In a recently completed study, researchers led by Dr. Priyanka Gupta at the University of Minnesota studied outcomes in a large cohort of patients … [Read more...]
Acute Urinary Retention in Robotic Prostatectomy
Dr. Ryan Novak and colleagues at The Ohio State University Medical Center are reporting in an abstract published in the September, 2012 Journal of the … [Read more...]
Hematocele
Hematoceles are not uncommonly occurring conditions where there is an abnormal blood collection in the tunical vaginalis of the testes. Causes of … [Read more...]
Narrowing of the Ureter
A classic boards question in surgery and urology centers on knowing the three areas that the ureter naturally narrows and is thus an anatomic position … [Read more...]
Cremasteric Reflex
The cremasteric reflex is the immediate elevation of the ipsilateral (i.e., same side) testicle upon stroking the inner medial thigh. The sensory … [Read more...]
Reiter’s Syndrome
Characteristics of Reiter's syndrome can't see, can't pee, can't bend the knee … [Read more...]
Vasectomy
Indications Male sterility - this procedure does not confer 100% sterility even when properly done by experienced surgeons. … [Read more...]