Reconstructive Urology
Lichen Sclerosus and Phimosis – Discrepancies Between Clinical and Pathological Diagnosis and Its Consequences
To assess the accuracy of clinical diagnoses and the true incidence of lichen sclerosus (LS) in patients with phimosis.Multicentered Assessment of Clinical Outcomes and Factors Associated With Failure of the Adjustable TransObturator Male System (ATOMS)
To assess postoperative outcomes from the Adjustable TransObturator Male System (ATOMS) and identify factors influencing failure to achieve continence.Clinical and Radiographic Factors Associated With Failed Renal Angioembolization: Results From the Multi-institutional Genitourinary Trauma Study (Mi-GUTS)
To find clinical or radiographic factors that are associated with angioembolization failure after high-grade renal trauma.Prevalence of Cognitive Impairment and Sphincter Misuse Among Men With Artificial Urinary Sphincters
To define the prevalence of cognitive impairment and sphincter misuse among men who had undergone AUS placement.Bulbomembranous Urethral Strictures Repair After Surgical Treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia. Experience From a Latin American Referral Centre
To evaluate stricture recurrence and urinary incontinence (UI) rates in patients who underwent bulbomembranous anastomosis for management of short (≤ 2cm) bulbomembranous urethral stricture (BMS) after benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) surgical treatment. In addition, we studied if there was any relation between post urethroplasty UI and the method employed for BPH surgical treatment.Changing Trends in Management Following Artificial Urinary Sphincter Surgery for Male Stress Urinary Incontinence: An Analysis of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Database
To characterize the safety and practice patterns of artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) placement on a population level. Increasingly AUS implantation has shifted to be an outpatient surgery; however, there is a lack of large-scale research evaluating factors associated with early (≤ 24 hours) versus late (>24 hours) discharges and complications in men following AUS placement. We utilized the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) database to identify and compare factors and outcomes associated with each approach.The Effect of Radiation Therapy on the Efficacy of Internal Urethrotomy With Intralesional Mitomycin C for Recurrent Vesicourethral Anastomotic Stenoses and Bladder Neck Contractures: A Multi-Institutional Experience
To assess the efficacy, effect of radiotherapy, and complications of direct visual internal urethrotomy (DVIU) and intralesional mitomycin C (MMC) for recurrent bladder neck contracture/vesicourethral anastomotic stenosis (BNC/VUAS).Appendiceal Interposition for Ureteral Stricture Disease: Technique and Surgical Outcomes
To report our initial experience with ureteral appendiceal interposition (UAI) in a series of adult patients undergoing ureteral reconstruction for ureteral stricture.Impact of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Risk Factors on Stricture Recurrence After Anterior One-stage Buccal Mucosal Graft Urethroplasty
To evaluate the impact of cardiovascular, metabolic and smoking related risk factors on recurrence in patients with buccal mucosal graft urethroplasty for anterior urethral strictures.Validating the Martini Staging System for Rectourethral Fistula: A Meta-Analysis of Postoperative Outcomes
To validate the Martini staging system for postoperative rectourethral fistula (RUF) utilizing data from previous studies to determine whether it can accurately predict postoperative success rate.A Multi-Institutional Experience With Robotic Ureteroplasty With Buccal Mucosa Graft: An Updated Analysis of Intermediate-Term Outcomes
To update our prior multi-institutional experience with robotic ureteroplasty with buccal mucosa graft and analyze our intermediate-term outcomes. Although our previous multi-institutional report provided significant insight into the safety and efficacy associated with robotic ureteroplasty with buccal mucosa graft, it was limited by small patient numbers.Novel Creation of a Noneverted Stoma During Ileal Conduit Urinary Diversion: Technique and Short-term Outcomes
To report our experience with a noneverted stoma technique used in ileal conduit urinary diversion. We successfully utilize this technique in patients when traditional everted stoma maturation is difficult due to a thick abdominal wall, bulky mesentery, and poor bowel compliance.Significant Management Variability of Urethral stricture Disease in United States: Data from the AUA Quality (AQUA) Registry
To determine the degree of contemporary practice variation for the treatment of urethral stricture disease (USD) given repeated endoscopic management yields poor long-term success.Urinary Pubic Symphysis Fistula Leads to Histopathologic Osteomyelitis in Prostate Cancer Survivors
To assess the histologic findings in the pubic bone resected during extirpative surgery for urinary pubic symphysis fistula (UPF). The concurrent presence of osteomyelitis and the need for bone resection at time of extirpative surgery for UPF has been debated. We hypothesized that UPF results in histopathologically confirmed osteomyelitis, underscoring the importance of bone resection at the time of surgery.Urethrogram: Does Postoperative Contrast Extravasation Portend Stricture Recurrence?
To demonstrate our hypothesis that the presence of extravasation on postoperative urethrogram is inconsequential for disease recurrence in urethroplasty postoperative follow-up.Liposomal Bupivacaine Local Infiltration for Buccal Mucosal Graft Harvest Site Pain Control: A Single-blinded Randomized Controlled Trial
To assess efficacy and safety of liposomal bupivacaine (LB) infiltration of the buccal mucosal graft (BMG) harvest site in alleviating pain by evaluating the postoperative narcotic usage, pain score, and morbidities.Multi-institutional Experience Comparing Outcomes of Adult Patients Undergoing Secondary Versus Primary Robotic Pyeloplasty
To describe surgical techniques and peri-operative outcomes with secondary robotic pyeloplasty (RP), and compare them to those of primary RP.A Multi-Institutional Experience With Robotic Appendiceal Ureteroplasty
To report a multi-institutional experience with robotic appendiceal ureteroplasty.Total Glans Resurfacing for the Management of Superficial Penile Cancer: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis in a Tertiary Referral Center
To report surgical and oncological outcomes of total glans resurfacing in a consecutive series of superficial penile cancers.Development and Validation of A Male Anterior Urethral Stricture Classification System
To develop and validate a clinical classification system for urethral stricture disease (USD) based on the retrograde urethrogram (RUG), physical exam, and stricture-specific patient history.Urethroplasty for Failed Hypospadias Repair Related Strictures in Adults: A Retrospective Analysis With Long-term Follow-up
To report long-term surgical outcomes after urethroplasty for failed hypospadias repair (FHR) related strictures in adults.Extirpative Cultures Reveal Infectious Pubic Bone Osteomyelitis in Prostate Cancer Survivors With Urinary-Pubic Symphysis Fistulae (UPF)
To examine the infectious features of patients with urinary pubic symphysis fistula (UPF) and their association with osteomyelitis.Artificial Urinary Sphincter Outperforms Sling for Moderate Male Stress Urinary Incontinence
To determine the role of slings and artificial urinary sphincters (AUS) in the management of mild and moderate stress urinary incontinence (SUI).Microsurgical Phalloplasty in Nontranssexual Patients – Considerations After a Retrospective Single-center Analysis of 23 Cases
To evaluate the outcome of a single-center series of penile reconstruction using the radial free forearm flap in rare indications.Comprehensive Prospective Assessment of Patient-reported Outcomes Following Urethroplasty
To better define patient-reported outcomes after urethroplasty. While urethroplasty is the most effective treatment for urethral stricture, the majority of outcomes are reported using surgeon-defined endpoints.
