Bleeding during urologic surgery can lead to transfusions and major complications. The POISE-3 tested prophylaxis in at-risk ...

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 ...

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 ...

Surgeons from Keck Medicine of USC and UCLA Health have performed the world's first-in-human bladder transplant. The surgery was successfully completed at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on May 4, ...

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.

In a trial of patients undergoing urologic surgeries, resuming DOACs on postoperative day 1 at a low dose was associated with an acceptable risk of bleeding events. The PAUSE-URO trial’s perioperative ...

Columbus-based Central Ohio Urology Surgery Center is the first ASC in Central Ohio, and one of the first in the nation, to perform a robotic prostatectomy, the center said Oct. 19. The ASC said it is ...

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 ...

!–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 ...

Here are 22 interesting statistics about urology in surgery centers. 1. Urology was represented in 23 percent of all ASCs in 2008. 2. Urology ranked fourth among specialties in average number of ...

Use of tranexamic acid (TXA) reduced the risk of major bleeding in patients undergoing urologic surgery, results from the randomized POISE-3 trial showed. Among more than 1,100 patients, 6.1% of those ...