The use of next-generation, single-port surgical robots leads to improved cosmetic outcomes and patient perceptions of scarring after robotic kidney, bladder, or prostate surgery, reports a study in Urology Practice.
Oct 20, 2022
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Current evidence supports the effectiveness of interventions to reduce prescribing of opioid pain medications after urologic surgery, concludes a research review and meta-analysis in the Journal of Urology, an Official Journal ...
Apr 11, 2022
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Vanderbilt collaborators focused on minimally invasive prostate surgery are developing an endoscopic robotic system with two-handed dexterity at a much smaller scale than existing options.
Jul 19, 2019
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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.
May 30, 2017
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Faced with the negative quality-of-life effects from surgery and radiation treatments for prostate cancer, low risk patients may instead want to consider active surveillance with their physician, according to a study released ...
Mar 21, 2017
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Black children who undergo urologic surgery are more likely than white children to have postsurgical complications and hospital-acquired infections 30 days after the surgery. Researchers studying a national database from ...
Jun 17, 2016
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For patients undergoing urologic surgery, frailty may increase their risk of experiencing complications after surgery.
Jan 19, 2016
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A rigorous evaluation of survival rates has shown that cancer patients with localised prostate cancer—the most common form of prostate cancer—have a better chance of survival if treated by surgery than by radiotherapy. ...
Dec 14, 2015
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As hospitals have shifted an array of common urological surgeries from inpatient procedures to outpatient, potentially preventable deaths have increased following complications.
Aug 19, 2014
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Women with blood in their urine (hematuria) were less than half as likely as men with the same issue to be referred to a urologist for further tests, according to a new Vanderbilt University study.
May 27, 2014
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