2025 October - 9 articles
The SIU wishes to extend its gratitude to the urologists who contributed their time to review abstract submissions for the 45th SIU Congress:Refaat Abusamra, Libya;Sanjai Addla, India;Kinju Adhikari, India;Neeraj Agarwal, United States;Madhu Agrawal,...
Background/Objectives: To determine long-term patient-reported outcomes for patients undergoing hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO2) following external beam radiotherapy. Methods: A retrospective cohort study of all consecutive patients who underwent HBO...
Background/Objectives: Renal colic poses a significant burden on patients and healthcare systems. Negative ureteroscopy in the setting of stented patients is reported at up to 14%, resulting in unnecessary surgeries and inefficiencies. While ureteral...
Background/Objectives: Malignant ureteric obstruction is an increasingly common problem; however, its treatment remains challenging due to associated poor survival and quality of life outcomes. There is a lack of consensus on how to best manage these...
Compression of the left renal vein between the abdominal aorta and superior mesenteric artery, known as nutcracker syndrome, can present with subtle, nonspecific symptoms that often delay diagnosis, posing a clinical challenge in daily urology practi...
Background/Objectives: Bulkamid® (Axonics, Irvine, CA, USA) is a non-particulate polyacrylamide hydrogel used in the treatment of urinary incontinence. While its effectiveness is well-documented in female stress urinary incontinence (SUI), there...
Intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) remains the gold standard adjuvant therapy for intermediate and high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) [...]
Background/Objectives: We here describe the impact of navigated care on utilization patterns of pharmacologic and minimally invasive overactive bladder therapies. Methods: This retrospective observational cohort study used electronic medical record d...
Background/Objectives: To evaluate the viability of using ChatGPT in a real clinical environment for patient education during informed consent for flexible cystoscopy, assessing its practicality, patient perceptions, and clinician evaluations within...
