Recently, a shift from inpatient to outpatient surgery in the United States for commonly performed urologic procedures has coincided with increasing deaths, according to a study published in BJU ...

About 1 in 1,111 patients who undergo urologic surgery for conditions such as prostate cancer and kidney stones experience opioid dependence or overdose (ODO), a Loyola Medicine study has found.

Telesurgery (operating on a patient remotely using a surgical robot via a secure telecommunication link) appears to be as ...

In general, prophylaxis for urologic surgery should be discontinued within 24 hours, and in many cases, a single dose is appropriate. Although common practice has been to administer agents longer when ...

Thomas Chi, M.D., MBA, professor and chair of the UAB Department of Urology, has been named named Anton J. Bueschen, M.D., Endowed Chair of Urologic Surgery and Research. “I am honored to follow in ...

!–paging_filter–pUrologists diagnose and treat disorders of the urinary tract, prostate and bladder, such as urinary tract infections, prostate cancer and incontinence./p pstrongEmily B. Bradley, M.D.

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Albany Medical Center urologists published a study that concluded patients who had received major abdominal/pelvic surgery rarely needed prescription opioids for pain after ...

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center recently became one of only a few centers in the Pacific Northwest to acquire the da Vinci single-port robotic surgical system. Adding this new technology to its fleet of ...

A surgeon who devoted his career to drive innovation in urologic cancer diagnosis and treatment will lead urology at Northwell Health. Dr. Samir Taneja, who was appointed to the position after a ...

Dr. Wallis is a Clinical Professor of Surgery in the Division of Urology at the University of Utah and Chief of Pediatric Urology at Primary Children’s Hospital. He is a board certified pediatric ...

Periprocedural infections are an important health care concern. Surgical-site infections occur after 5% of clean extra-abdominal procedures and are even more frequent after intra-abdominal operations.