstrated severe to mild oligo-astheno-teratozoospermia (69,7 %) and azoospermia (30,3%).
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Annual Meeting Of The American Urological Association - Moderated Poster Session: Trauma And Reconstruction II
03.07.2008 04:19
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ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - The second session in trauma and reconstruction took place Saturday, May 17, 2008 and was moderated by Gerald Jordan and Jack McAninch. It consisted of 20 abstracts on topics ranging from blunt and penetrating urologic trauma, urethral reconstruction, management of pelvic fracture urethral defects, urethroplasty in transplant recipients, management of Urolume failures, and the use of bioengineered materials for urethral reconstruction.
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Is Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection Necessary Among Elderly Patients With Bladder Cancer Undergoing A Radical Cystectomy?
03.07.2008 04:19
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ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Extension of the pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) during radical cystectomy (RC) has been proposed to improve patient survival and optimize lymph node count, a potential indicator of surgical quality. Yet, the survival benefit for elder patients with decreased life expectancy is unclear. The authors assessed the impact of PLND on the overall survival (OS) of elder bladder cancer patients undergoing RC.
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Erectile Dysfunction After Plaque Incision And Grafting: Incidence And Predictors
03.07.2008 04:19
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ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - In this presentation, the group reported on the incidence and predictors of erectile dysfunction after plaque incision and grafting (PIG). 56 patients undergoing PIG were analyzed with pre and 6-month postoperative IIEF questionnaires. Mean duration of PD at the time of surgery was 23 months, mean plaque area was 4.7 cm2 and mean pre-op curvature was 52 degrees. 52 patients had grafting with Tutoplast, 4 with Surgisis.
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Emotional, Psychological, And Marital Stress In Male Factor Infertility
03.07.2008 04:19
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ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - The authors hypothesize that men with male factor infertility (MFI) may experience greater emotional and social distress, and lower levels of marital functioning than men in infertile couples without MFI. Self-report questionnaires and interviews were used to evaluate infertile couples' experiences at baseline and various follow-up points in time.
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Linking Second-hand Smoke And Lung Cancer
03.07.2008 04:18
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It is a widely accepted notion that second-hand smoke (SHS) is linked to lung cancer. However, medical professionals and researchers have not reached consensus on the extent of the increase in cancer risk due to SHS.
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Smokeless Tobacco Can Also Increase Cancer Risk
03.07.2008 04:18
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A review published in The Lancet Oncology finds that although users of smokeless tobacco products (STPs) likely have a lower cancer risk than smokers, they are still increasing their risk of developing several types of cancer. In the USA and Sweden, a finely cut or powered, flavored tobacco called moist snuff is the most popular form of STP used. In places like India, there is a wide range of products that are regularly consumed.
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Congressional Black Caucus Urges Lawmakers To Include Menthol Restriction In Tobacco Legislation
03.07.2008 04:18
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The Congressional Black Caucus is calling on lawmakers to add restrictions on menthol cigarettes to legislation (HR 1108, S 625) that would give
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Moffitt Cancer Center Study Shows That Pain Causes Increased Desire To Smoke Cigarettes
03.07.2008 04:18
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More than half of all people with chronic pain are smokers, and research at suggests that cigarette smoking may make chronically painful conditions worse. In a recent study published in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Moffitt researchers found for the first time that smokers often have greater urges to smoke and smoke more cigarettes when they experience pain.
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Some Poor Households Opt For Cigarettes Over Food
03.07.2008 04:18
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Cigarettes or adequate food is a tough choice for some poor families, according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The researchers found that of low-income families, those containing a household head or spouse who smoked cigarettes were at about 6 percent higher risk for being "food insecure" not always able to put enough food on the table. Such families purchase, on average, 10 packs of cigarettes per week, spending around $33.
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Saving More Lives Through Organ Donation, Australia
03.07.2008 04:18
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The Australian Medical Association congratulated the Rudd Government on its multi-million dollar proposal to assist in the organ transplant rate in Australia. AMA President, Dr Rosanna Capolingua, said the answer to the organ transplant problem was not just about increasing the number of donations. "The Government's new funding of $136.4 million goes a long way towards ensuring that more organ transplants actually can take place," she said.
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More Must Be Done To Increase Organ Donors In The UK, British Medical Association
03.07.2008 04:18
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Doctors expressed their disappointment today (Wednesday 2 July) that the UK lags far behind other European countries in the level of organ donation, and called on UK governments to do more to increase awareness about the importance of this issue.
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