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HUMANITARIAN Humanitarian and Global Surgery: An Evolution
HUMANITARIAN Establishing a Training Center of Excellence
HUMANITARIAN Task Sharing Surgical Specialties in Zambia and Malawi
HUMANITARIAN The Importance of Humanitarian Perspective and Participation in a Residency Program
HUMANITARIAN African Inland Church Kijabe Hospital Profile
HUMANITARIAN International Volunteers in Urology: Emerging From the Pandemic
HUMANITARIAN Global Surgical Education: Transferring Technical Skills to Local Partners
HUMANITARIAN Serving in the Democratic Republic of Congo
HUMANITARIAN Deriving Joy From Medical Missions
HUMANITARIAN Gratitude: Reflections on Humanitarian Urology
HUMANITARIAN Reflecting on the Urology Care Foundation™/Fox Family Humanitarian Grant Award
HUMANITARIAN Restoring Dignity: Improving Quality of Life Through Fistula Care in Rwanda
HUMANITARIAN 2023 Urology Care Foundation Humanitarian Grant Award
HUMANITARIAN A Look Into Caribbean Urology With the Urology Care Foundation™
CLINICAL TRIALS What Makes a Good Clinical Trial? A Cochrane Perspective
CLINICAL TRIALS Clinical Trials in Reconstructive Urology
CLINICAL TRIALS How to Perform Multicenter Impactful Small Trials
PROSTATE CANCER Reducing the Musculoskeletal Side Effects of Treatment in Metastatic Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer
Building Supervised Computer Vision Models of Kidney Surgery With Surgical Videos of Donor Nephrectomy
The Evolving Role of Perioperative Immunotherapy for Patients With Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer
Benefits of Prehabiliation Prior to Radical Cystectomy
What Is a Normal Testosterone Level for Young Men?
COVID-19: The Penile Pandemic and Its Effect on Men’s Health
Toward Improving Radiation Cystitis Urinary Morbidity Using Hyperbaric Oxygen
ADVANCED PRACTICE PROVIDERS Topical Hormone Therapy in Women With Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause: Perils for Practice
HUMANITARIAN International Priapism Workshop: Kano, Nigeria
UROLOGY AROUND THE WORLD Rahmi M. Koç Academy of Interventional Medicine, Education and Simulation Surgical Training Center in Istanbul
WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Testosterone Therapy: Prescribing and Monitoring Patterns of Practice in British Columbia
WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Long-Term Systemic Effects of Vaginal Mesh: Seeking the Truth
The Aliabadi-Kazim Scholars Program: A Model for Supporting Students Without a Home Urology Program
PATIENT PERSPECTIVES Exercising a Patient Perspective of AUA2023
PATIENT PERSPECTIVES AUA2023 Patient Perspectives Program Experience
FIVE QUESTIONS WITH… Sergio Guzmán, MD
PATIENT PERSPECTIVES Reflections on AUA2023 and the Patient Perspectives Program
FROM THE RESIDENTS & FELLOWS COMMITTEE A Resident’s Guide to the Rural Urology Workforce Crisis
AUA ADVOCACY Capital Conversations: Representative Neal Dunn
Reestablishing Antitumor Immune Responses in Prostate Cancer
ASCO 2023 RECAP The Role of Bladder Preservation in Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer: A Patient-Centered Panel Discussion
AUA2023 TAKE HOME MESSAGES Reflections on AUA2023: Prostate Cancer
MEDICAL STUDENT COLUMN Bridging the Gap: Urologists Are Uniquely Suited to Address Women’s Sexual Health
MEDICAL STUDENT COLUMN Patient Education in Urology: The Utility of Modernized Social Media Models
MEDICAL STUDENT COLUMN A Call for Improved Standardization in Urologic Residency Robotics Curricula
FOOD FIGHT The Best Oatmeal in Hackensack
BOOK REVIEW Sun Tzu: The Art of War and Lessons for the Urologist
PRACTICE TIPS & TRICKS Managing the Request for a Second Opinion
Have You Read?
FROM THE AUA SCIENCE & QUALITY COUNCIL Diagnostic Excellence: A Conceptual Framework to Improve Quality and Equity in Urology Care
JU INSIGHT Local Recurrence of Penile Intraepithelial Neoplasia in the Surgical Margin After Penile-Sparing Surgery
JU INSIGHT International Bladder Cancer Group Scoring System Predicts Outcomes of Patients on Active Surveillance
JU INSIGHT Diabetes, Obesity, and Pathological Upstaging in Renal Cell Carcinoma
JU INSIGHT Patient-Reported Functional Outcomes After Radical Prostatectomy in Historical and Contemporary Practice
JU INSIGHT Surgical Outcomes and Prediction of Complications Following High-Complexity Buried Penis Reconstruction
JU INSIGHT Comparison of Collagenase Clostridium histolyticum to Surgery for the Management of Peyronie’s Disease
UPJ INSIGHT Surgical Site Infections in Open and Laparoscopic Operations in Rooms with Open-Floor Drainage Systems
UPJ INSIGHT An Examination of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Follow-Up Prostate Cancer Screening
UPJ INSIGHT Acquisition of Urology Practices by Private Equity Firms and the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System
UPJ INSIGHT Multimodal Pain Control Utilizing Buprenorphine for Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy
UPJ INSIGHT Trends, Cost, and Predictors of Local Hemostatics Use in Major Urological Surgery
UPJ INSIGHT How Effective Was the 2014 AUA Cryptorchidism Guideline? A Multi-Institutional Evaluation
HUMANITARIAN The AUA’s Ongoing Commitment to Our Global Humanitarian Mission
HUMANITARIAN Introduction From the Guest Editor
HUMANITARIAN Panzi Hospital
HUMANITARIAN How Do We Find the Purpose We Are All Seeking?
HUMANITARIAN An “Alternative Vacation”: A Volunteer Fortnight to a Training Center in Sub-Saharan Africa
HUMANITARIAN The Pan-African Academy of Christian Surgeons Trains Surgeons to Tackle the Problem of Surgical Disease in Africa
HUMANITARIAN Global Humanitarian Work
HUMANITARIAN Urology Care Foundation™ Humanitarian Initiatives: 3 Years in…and Growing
FROM THE AUA PUBLIC POLICY COUNCIL Advocacy for the Busy Urologist
SPECIALTY SOCIETIES Princeton IV Consensus Conference Proceedings: PDE5 Inhibitors and Cardiac Health
UPJ INSIGHT Deimplementation of Computed Tomography Urogram for Low- to Intermediate-risk Microscopic Hematuria
UPJ INSIGHT Urology Research and Patient Understanding: Large Language Models to Generate Layperson Summaries
UPJ INSIGHT Comparison of Intermittent and Continuous Androgen Deprivation Therapy in Prostate Cancer Patients
UPJ INSIGHT Impact of Inflation Reduction Act on Out-of-Pocket Costs for Medicare Beneficiaries With Prostate Cancer
UPJ INSIGHT Predicting Surgical Experience After Robotic Radical Prostatectomy Simulation Using Machine Learning
JU INSIGHT Subcoronal Incision for Inflatable Penile Prosthesis Does Not Risk Glans Necrosis
JU INSIGHT The Reduction of Male Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Is Associated With a Decreased Risk of Death
JU INSIGHT Free PSA and Clinically Significant and Fatal Prostate Cancer in the PLCO Screening Trial
JU INSIGHT Sex Differences in Bladder Management, Symptoms, and Satisfaction After Spinal Cord Injury
JU INSIGHT Risk Stratification by Quantification of Perineural Cancer Invasion on Prostate Needle Core Biopsy
JU INSIGHT Robotic Bladder Autotransplant: Preclinical Studies Preparing for First-in-human Bladder Transplant
JU INSIGHT Enhanced Recovery After Surgery for Complete Primary Repair of Bladder Exstrophy
JU INSIGHT Metastasis Histopathology Impact on Outcomes for Surgically Resected Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma
JU INSIGHT Artificial Intelligence-powered Large Language Models to Disseminate Health Information in Urology
AUA ADVOCACY Health Policy in Action: Highlights From the Hill
Developing Online Urology-specific Standardized Letters of Recommendation for Residency Match
Fellowship Training in Urologic Oncology: What’s in It for You?
CODING TIPS & TRICKS Coding for Sacral Nerve Stimulation Procedures
AUA LEADERSHIP PROGRAM AUA Leadership Program: Opportunity Awaits
MEDICAL STUDENT COLUMN Breaking Down Barriers: Celebrating Pioneers and Advancing Diversity in Urology
Gamifying Robotic Surgical Simulation Training
FROM THE RESIDENTS & FELLOWS COMMITTEE Preventing Injuries Before They Happen: Incorporating Surgical Ergonomics Education Into Urologic Residency Training
Experience of an Incoming Urology Resident at the AUA Intern Academy
CASE REPORT Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Renal Pelvis Associated With Nephrolithiasis and Perirenal Abscess
MEDICAL STUDENT COLUMN Nurturing the Next Generation of Urologists: Mentorship and Its Personal Impact on Medical Students in the Preclinical Years
AUA LEADERSHIP PROGRAM AUA Leadership Class 2023-2024: Where Will It Take Me?
SPECIALTY SOCIETIES Take Home Messages From the 2023 Canadian Urological Association Annual Meeting
Coach Lou Holtz and Pharmaceutical Representatives
Seventeen Inches: Health Care Lessons From a College Baseball Coach
VOICES The Imperative of Diversity in Peer Review
AUA2023 BEST POSTERS Postchemotherapy Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection for Seminoma: Is Surgery Effective?
AUA2023 TAKE HOME MESSAGES Kidney Cancer
AUA2023: REFLECTIONS Treatment of Fungal Urinary Tract Infections
ASCO 2023 RECAP Patient-reported Quality of Life and Survival Outcomes: CHAARTED Trial in Prostate Cancer
ASCO 2023 RECAP Personalizing Androgen Deprivation Therapy in Patients With High-risk Localized Prostate Cancer Using Artificial Intelligence
ASCO 2023 RECAP Standard vs Extended Lymphadenectomy Performed at Radical Cystectomy for Muscle Invasive Urothelial Cancer
ASCO 2023 RECAP First-line Lenvatinib + Pembrolizumab Treatment Across Nonclear Cell Renal Cell Carcinomas
ASCO 2023 RECAP Combination Therapies Come of Age in Kidney Cancer
ASCO 2023 RECAP Highlights of Genitourinary Cancer: Prostate and Testicular Cancer
Adjuncts to Removal of Lower Pole Stone Debris: Historical, Current, and Future Options
POINT-COUNTERPOINTPosterior Urethral Stenosis After Prostate Cancer Radiotherapy, What Is the Best Perineal Approach: Dorsal Buccal Onlay
POINT-COUNTERPOINT Posterior Urethral Stenosis After Prostate Cancer Radiotherapy, What Is the Best Perineal Approach: Transecting Anastomotic vs Dorsal Buccal Inlay
X-Ray Safety for the Endourologist
Primary Question: How Has the Average Number of Radical Prostatectomies Performed by Urologists Changed Over Time?
Robotic Pyeloplasty in Infants for Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction: Is It Time for a New Gold Standard?
Palliative Care and Urology
PROSTATE CANCER Approaching Rural-Urban Prostate Cancer Disparities Through Mixed-methods Research Design
CLINICAL TRIALS Why Is It So Hard to Accrue to Randomized Surgical Trials and What Can Be Done About It?
CLINICAL TRIALS Behavioral Modification Trials in Urology
CLINICAL TRIALS SipIT Behavioral Intervention Clinical Trial to Increase Fluid Intake for Kidney Stone Prevention
CLINICAL TRIALS Patient Engagement in a Bladder Cancer Clinical Trial
CLINICAL TRIALS Addressing Overuse Through De-implementation Trials and Practice
CLINICAL TRIALS Patients as Partners in the Modern Clinical Trial Landscape
CLINICAL TRIALS Patient and Stakeholder Engagement to Support Clinical Trial Development in Kidney Stone Research
CLINICAL TRIALS How to Incorporate Urologic Oncology Fellowship Learnings When Starting Practice
CLINICAL TRIALS Why Consider Genitourinary Oncology Research in the Community?
CLINICAL TRIALS Embarking Upon a Clinical Research Enterprise in the Independent Private Practice Setting
CLINICAL TRIALS Clinical Trials for Patients With Stones From the United Kingdom
CLINICAL TRIALS Leveraging Quality Improvement Networks for Clinical Trials: Making BLUES and SOUL MUSIC
CLINICAL TRIALS PARTIAL a Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Pelvic Fascia-sparing and Conventional Radical Prostatectomy
CLINICAL TRIALS Improving Clinical Trials With Implementation Science
The Legacy of Black Urologists in America
UPJ INSIGHTMedicare Part D Plan Navigation Could Reduce Out-of-Pocket Costs of Prostate Cancer Medications
UPJ INSIGHTTrends in Prostate-specific Antigen Screening for US Men With a Family History of Prostate Cancer
UPJ INSIGHTPredictors of Financial Toxicity Among United States Prostate Cancer Survivors: A National Survey
UPJ INSIGHTTikTok and YouTube Videos on Overactive Bladder Exhibit Poor Quality and Diversity
UPJ INSIGHTImplantable Penile Prosthesis for Erectile Dysfunction: Insurance Coverage in the United States
JU INSIGHTGamma-band Intermuscular Connectivity in Women With Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome
JU INSIGHTRole of Technetium-99m-Sestamibi Imaging in Differentiating Oncocytic Tumors vs Renal Cell Carcinoma
JU INSIGHTRandomized Controlled Trial of Single-dose Perioperative Pregabalin in Ureteroscopy
JU INSIGHTApplicability of the International Index of Erectile Function in Young Men With Spina Bifida
JU INSIGHTEarly vs Delayed Transurethral Surgery in Acute Urinary Retention: Does Timing Make a Difference?
JU INSIGHTImpact of Medicare Low-income Subsidy on Treatment Access, Choice, and Outcomes in Prostate Cancer
JU INSIGHTThe PINNACLE Study: Optilume BPH Catheter System for Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
JU INSIGHTMpox Genital Lesions: A Large Single-center Experience With Intermediate Follow-up
JU INSIGHTFood Insecurity and Urge Urinary Incontinence: 2005-2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
JU INSIGHTBiopsy Assessment of Oncologic Control 3 Years After Primary Partial Gland Cryoablation in Prostate Cancer
JU INSIGHTGRADE Reporting in Systematic Reviews Published in the Urological Literature (2009-2021)
JU INSIGHTWhat Is the Optimal Stenting Duration After Ureteroscopy and Stone Intervention?
PRACTICE TIPS & TRICKSThe Fifty-cent Marketing Idea
Beware! ChatGPT Makes Up References!
MEDICAL STUDENT COLUMNTaking the Plunge: My First AUA Annual Meeting
2023 USMART Mentee: Hong Truong, MD, MS
SPECIALTY SOCIETIESLeveraging Allied Health Professionals
SPECIALTY SOCIETIESThe International Neuro-Urology Society Annual Congress
AUA SECTION MEETINGSThe Northeast Section 2023: Looking Forward
AUA SECTION MEETINGSMid-Atlantic Section of the AUA Annual Meeting
FROM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERKeeping the Momentum With Innovation Nexus
FROM THE UROLOGY CARE FOUNDATIONUrology Care Foundation Board of Directors: Dynamic, Diverse, Dedicated, and Seeking New Members
FROM THE AUA RESEARCH COUNCILScientific Research: Can the Results Be Trusted?
FROM THE AUA EDUCATION COUNCILInstitute for Leadership and Business
FROM THE RESIDENTS & FELLOWS COMMITTEEIs Laparoscopy Dead in the Era of Robotic Surgery?
FIVE QUESTIONS WITH...5 Questions With Jaime Andrés Cajigas Plata, MD
AUA LEADERSHIP PROGRAMJanet Kukreja, MD, MPH, FACS
AUA LEADERSHIP PROGRAMPiyush Agarwal, MD
UROLOGY CARE FOUNDATION 2023 RESEARCH AWARDS OF DISTINCTIONDistinguished Scholar Alumnus Award
American Medical Association House of Delegates Annual Meeting
RADIOLOGY CORNERStereotactic Ablative Radiation for Primary Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Promising Alternative
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSTissue Resident Macrophages Are Associated With Randall’s Plaques
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSPractice Patterns, Attitudes, and Knowledge Base of Urologists Toward Their LGBTQ Patients
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSPlatelet-rich Plasma for the Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSLong-term Tumor Necrosis Factor–alpha Inhibitor Use Decreases the Risk of Prostate Cancer
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSInforming an Approach to the Subcapsular Renal Hematoma
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSShould We Include Systematic Biopsies in Diagnosis of Patients With Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma?
AUA2023: REFLECTIONSSurgical Management of Pediatric Urinary Stones: Personalized Approaches Based on Size and Location
AUA2023: REFLECTIONSMastering the Basics: How the Experts Do It
The Privately Insured Vasectomy Rate Increased From 2014 to 2021: Will It Increase More?
Personalized Prediction of Multimodal Treatment Benefit Using Genomic Testing
Ureteral Stent Encrustation: What It Is, How to Treat, What Has Been Done, and Where We Are Now
The Evolving Workforce and the Effects on Urinary Symptoms and Toileting Behaviors
Oral Testosterone Replacement Therapy: What’s Available and What Took so Long?
On the Evolution of the Urological Species
Herbal Supplements for Overactive Bladder: Evaluating the Online Marketplace for Potential Alternatives to Anticholinergics
Robot-assisted Bladder Augmentation: Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze?
Delayed Orgasm From Lumbosacral Disc Disease: Role of the Urologist
Is Stentless Ureteroscopy Safe in the Dusting Era?
The Role of Botulinum Toxin for the Pediatric Neurogenic Bladder: Who, When, and How Much Is Too Much?
Mentorship Matters: The Impact of a Private Practice Urologist
OUT OF OFFICEAn Interview With Dr Milhouse
PROSTATE CANCERTestosterone Replacement After Definitive Prostate Cancer Treatment: Where Do We Stand?
PROSTATE CANCERProstate Cancer in Transgender Women: Raising Awareness in Our Most Marginalized Populations
PROSTATE CANCERChallenges of Community Outreach With the Mass General Brigham Prostate Cancer Outreach Clinic
PROSTATE CANCERBreaking Boundaries in Robotic Surgery: Unveiling the Medtronic Hugo Robotic-assisted Surgery System
PROSTATE CANCERArtificial Intelligence in Radical Prostatectomy
PROSTATE CANCERImproving Equity in Prostate Cancer Outcomes Through Patient-reported Outcome Measures
PROSTATE CANCERRacial Health Disparities in Prostate Cancer Care
PROSTATE CANCEREnzalutamide in Earlier Stages of Prostate Cancer Treatment
PROSTATE CANCERUse of Open Payments Program Database to Study Financial Conflicts of Interest in Urology
PROSTATE CANCERAddressing the Intersection of Climate Change and Cancer: A Roadmap to Action for Urological Care Providers
PROSTATE CANCERDisparities in Prostate Cancer: Nature or Nurture or Both?
PROSTATE CANCEREarly Detection of Prostate Cancer: Highlights From 2023 AUA/Society of Urologic Oncology Guidelines
PROSTATE CANCERShould Same-day Discharge After Robotic Radical Prostatectomy Be the Standard of Care?
SPECIAL AND MEMORABLE PATIENTSA Urologist’s Perspective: A Window Into Baseball
PROSTATE CANCERRandomized Controlled Trials to Inform Prostate Biopsy Debate
PROSTATE CANCERPeritoneal Interposition Flaps Subsequent to Robot-assisted Radical Prostatectomy: Impact on Lymphocele Incidences
PROSTATE CANCERNovel Molecular Profiling Technology Applications: Finding the Needle in a Haystack
PROSTATE CANCERReaching for Health Equity in Prostate Cancer Care Through Advocacy
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSFracture Incidence in Prostate Cancer and Risk Reduction With Zoledronic Acid: Results From STAMPEDE Trial
AUA LEADERSHIP PROGRAM2023-2024 AUA Leadership Class: Dr Andrew Harris
AUA LEADERSHIP PROGRAM2023-2024 AUA Leadership Class: Mohummad Minhaj Siddiqui
AUA LEADERSHIP PROGRAM2023-2024 AUA Leadership Class: Service and Collaboration
AUA LEADERSHIP PROGRAMAUA Leadership Program Acceptance
AUA LEADERSHIP PROGRAMAUA Leadership Class: A Step to the Next Level
AUA LEADERSHIP PROGRAMReflection on the AUA Leadership Program
AUA LEADERSHIP PROGRAMPromoting Well-being of Urological Community
AUA LEADERSHIP PROGRAMLearning to Lead: Lessons From Climbing Against Katabatic Winds
AUA2023: REFLECTIONSMedical Leadership: Past, Present, and Future
AUA LEADERSHIP PROGRAMStepping into the Future: A Journey of Leadership, Learning, and Legacy
AUA LEADERSHIP PROGRAMMy AUA Leadership Journey
AUA LEADERSHIP PROGRAM2023-2024 AUA Leadership Class: Reza Mehrazin
AUA LEADERSHIP PROGRAMAUA Leadership Program: Dr Craig A. Peters
AUA LEADERSHIP PROGRAMAUA Leadership Program Statement
AUA ADVOCACYStrengthening Public Awareness of Urological Health Through State Advocacy
AUA LEADERSHIP PROGRAMWhy I Chose to Do the AUA Leadership Program
UPJ INSIGHTConversion to Disposable Cystoscopes Decreased Post-procedure Encounters and Infections
Mentorship and Discovery: Developing a Mechanical Alternative to Antibiotic Prophylaxis
Bridging the Language Gap in Urology: The Rosetta (Kidney) Stone Project
Reflections From an Educator
UROLOGY CARE FOUNDATION 2023 RESEARCH AWARDS OF DISTINCTIONAIM High: DNA Methyltransferase Inhibition and Immune Stimulation in Bladder Cancer
Introducing The Journal of Urology®’s Primer on Peer Review
FIVE QUESTIONS WITH…Marie-Paule Jammal, MD, FRCS
FIVE QUESTIONS WITH…Tomohiko Ichikawa, MD, PhD
AUA ADVOCACYConnecting the Hospital and the Hill
JU INSIGHTDoes Preoperative Testosterone Reduce Complications in Distal Hypospadias Repair With Urethroplasty?
JU INSIGHTCharacterization of Gender Differences in H-index Within Urological Subspecialties
JU INSIGHTIntraoperative Predictors of Sacral Neuromodulation Implantation and Treatment Response: ROSETTA Trial
JU INSIGHTVesicourethral Anastomotic Stenosis Following Radical Prostatectomy
JU INSIGHTDiagnostic 18F-rhPSMA-7.3 Positron Emission Tomography in Men With Suspected Prostate Cancer Recurrence
JU INSIGHTStability of Prognostic Estimation Using CAPRA Score With Imaging- vs Physical Exam–based Staging
JU INSIGHTMultimodal Biomarkers That Predict Gleason Pattern 4: Potential Impact for Active Surveillance
JU INSIGHTHolmium:YAG Laser with MOSES Technology vs Thulium Fiber Laser Lithotripsy in Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery
JU INSIGHTPrognostic Factors for Survival in Patients Undergoing Surveillance After Cytoreductive Nephrectomy
When One-third Fall Down, We All Must Step Up—An Applicant’s Perspective on Improving the Urology Residency Match
VOICESMy Experience at the Inaugural Global Leadership Retreat, AUA2023
2023 Residents and Fellows E-QIPS Competition Winner
UROLOGY CARE FOUNDATION 2023 RESEARCH AWARDS OF DISTINCTIONJump-starting Your Career as a Surgeon-Scientist: Reflections From an Ongoing Journey
AUA LEADERSHIP PROGRAMThe Tick Before the Tock
MEDICAL STUDENT COLUMNFrom a Question to a Fellowship
AUA SECTION MEETINGSWestern Section AUA’s 99th Annual Meeting in Lake Tahoe, California
AUA SECTION MEETINGSHighlights of the Upcoming New England AUA2023 Annual Meeting
SPECIALTY SOCIETIESBasic Science Program at Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine & Urogenital Reconstruction
SPECIALTY SOCIETIESSociety of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine & Urogenital Reconstruction Annual Meeting Update
UROLOGY CARE FOUNDATION 2023 RESEARCH AWARDS OF DISTINCTIONDistinguished Mentor Award
FROM THE AUA SCIENCE & QUALITY COUNCIL2023 Quality Improvement Summit on Telehealth
FROM THE RESIDENTS & FELLOWS COMMITTEEUrology as an Emerging Specialty in the Ethiopian Health System: Challenges and Prospects
FROM THE TREAURERAUA Treasurer’s Report
UPJ INSIGHTThe M-PROVE Model: Redesigning the Urological Morbidity and Mortality Conference
UPJ INSIGHTProvider Specialty and Follow-up Testing Among Stone Patients on Preventive Pharmacological Therapy
UPJ INSIGHTAn Analysis of Political Contributions by Urologists in the United States: 2003-2022
UPJ INSIGHTSurgical Stone Treatment: Patterns May Predict Performance on Episode-based Cost Measure in the Quality Payment Program
UPJ INSIGHTGuideline Compliance Regarding Chest Imaging of Suspicious cT1 Renal Masses in MUSIC-KIDNEY
AUA LEADERSHIP PROGRAMAUA Leadership Program 2023-2024: Welcome, New Class Participants
AUA LEADERSHIP PROGRAMMentoring a Group of Exceptional Future Leaders in Urology
AUA LEADERSHIP PROGRAM2023-2024 AUA Leadership Class: Christopher M. Gonzalez
AUA LEADERSHIP PROGRAM2023-2024 AUA Leadership Class: Dr Doreen Chung-Waldman
AUA LEADERSHIP PROGRAM2023-2024 AUA Leadership Class: Dr Ryan Hsi
AUA LEADERSHIP PROGRAM2023-2024 AUA Leadership Class: Dr Jimena Cubillos
AUA LEADERSHIP PROGRAMWhat It Means to Me to Be Chosen for the Leadership Course
AUA LEADERSHIP PROGRAM2023-2024 AUA Leadership Class Mentor: Kathleen C. Kobashi
AUA2023 BEST VIDEOS Deep Dorsal Vein Bed Plication Technique for Ventral Penile Curvatures
AUA2023 BEST VIDEOSTwiddler’s Syndrome: Idiopathic Lead Migration Resulting in Sacral Neuromodulation Device Failure
AUA2023 BEST VIDEOSRobotic Bladder Auto-transplantation: Initial Proof of Technical Feasibility
AUA2023 BEST VIDEOSVeil-sparing Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate: Technical Modification for Optimized Postoperative Urine Control
AUA LEADERSHIP PROGRAMThe AUA Leadership Course: An Opportunity to Give Back
AUA LEADERSHIP PROGRAMFinding the Possibilities: Reflections on Being Selected for the 2023-2024 Leadership Class
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSA Deeper Look Into Kidney Cancer Incidence: Groundwater Constituents in the Spotlight
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSRemoval of Small Asymptomatic Renal Stones to Reduce Relapse
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSSingle-dose Preoperative Pregabalin in Ureteroscopy: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSImproving Predictive Utility of Urethral Stricture Classification Systems Based on Survival Analysis
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSVaginal Prasterone Impacts UTI Rate in Women With Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause or Breast Cancer
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSSexual Harassment in Urology: Findings From the Society of Women in Urology Census
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSUrological Implications of Race-free Renal Function Equations
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSPatient Perceptions of Benefits and Risks of Adjuvant Therapy in Renal Cell Carcinoma
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSBenign Prostatic Hyperplasia/Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Phenotypes Identified by Cluster Analysis
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSAssessing Financial Literacy and Well-being of Urology Residents
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSTowards Goal-directed Anesthesia in Kidney Transplant
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSIntraoperative Radical Prostatectomy Surgical Margin Assessment With Stimulated Raman Histology
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSBiopsy Assessment of Oncologic Control 3 Years Following Primary Partial Gland Cryoablation
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSPerioperative Outcomes of Cutaneous Ureterostomy and Ileal Conduit With Radical Cystectomy
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSRacial and Ethnic Disparities in Valuation of Life Expectancy in Prostate Cancer Treatment Decision-making
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSLow Opioid Fill Rates Continue Despite Termination of a Financial Incentive for Opioid-free Vasectomies
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSThe Battlefield of Immunotherapy in Enzalutamide-resistant Prostate Cancer
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSTHC Use Alters Sperm DNA Methylation in Rhesus Macaques
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSPersonalized Bedtime Determined by a Wearable Device Improves Nocturia: A Prospective Interventional Crossover Study
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSDevelopment of a Clinical-scholar Index Score for Measuring Academic Contributions in Urology
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSPrevalence and Severity of Pelvic Floor Disorders Vary by Race/Ethnicity and Health Care Access
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSErectile Function Recovery Among Young Men With Erectile Dysfunction on Once Daily Tadalafil 5 mg
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSUnderstanding the Sexual Health Concerns and Needs of Female Partners of Prostate Cancer Survivors
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSBaseline Prostate Health Index Risk and Changes During Active Surveillance Predict Grade Reclassification
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSExploring the Effects of Actinidin as a Novel Collagenase to Treat Human Peyronie’s Disease Cells
AUA2023 BEST VIDEOSSingle-port Robotic Kidney Autotransplantation: Novel Minimally Invasive Approach for Kidney Salvage
AUA2023 BEST VIDEOSOperative Technique for Conversion of Minimal- to Full-depth Gender-affirming Peritoneal Flap Vaginoplasty
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSDetection of Prostate Cancer After Initial Omission of Biopsy in Multiparametric MRI Era
AUA2023: BEST POSTERSInhibition of Human Detrusor Smooth Muscle Cell Growth and Modulation of Cytoskeletal Organization by Immunomodulatory Imide Drugs
Off-the-Shelf Implant to Bridge a Urethra: Multicenter 8-Year Journey From Bench to Bed
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSImproving Quality in Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumor: RESECT, a Global Trainee-led Study
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSChildren With Neurogenic Bladder Seen in the Emergency Department Experience a High Rate of Antibiotic Overtreatment for Presumed Urinary Tract Infection
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSThe Impact of Previous Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Surgery on Robotic Waterjet Ablation Therapy
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSEvaluation of Private Payer and Patient Out-of-Pocket Costs Associated With the Surgical Management of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSLifestyle Factors in Relation to Prostate Tumorigenesis in Europeans and East Asians
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSClinical Measurement of Maximum Safe Ureteral Distensibility Using a Novel Force Sensor
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSPenile Prosthesis Biofilms: A Paradigm Shift From Infection to Colonization
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSAssociation Between Low Testosterone and Perioperative Outcomes for Transurethral Prostate Surgery
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSOutcomes of Robot-assisted Radical Prostatectomy With Hugo RAS Surgical System: Initial Experience
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSEpigenetic-based Test to Accurately Predict Successful Microscopic Testicular Sperm Extraction Outcomes
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSLow Testosterone, Frailty, and Outcomes Among Men Undergoing Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumor
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSTestosterone Therapy at Vasectomy Reversal: Intraoperative Decision-making and Postoperative Outcomes
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSIdentification and Characterization of Novel Atypical Smooth Muscle Cells in Mouse Corpus Cavernosum
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSVirtual Reality Immersion for Reducing Anxiety and Pain During Transperineal Prostate Biopsy
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSComparative Cost-effectiveness of Treatment Strategies for Stage IIA Seminoma: Insights From the Surgery in Early Metastatic Seminoma Trial
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSUpper Urinary Tract Videourodynamics: A Practical Tool in Refractory Postoperative Hydronephrosis
AUA2023 TAKE HOME MESSAGESBasic Science (Benign)
AUA2023 TAKE HOME MESSAGESBladder Cancer
CASE REPORTA Rare Presentation of a Nonfunctioning Bladder Paraganglioma
The Journal of Urology®–European Urology Writing Course: Collaboration > Competition
Mindfulness in Surgery, Mindfulness as Surgeons
MEDICAL STUDENT COLUMNHealth Policy and Advocacy in Urology: An Interview With Dr Ruchika Talwar
UROLOGY CARE FOUNDATION 2023 RESEARCH AWARDS OF DISTINCTIONRecipient of the 2023 John W. Duckett, Jr, MD, Pediatric Urology Research Excellence Award
AUA2023: REFLECTIONSAdvanced Practice Provider AUA Recap
AUA2023: REFLECTIONSPanel Summary: Career Success Outside of Clinical Urology
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSArtificial Intelligence–generated R.E.N.A.L.+ Score Surpasses Human-generated Score in Predicting Renal Oncologic Outcomes
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSWork Absence and Productivity Loss of Patients Undergoing a Trial of Passage for Ureteral Stones
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSThe INFLOW-OPERA Study: Investigation of Flow State Occurrence During Surgical Performance with Electroencephalography
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSClinical and Genomic Risk Features of High-grade T1 Nonmuscle-invasive Bladder Cancer
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSUtility of Renal Mass Biopsy in the Management of cT1 Renal Masses
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSTrue Ipsilateral Local Recurrence Following Partial Nephrectomy
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSRadiation Exposure During Sacral Neuromodulation Lead Placement: A Multi-institutional Descriptive Study
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSAssociation Between the Hydronephrosis Outcome Prediction Score and Obstruction on Mercaptoacetyltriglycine Renal Scan
PROJECT RADAR: Performance Indicators During Nerve-sparing Robotic Radical Prostatectomy Simulation
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSProphylactic Use of Biologic Mesh in Ileal Conduit: Initial Report of a Randomized Controlled Trial
AUA2023 BEST POSTERSVariation in Content Discussed by Specialty in Consultations for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer
AUA2023 TAKE HOME MESSAGESSexual Dysfunction
AUA2023 TAKE HOME MESSAGESHealth Care Disparities
AUA2023: REFLECTIONSSemi-live Surgeries/Surgical Techniques: Oncology
Use of β3-Adrenergic Receptor Agonists in Pediatric Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction
AUA2023: REFLECTIONSSemi-live Surgeries/Surgical Techniques: Sexual Medicine
Rationalizing Urological Services in a Public-funded Health Care System
Evolution of Preprostatectomy Imaging to Improve Surgical Outcomes
AUA2023 TAKE HOME MESSAGESIncreasing Representation in Urology
AUA2023 TAKE HOME MESSAGESReconstruction
AUA2023 TAKE HOME MESSAGESMale Infertility
AUA2023 TAKE HOME MESSAGESPediatrics
AUA2023 TAKE HOME MESSAGESTransplantation
AUA2023 TAKE HOME MESSAGESImaging
AUA2023 TAKE HOME MESSAGESSurgical Education
AUA2023 TAKE HOME MESSAGESInnovation in Robotic Surgery
AUA2023 TAKE HOME MESSAGESEndourology/Kidney Stones
AUA2023 TAKE HOME MESSAGESBenign Prostatic Hyperplasia/Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
AUA2023 BEST VIDEOSA Comprehensive Review of Neuroanatomy, Prostate Anatomy, and Periprostatic Structures
AUA2023: REFLECTIONS Surgical Techniques: Robotic Single-port Extraperitoneal Radical Prostatectomy
AUA2023: REFLECTIONS AUA2023 Plenary Session: Case-based Panel Discussion of Chronic Pelvic Pain
Closing Gender Gap in Family Planning Post-Dobbs
Dr ChatGPT: Transforming Urological Care with the Integration of AI-powered Large Language Models
Simultaneous Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy and Ureteroscopy for Bilateral Urolithiasis
UPJ INSIGHTProlonged Opioid Use Following Bladder Tumor Resection for Opioid-naïve Patients
FROM THE AUA PUBLIC POLICY COUNCILPools, Popsicles, and Payment Cuts
UPJ INSIGHTIncreasing Role of the Advanced Practice Provider in Men’s Health Clinics
UPJ INSIGHTFeasibility and Value of a Focal Therapy Multidisciplinary Tumor Board in Prostate Cancer Patients
UPJ INSIGHTAdverse Events of Abiraterone Acetate vs Enzalutamide
UPJ INSIGHTCost of Bladder Cancer Care: A Single-center Comparison of Radical Cystectomy and Trimodal Therapy
UPJ INSIGHTUse of a Virtual Tumor Board for Renal Masses in the Michigan Urological Surgery Improvement Collaborative
UPJ INSIGHTPredictors of Timely and Delayed Evaluation After Referral for Elevated PSA in a High-risk Population
JU INSIGHTUnilateral Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection in Prostate Cancer Diagnosed in Era of MRI-targeted Biopsy
JU INSIGHTActive Surveillance After Biopsy Reclassification to Grade Group 2 Prostate Cancer
JU INSIGHTInitial Management of Indeterminate Renal Lesions in a Statewide Collaborative: A MUSIC-KIDNEY Analysis
JU INSIGHTOutcomes Following Focal Ablative Therapy for Localized Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer in Patients >70 Years
JU INSIGHTAquablation Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Due to Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Final WATER II Results
JU INSIGHTImproving Upper Urinary Tract Stone Surgery Quality: Validation of Efforts to Reduce Emergency Department Visits
JU INSIGHTFirst in Human Testing of UroMonitor: Catheter-free Wireless Ambulatory Bladder Pressure Monitor
JU INSIGHTDoes IRIS, a Segmented 3D Model, Increase Surgical Precision During Robotic Partial Nephrectomy?
JU INSIGHTUrethral Stricture After Artificial Urinary Sphincter Cuff Erosion Is Uncommon Without Pelvic Radiation
JU INSIGHTPlatelet-rich Plasma for Erectile Dysfunction: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Trial
JU INSIGHTRenal Mass Biopsy Mandate Is Associated With Change in Treatment Decisions
UPJ INSIGHTNew Artificial Intelligence ChatGPT Performs Poorly on the 2022 Self-assessment Study Program for Urology
JU INSIGHTProspective Study Using a Novel Safety Valve to Prevent Catheter Balloon Inflation Injury of Urethra
Photonic Lithotripsy: Utilizing Engineered Nanoparticles for Kidney Stone Fragmentation
AUA2023: REFLECTIONSHands-on Urological Ultrasound Course 2023
Working Toward Deriving Regenerative Treatment Options for Males With Nonobstructive Azoospermia
AUA2023: REFLECTIONSTemporary Implantable Nitinol Prostate Stent for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
AUA2023: REFLECTIONSPediatric Plenary Cross Fire Debate: Controversies in Vesicoureteral Reflux Management
AUA2023: PANEL DISCUSSIONBladder Neck Contracture
AUA2023: REFLECTIONSRobot-assisted Kidney Transplantation: It Is Ready for Prime Time!
Mentorship in the Post-COVID Era
AUA2023: REFLECTIONSTen Tips and Tricks to Reduce Radiation Exposure During Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: The Life You Save May Be Your Own
AUA2023: REFLECTIONSBPH Hands-on Course Recap: Innovative Models, Surgical Technologies, and Experienced Faculty
AUA SECTION MEETINGSNew York Section Annual Meeting, San Sebastian, Spain
SPECIALTY SOCIETIESSociety of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine and Urogenital Reconstruction 2023 Annual Meeting Recap
FROM THE RESIDENTS & FELLOWS COMMITTEEHighlights From AUA2023
FROM THE UROLOGY CARE FOUNDATIONHeightened Focus on Humanitarianism
FROM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERFocus on Mentorship
AUA2023: REFLECTIONSExtratunical Grafting for Indentation and Hourglass Deformities With Peyronie’s Disease
AUA2023: REFLECTIONSAUA Semi-live Surgery Recap: Endourology
AUA2023: REFLECTIONSSecond Opinion Cases: Challenging Scenarios: Irritative Urinary Symptoms in Men
Extended Duration Anticoagulation After Radical Cystectomy: The Case for Incorporating an Oral Option
AUA2023: REFLECTIONSHood Hydro Concept, Complex Partial Nephrectomy, and Circulating Tumor DNA
Conservative Management of Lichen Sclerosus–Induced Urethral Stricture Disease
AUA2023: REFLECTIONSHands-on Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy Skills Course
Point-of-care Ultrasound in Urology and Urological Training
AUA2023: REFLECTIONSTime Efficiency and Productivity Hacks for the Busy Urologist
Ureteral Injuries After Blunt External Trauma: How to Diagnose, Grade, and Treat a Rare Injury
MEDICAL STUDENT COLUMNPhosphodiesterase-5 Inhibitors: Does Evidence Support Prospective Trials of a Role Outside Urology?
SPECIALTY SOCIETIESAssociation of the Bladder with Endometriosis Emphasized at the Endometriosis Summit
CODING TIPS & TRICKSModifier 24 and Modifier 25 Revisited: Definitions and Recommendations for Appropriate Use
AUA2023: REFLECTIONSInnovation by Necessity: Improving Urodynamics for Children With Spina Bifida
AUA2023: REFLECTIONSThe Role of Poly (Adenosine Diphosphate-ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors in Advanced Prostate Cancer
A USMART Mentee Perspective on Collaborative Urological Research, Aging, and Bladder Cancer Biology
AUA2023: REFLECTIONSImaging Impacts Urological Outcomes: What a Urologist Should Know
AUA2023: REFLECTIONSBenign Prostatic Hyperplasia Semi-live Surgical Techniques
CASE REPORTEpididymal Synovial Sarcoma, a Rare Paratesticular Tumor
AUA2023: REFLECTIONSCan Vasectomies Be Considered Temporary Contraception?
AUA2023: REFLECTIONSSemi-live Surgery: En-bloc Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate Using Moses Technology
AUA2023: REFLECTIONSTeleurology: Practical Guide to Improve Patient Access to Urological Care
AUA2023: REFLECTIONSNew Hands-on Skills Course: A Practical Guide on Treating Stress Urinary Incontinence in Men
Addressing Endometriosis With Multidisciplinary Care: Reconstruction, Rehabilitation, and Advocacy
RADIOLOGY CORNER MRI-guided Salvage Cryoablation of Postprostatectomy Seminal Vesicle Bed Recurrence
AUA2023: REFLECTIONSLow Submuscular With Transfascial Fixation for Ectopic Inflatable Penile Prosthesis Reservoir Placement
AUA2023: REFLECTIONSBenign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Predicting the Future
CASE REPORT Luschka Bile Duct Injury in Robotic Right Partial Nephrectomy: Case Report and Literature Review
AUA2023: REFLECTIONS Work Smarter, Not Harder: Optimizing Clinical Efficiency
AUA2023: REFLECTIONS AUA Launches Successful Global Residents Leadership Retreat at AUA2023
AUA2023: REFLECTIONS Semi-live Surgery Using Intrarenal Pressure Sensing Ureteroscope With Moses Pulse Modulation Laser
An Overview of Practicing Urology in Libya
VOICES Building Health Equity and Diversity in Urology: A Personal Journey
AUA2023: REFLECTIONS My AUA FUTURE Program Experience
VOICES The Impetus for Resident Participation: How and Why?
FROM THE AUA PRESIDENT Inaugural Address
Why Do We Do That? Shaving Body Hair Prior to Surgery
Antifibrolytic Agents and the Treatment of Urethral Strictures: The Results of the ROBUST Trials
Diversity in Urology: Insights From Our First Society of Women in Urology Meeting
TikTok and the Doctor: Reaping the Rewards
AUA2023: REFLECTIONS Pursuing a Career in Urology in the 2020s: Perspectives From the AUA2023 Medical Student Forum
Personalized Prostate Cancer Risk Assessment With an Integrated Biomarker and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Approach
AUA2023: REFLECTIONS Highlights From the Peyronie’s Disease Plenary
Optimization and Validation of ChatGPT and GPT-4 as a Reasoning Engine in Clinical Urology Practice
Can We Improve Guideline Adherence in Urology?
AUA2023: REFLECTIONS If We All Follow Guidelines, Then Who Will Invent?
AUA2023 GUIDELINE PRESENTATION Summary of Urethral Stricture Guidelines Case-based Presentations
The Journey to Indexing: A Urology Practice® Success Story
AUA2023: REFLECTIONS Enhancing Treatment of High-risk Nonmuscle-invasive Bladder Cancer with Immunotherapy
How to Optimize Performance and Enhance Patient Care: Ergonomics for the Modern Urologist
AUA2023: REFLECTIONS AUA 2023 Plenary Panel on Acute Management of External Genital and Urethral Trauma
AUA2023: REFLECTIONS 106HO: Interventional Ultrasonography: Using Renal Ultrasound to Guide Percutaneous Access and Biopsy
AUA2023: REFLECTIONS Sexual Health Survivorship Care for Prostate Cancer Patients
AUA2023: REFLECTIONS Steerable Ureteroscopic Renal Evacuation with CVAC Aspiration System for Fragment Aspiration
FOCAL THERAPY Active Surveillance for the Small Renal Mass
UPJ INSIGHT Outcome Measures and Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria in Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
UPJ INSIGHT Changes in Billing and Reimbursement for Urology Office Visits Before and After Medicare Payment Reforms
UPJ INSIGHT International Iohexol Shortage: Alternative Contrast Agents and Imaging Procedures for the Urologist
JU INSIGHT Mini-percutaneous Nephrolithotomy or Flexible Ureteroscopic Lithotripsy for 1- to 2-cm Renal Stones
JU INSIGHT Impact of Expanded Definition of Family History on Active Surveillance Outcomes for Prostate Cancer
JU INSIGHT Clinically Important Differences for Pain and Urinary Symptoms in Urological Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome
JU INSIGHT Ureteral Stent Placement, Emergency Department Visits, and Opioid Prescriptions Among Youth
JU INSIGHT Characterization of Stone Events in Patients With Type 3 Primary Hyperoxaluria
JU INSIGHT Long-term Urological Outcomes in Pelvic Genitourinary Rhabdomyosarcoma: A 48-Year Single-center Experience
JU INSIGHT Extended Lymph Node Sampling During Surgery for Pediatric Renal Tumors and Postoperative Complication Rates
FROM THE RESIDENTS & FELLOWS COMMITTEE The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Urological Practice
FROM THE AUA RESEARCH COUNCIL Expanding the Global Reach of AUA Urological Research Support
FROM THE AUA EDUCATION COUNCIL Educational Resources for Residents and Residency Training Programs
PRACTICE TIPS & TRICKS Down the Drain: I Lost a Biopsy Sample but Gained a Valuable Lesson
The Outcomes and Techniques for Posterior Urethroplasty in Men Resulting From Pelvic Radiotherapy
Posterior Tibial Nerve Stimulation for Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction in Children
Treatment of Asymptomatic Renal Stones: What’s the Recent Evidence?
GIANTS OF UROLOGY Robert S. Waldbaum, MD (1938-2023)
Vibegron for Overactive Bladder Treatment in Older Adults: Results From the EMPOWUR Trial
Healthy Men Should Undergo Baseline PSA Screening: A Call for Clear Guidance
2023 Practice Management and Coding Program: Invest in Yourself, Your Practice Team, and Your Future!
Familyfirst Messenger Application
Cadaveric vs Silicone Simulator Training in Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate: Master Class
The Rejuvenated Bladder and Opportunities for the Future
Urological Applications for ChatGPT
Moving Toward an Objective Hypospadias Classification System
MEDICAL STUDENT COLUMN Piloting a Winter Externship for Preclinical Students to Increase Exposure to Urology
ENCOMPUS: Defending Our Specialty by Taking Care of People. We Are the People
Conversation With Dr Patricia Turner Regarding the American College of Surgeons
Bridging the Gap Between Health Policy Research and Impact: Mark Cuban Visits Vanderbilt University
AUA ADVOCACY Opening the Digital Front Door: Why Telehealth Is Vital in a Modern World
AUA ADVOCACY Starting at the Summit: Advice for New Advocates
AUA ADVOCACY My Experience at the 2023 AUA Summit
AUA ADVOCACY The AUA Annual Urology Advocacy Summit: A Mentor and Mentee Tradition
AUA ADVOCACY United We Stand: Patient and Provider Takeaways From the Patient Advocacy Connections Program
AUA ADVOCACY Expanding the Urological Workforce in Rural America
AUA ADVOCACY The Trainee’s Guide to Advocacy: A Panel Recap From the AUA Advocacy Summit
AUA ADVOCACY Recap of Resident Experiences at the 2023 AUA Annual Urology Advocacy Summit in Washington, DC
AUA ADVOCACY Recap of My Summit Experience Representing New Mexico
AUA ADVOCACY The Soapbox Meets Social Media: Amplifying Urological Advocacy at #AUASummit23 and Beyond
AUA ADVOCACY Breaking Down Barriers to PSA Screenings
AUA ADVOCACY Rise and Renew: The 2023 Annual Urology Advocacy Summit
AUA ADVOCACY The Role of the American Medical Association in Physician Advocacy
FOCAL THERAPY Understanding a Patient’s Cancer Threat by Identifying the Index Lesion
FOCAL THERAPY Comparison of Adverse Events and Quality of Life Between Focal Therapy and Whole-gland Treatment in Prostate Cancer
FOCAL THERAPY Stereotactic Ablative Therapy and Microwave Ablation for Treatment of Nonmetastatic Renal Masses
FOCAL THERAPY Use of Focal Therapy in Appropriate Candidates Discontinuing Active Surveillance: A Paradigm Shift
FOCAL THERAPY Whole-gland Ablation of Prostate Cancer: Outcomes Supported by 2 Decades of Real-world Clinical Experience
FOCAL THERAPYFinancial Considerations in the Management of Small Renal Masses
FOCAL THERAPY Functional Outcomes after Focal Therapy Are Superior to Conventional Whole-gland Treatments
FOCAL THERAPY The Case for Focal Therapy in Intermediate-risk Prostate Cancer
FOCAL THERAPY Focal Irreversible Electroporation for Prostate Cancer
FOCAL THERAPY Image-targeted Therapy for Small Renal Masses
FOCAL THERAPY Multiparametric MRI Fusion Prostate Biopsy and Cryoablation in Minority and Vulnerable Populations
FOCAL THERAPY Multiparametric Ultrasound and High-resolution Ultrasound for Prostate Cancer Diagnosis
FOCAL THERAPY Artificial Intelligence for Prostate Cancer Localization and Focal Therapy Patient Selection
FOCAL THERAPY Multiparametric MRI–Transrectal Ultrasound Prostate Fusion Biopsy to Risk Stratify for Focal Therapy
FOCAL THERAPY Focal Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer: Bridging the Gap Between Consensus and Guideline Approval
FOCAL THERAPY Office-based Percutaneous Renal Biopsy: Why Aren’t More Urologists Doing It?
FOCAL THERAPY Anterior Gland Ablation as a Novel Treatment for Magnetic Resonance Imaging–detected Clinically Significant Anterior Prostate Cancer
FOCAL THERAPY The Controversy of Renal Mass Biopsy: Should We Do It Prior to Treatment?
FOCAL THERAPY Transurethral Ultrasound Ablation as a Promising Focal Therapy Option for Prostate Cancer
FOCAL THERAPY The Role of the Tumor Microenvironment in Prostate Cancer Focal Therapy
FOCAL THERAPY Defining Candidates for Partial Gland Prostate Ablation: A Critical Challenge for Focal Therapy
JU INSIGHT A Urine-based DNA Methylation Marker Test to Detect Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma
JU INSIGHT Ureteral Stents Harbor Complex Biofilms With Rich Microbiome-Metabolite Interactions
SPECIALTY SOCIETIES Takeaways, Society of Government Service Urologists Meeting, January 2023
JU INSIGHT Risk Factors for Increased Stent-associated Symptoms Following Ureteroscopy for Urinary Stones
JU INSIGHT Phase I Trial of Vascular-targeted Photodynamic Therapy for Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma
JU INSIGHT: Bladder Mucosal Cystitis Cystica Correlates With Recurrent UTI in Postmenopausal Women
UPJ INSIGHT: Biomarker Surrogate for Nutritional Status to Predict Overall Survival in Patients Post–radical Cystectomy
SPECIALTY SOCIETIES: Urological Society of India Congress Presentation Summary
SPECIALTY SOCIETIES: American Urological Association Participation in the 2023 Urological Society of India National Congress
SPECIALTY SOCIETIES: AUA at Urological Society of India 2023
UPJ INSIGHT Non–race-based Glomerular Filtration Rates to Estimate Renal Functional Outcomes Following Nephrectomy
JU INSIGHT Mitomycin Gel as Adjuvant Therapy After Complete Endoscopic Management of Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma
UPJ INSIGHT Merit-based Incentive Payment System Quality Reporting in Urology Practices
JU INSIGHT Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Localizing Prostate Cancer Near the Urethra in Focal Gland Ablation Candidates
JU INSIGHT Impact of Maximal Transurethral Resection on Pathological Outcomes at Cystectomy
JU INSIGHT Health-related Quality of Life After Robotic-assisted vs Open Radical Cystectomy
JU INSIGHT Efficacy of TAR-200 in Patients With Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer
UPJ INSIGHT Effects of In-office Dispensing by Single-specialty Urology Practices on Management of Advanced Prostate Cancer
JU INSIGHT Detection of Bacteria in Bladder Mucosa of Adult Females
JU INSIGHT Deep Learning of Videourodynamics to Classify Bladder Dysfunction Severity in Patients With Spina Bifida
SPECIALTY SOCIETIES Current Antibiotic Practice for Endourological Surgery and Postoperative Urinary Tract Infection
JU INSIGHT Clinical Impact of a Rapid Genetic Testing Model for Advanced Prostate Cancer Patients
Brazilian Society of Urology Recommendations on Perioperative Procedures of Prostate, Bladder, and Kidney Cancer Surgery
JU INSIGHT Bladder Neck Contractures Stabilize After Placement of the Artificial Urinary Sphincter
JU INSIGHT Displacement of Lower Pole Stones During Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery Improves Stone-free Status
UPJ INSIGHT eConsult Provides a Novel Opportunity to Evaluate Hematuria Referrals for Medicaid Patients
SPECIALTY SOCIETIES Management of Bladder Exstrophy: What a General Urologist Should Know
SPECIALTY SOCIETIES Paradigm Shifts in the Diagnostic Pathway for Prostate Cancer in Accordance With Evolving Technology
VOICES Giants in Urology: Martin K. Dineen, MD, 1952-2023
Long-term Pelvic Function After Symphysis Pubectomy for Urosymphyseal Fistula
FROM THE AUA SCIENCE & QUALITY COUNCIL Data Research Program
Celebrating a Year as AUA President
Trends, Predictions, and Barriers in Urologists’ Telemedicine Usage
Impact of Robotic Radical Cystectomy on Urinary Diversion
CASE REPORT New Approach for Monitoring Neuroendocrine Differentiation of Prostate Cancer
Domain-based Interviews for Residency Applicants in the Virtual Era: Ready for Primetime?
FROM THE RESIDENTS & FELLOWS COMMITTEE Fitting Wellness Into the 80-Hour Workweek
MEDICAL STUDENT COLUMN A Guide for Medical Students Without Home Residency Programs or Strong Research Opportunities
OUT OF OFFICE Mini Medical College
AUA ADVOCACY Seven Principles to Maximize the Impact of Your Health Policy Research
Observational Units for Patients With Renal Colic: Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Closing the Orgasm Gap: Another Gender Disparity
CASE REPORT Endoscopic Treatment of a Ureteric Stone in a Paraperitoneal Ureteroinguinal Hernia
Dietitians in Multidisciplinary Stone Clinics: Evidence and Barriers to Their Implementation
Hard Flaccid Syndrome Proposed to Be Secondary to Pathological Activation of a Pelvic/Pudendal-Hypogastric Reflex
The Value of a Pathology Rotation in Urology Residency: The University of Vermont Medical Center Experience
Children Undergoing Bladder Augmentation: What Should the Parents Know?
Hormonal Therapy for Men Undergoing Definitive Radiation for Prostate Cancer
COVID and COVID-associated Cystitis
Single-port Surgery: Creating New Opportunities in Robotic Surgery
RADIOLOGY CORNER: Pediatric Bladder Neck Mass
OFFICE & SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIES: ChatGPT: A Time-saving Companion for Physicians
Wearable Technology in Urology: Trendy Fashion or Here to Stay?
Update on the Management of Malignant Ureteral Obstruction
Complex Overactive Bladder
Antibiotic Stewardship in Urological Procedures: Are Prophylactic Recommendations Appropriate?
Fighting Frustration: Using Lean Methodology to Improve Workflows
What I Learned From Dr. Denstedt
UPJ INSIGHT Employment and Labor Force Participation Among Prostate Cancer Survivors
UPJ INSIGHT Potential for Urolithiasis-related Research Using the Novel Medicare-Litholink Database
UPJ INSIGHT Stent Omission in Pre-stented Patients Undergoing Ureteroscopy Decreases Unplanned Health Care
UPJ INSIGHT Factors Influencing Underrepresented in Medicine Urologist Recruitment to Academic Institutions
UPJ INSIGHT Advanced Urology Boot Camp: A Simulation-based Curriculum to Enhance Student Procedural Competency
JU INSIGHT Pathological/Clinical Outcomes in a Large Intervention Cohort of Radiographically Cystic Renal Masses
JU INSIGHT Artificial Urinary Sphincter Cuff Downsizing Improves Continence Cases of Sub-cuff Atrophy
JU INSIGHT Peroneal Electrical Transcutaneous Neuromodulation vs Solifenacin in Overactive Bladder
JU INSIGHT Use of Monitoring Tests Among Patients With Localized Prostate Cancer Managed With Observation
JU INSIGHT Urinary Analysis of FGFR3 and TERT Gene Mutations Enhances Performance of Cxbladder Tests and Improves Patient Risk Stratification
JU INSIGHT Characterization of Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Experiencing Complete Response
JU INSIGHT Urological Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome Symptom Flares, Illness Impact, and Health Care Seeking
JU INSIGHT Impact of Prostate Urethral Lift Device on Prostate Magnetic Resonance Image Quality
JU INSIGHT Evolution of Bosniak IIF Renal Cysts and Impact of the 2019 Bosniak Classification
JU INSIGHT Safety and Tolerability of OnabotulinumtoxinA in Children With Neurogenic Detrusor Overactivity
Dominoes and Doctors
JU INSIGHT Effect of Cannabidiol Oil on Post-ureteroscopy Pain for Urinary Calculi: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Trial
UPJ INSIGHT Patient Demand for Urologists in the United States: A Google Trends Analysis
Hypospadias: Adult Sexual Function and Fertility Concerns After Pediatric Repair
PATIENT PERSPECTIVES Self-advocacy for Sexual Health Concerns in Patients With Cystic Fibrosis
CODING TIPS & TRICKS Coding and Billing for Online Digital Evaluation and Management Services
WHAT I LEARNED FROM DR DENSTEDT: John Denstedt, a True Gentleman
CASE REPORT: Retained Nephrostomy Thread in a Transplanted Kidney With Atypical Calcification Causing Gross Hydronephrosis and Acute Renal Failure
MEDICOLEGAL CONNECTION: Res Ipsa Loquitur… “The Thing That Speaks for Itself”
FROM THE AUA PUBLIC POLICY COUNCIL Prior Authorization: Playing the Long Game of Urology Advocacy
CASE REPORT: Urotheliectomy
FROM THE RESIDENTS & FELLOWS COMMITTEE: How to Improve Your Residency Experience: Lessons From a New Urology Training Program
Advanced Practice Provider Urology Fellowships
MEDICAL STUDENT COLUMN: Exposure Makes a Vas Deferens: A Third-year Medical Student’s Perspective on Her Urology Rotation
Patient-Advisors.com: Surgery from the Patient’s Perspective
AUA ADVOCACY: Advocacy at the Office Door
Spatially Resolved Clonal Copy Number Alterations in Benign and Malignant Tissue
WHAT I LEARNED FROM DR DENSTEDT: What I Learned From Dr Denstedt
WHAT I LEARNED FROM DR DENSTEDT: John Denstedt, MD: An Appreciation
WHAT I LEARNED FROM DR DENSTEDT: Dr John Denstedt
WHAT I LEARNED FROM DR DENSTEDT: Working With AUA Secretary Dr John Denstedt
SPECIALTY SOCIETIES: Research on Calculus Kinetics Society Meeting at AUA
WHAT I LEARNED FROM DR DENSTEDT: John Denstedt
SPECIALTY SOCIETIES Resistance and Resilience: Long-standing and Contemporary Challenges to the Advancement of Health Equity
WHAT I LEARNED FROM DR DENSTEDT: The Beating Heart of the American Urological Association
SPECIALTY SOCIETIES: Society for Basic Urologic Research at AUA2023
WHAT I LEARNED FROM DR DENSTEDT: What I Learned From Dr John Denstedt
WHAT I LEARNED FROM DR DENSTEDT: From the Wood to the Gold
SPECIALTY SOCIETIES: The Society of Urologic Oncology Meeting at AUA2023
SPECIALTY SOCIETIES: American Society for Men’s Health Symposium AUA2023: Establishing a Modern Men’s Health Center
WHAT I LEARNED FROM DR DENSTEDT: What I Have Learned From Dr Denstedt
SPECIALTY SOCIETIES: Society for the Study of Male Reproduction at AUA2023
WHAT I LEARNED FROM DR DENSTEDT: Dr Denstedt: The Man, the Myth, the Legend
SPECIALTY SOCIETIES: Preview of the Upcoming Sexual Medicine Society of North America 28th Annual Scientific Program at the AUA Annual Meeting in Chicago
WHAT I LEARNED FROM DR DENSTEDT: John Denstedt: A Friend, Colleague, and Fellow Canadian
SPECIALTY SOCIETIES: 2023 Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine & Urogenital Reconstruction Annual Meeting
WHAT I LEARNED FROM DR DENSTEDT: To John Denstedt
SPECIALTY SOCIETIES Society of Women in Urology, April 30, 2023
WHAT I LEARNED FROM DR DENSTEDT: What Dr Denstedt Taught Me
SPECIALTY SOCIETIES: Society of Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgeons, April 28, 2023
WHAT I LEARNED FROM DR DENSTEDT: A Salute and Thank You to Dr John Denstedt
WHAT I LEARNED FROM DR DENSTEDT: Learning From the Best
SPECIALTY SOCIETIES: Hispanic Urology Society of North America to Hold Initial Meeting at AUA2023
FROM THE UROLOGY CARE FOUNDATION: Rock ‘N’ Roll With the Urology Care Foundation!
Research Independent Practice Symposium Inaugural Symposium at AUA2023
WHAT I LEARNED FROM DR DENSTEDT: Sometimes, Nice Guys Finish First
Don’t Miss the History Exhibit Booth #1342 at AUA Chicago
WHAT I LEARNED FROM DR DENSTEDT: A Tribute to AUA Secretary John Denstedt: A Triple Threat and More
2023 Forum on the History of Urology
WHAT I LEARNED FROM DR DENSTEDT: Pearls of Wisdom from JD: “Should be OK!”
CROSSFIRE: CONTROVERSIES IN UROLOGY Best Laser for Dusting Large Renal Calculi: Thulium Fiber vs Holium Laser
DIVERSITY: Society of Endourology’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Efforts
CROSSFIRE: CONTROVERSIES IN UROLOGY Surgery vs Radiation as Initial Therapy for High-risk T2bN1M0 Prostate Cancer
SECOND OPINION CASES: TRT and the Infertile Male
DIVERSITY: Celebrating Diversity With the AUA: Updates on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Efforts From the Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine & Urogenital Reconstruction
DIVERSITY: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Updates From the Sexual Medicine Society of North America
PANEL DISCUSSION: Transrectal vs Transperineal Biopsy for Detecting Prostate Cancer
DIVERSITY: Progress Update on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Efforts Within the Southeastern Section of the AUA
DIVERSITY: AUA Science and Quality Council: Updates on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Efforts
DIVERSITY: Striving for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Urological Research
DIVERSITY: Embedding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in All Urology Care Foundation Programs
SECOND OPINION CASES: Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection and the Role of Stone Removal
DIVERSITY: Office of Education Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Efforts
DIVERSITY: Race-free Renal Function Equations (eGFR): Important Considerations for the Practicing Urologist
PANEL DISCUSSION: Bladder-sparing Therapy for Localized Bladder Cancer: Is It the Optimal Therapy?
DIVERSITY: Association of Race and Education With Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Knowledge Among Male Urology Patients
ANNUAL MEETING GUIDELINE PRESENTATION: AUA Early Detection of Prostate Cancer Guideline 2023
DIVERSITY: Improving the Quality of Urological Care for Women: Where Are the Gaps?
WHAT I LEARNED FROM DR DENSTEDT: What We at AUA Headquarters Learned from Dr Denstedt
DIVERSITY: Race Reporting in Prostate Cancer Focal Therapy Clinical Trials
WHAT I LEARNED FROM DR DENSTEDT: AUA Tribute: What I Learned from Dr Denstedt
DIVERSITY: Disparities in the Clinical Profile and Surgical Outcomes of Women With Bladder Cancer
PATIENT PERSPECTIVES: Roadmap for Treating Small Renal Masses in Michigan: A Patient Advocate’s Story
PATIENT PERSPECTIVES: Mindset Matters: Survive to Thrive
PATIENT PERSPECTIVES: What People With Endometriosis Want Urologists to Know
PATIENT PERSPECTIVES: Diagnostic Uncertainty in Renal Masses: Patient Support, Community Update, and Expansion
DIVERSITY: What Influences Female Urologists’ Choice of Subspecialty?
DIVERSITY: How Latino Underrepresentation in the Urological Workforce Can Affect Patient Care
PATIENT PERSPECTIVES: My Post-prostatectomy Incontinence Journey and Positive Outcome
PATIENT PERSPECTIVES: It Takes Balls to Spread Awareness of Testicular Cancer Through Podcasting
DIVERSITY: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion by Race in Urological Malignancy Clinical Trials, 2012-2022
DIVERSITY: From Snowball to Avalanche: The Challenges Faced by Osteopathic Medical Students in Urology
PATIENT PERSPECTIVES: The Effects of Surgically Augmented Bladders on At-home Pregnancy Tests: A Paradigm for Patient-initiated Research
DIVERSITY: Allyship in Residency
DIVERSITY: Feasibility of Hybrid Mentorship Initiatives for Students Without a Home Urology Program
DIVERSITY: My Journey as an Out and Proud Urology Resident
DIVERSITY: Lactation Policy Needs for Urologists: Perspectives of a Trainee and a Practicing Urologist
PATIENT PERSPECTIVES: Shared Decision-making in Patients Diagnosed With Bilateral, Multifocal Renal Cell Carcinoma
DIVERSITY: Celebrating Diversity and Inclusion at the North Central Section
DIVERSITY: LGBTQ+ Providers in the AUA Census: Improving Representation, Data Collection, and Workforce Diversity
DIVERSITY: The Gender Gap in Academic Promotion
PATIENT PERSPECTIVES: Patient Success: Bladder Cancer Treatment, World Championship Gold, and Exercises Anyone Can Do!
DIVERSITY: Microaggressions Mitigation Training Is Lacking in Urological Education
PATIENT PERSPECTIVES: Needs Assessment Survey on Patient Attitudes Toward Social Groups for Adults With Spina Bifida
DIVERSITY: Perceptions and Experiences of Gender Equity Among Endourologists
DIVERSITY Mitigating Health Disparities: Addressing Barriers to Health Care in Underserved Minority Patient Populations
PATIENT PERSPECTIVES: Kidney Cancer: Going It Alone
DIVERSITY: Denver Health Medical Center: 23 Years of Learning Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
PATIENT PERSPECTIVES: From Embarrassment to Empowerment: Patient Perspectives on Incontinence and Cystic Fibrosis
DIVERSITY: Achieving Diversity and Promoting Inclusion in Pediatric Urology
PATIENT PERSPECTIVES: A Story That I Must Share as I Approach Turning 100 Years Old
DIVERSITY: Social Media Content on Overactive Bladder Lacks Racial and Ethnic Diversity
PATIENT PERSPECTIVES: Presenting Patients’ Collective Voices to Urologists in Support of Shared Decision-making
DIVERSITY: Not Your Token: Providing Support for Diverse Residents Beyond the Match
DIVERSITY: PROSPECT: A Novel Pilot Program for Underrepresented Minority Medical Students in Urology
PATIENT PERSPECTIVES: Creating a Checklist for Communicating With Bladder Cancer Patients
DIVERSITY: Sustaining Diversity in Urology: The Next Step
SPECIALTY SOCIETIES: Urologic Society for Transplantation and Renal Surgery Annual Meeting Sunday, April 30—Invites All Transplant and Renal Surgeons
DIVERSITY: A Strategic Plan by the Society of Urologic Oncology to Address Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
SPECIALTY SOCIETIES: Urological Society for American Veterans Meeting
DIVERSITY: Contemporary Patterns of Burnout Among Women in Urology
DIVERSITY: Finding Your Way as an Early Career Researcher: The Role of Editorial Leadership, Mentorship, Personal Connections, and How to Juggle It All
SPECIALTY SOCIETIES: Societies for Pediatric Urology 71st Annual Meeting: Future of Pediatric Urology
SPECIALTY SOCIETIES: Preview of Society of Urologic Robotic Surgeons Meeting at AUA in Chicago
DIVERSITY: Current State of Diversity Recruitment in Pediatric Urology Fellowship Programs
DIVERSITY: A Tool for Equity: The American Urological Association Annual Census
DIVERSITY: Addressing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Scholarly Publishing
DIVERSITY: Gender Equity: The Formation of Women’s Groups Within Urological Subspecialties
DIVERSITY: The Role of a Professional Society: Advancing DEI Through Recognition
SPECIALTY SOCIETIES: Society of Academic Urology: Winter Meeting Debriefing
DIVERSITY: Potential Impact of Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company on Access to Prescription Drugs in Urology
DIVERSITY: Health Care Disparities Related to Cancer, Social Economics, and Urological Practice in Puerto Rico
DIVERSITY: Reflections on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Medical Publishing: The Journal of Urology® HEAD Table
DIVERSITY: My Journey to the Presidential Leadership Scholars Program and Urology 2025
DIVERSITY: Myths, Fears, and the State of Diversity in the United States Urology Workforce
DIVERSITY: Chinese Female Urologist: Pursuing Light on the Road of Life
DIVERSITY: R. Frank Jones Urological Society Updates on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Efforts
DIVERSITY: Working Toward Global Health Equity
DIVERSITY: The Country Urologist: A Rewarding Career Serving an Underrepresented Population
FROM THE SECRETARY: Celebrating Diversity With the AUA: Our Most Important Focus Issue, With Bonus “Airplane Issue” Content
JU INSIGHT: Nadir Prostate-specific Antigen as a Predictor of Survival Outcomes: The PROSPER Trial
UPJ INSIGHT: Rural Hospital For-Profit Status and Inpatient Hematuria Evaluation With Commercial Insurance
UPJ INSIGHT: Analysis of the AUA Guidelines: Strength of Evidence Correlates With Recommendation Levels
UPJ INSIGHT: Racial Disparity in Outcomes Among Prostate Cancer Patients in the Post–Affordable Care Act Period
UPJ INSIGHT: Pediatric Sedation Unit: A Safe Alternative to Outpatient Urological Procedures Under Anesthesia
JU INSIGHT: Role for Conservative Management in Grade V Renal Trauma
JU INSIGHT: Post-diagnostic Zinc Supplement Use and Prostate Cancer Survival in Nonmetastatic Prostate Cancer
JU INSIGHT: Intraoperative Blood Transfusion and Risk of Venous Thromboembolism After Radical Cystectomy
Practice Tips & Tricks: Would You Go to a Urologist Like You?
AUA Quality Registry Snapshot: Diversity in Prostate Cancer Care
JU INSIGHT Dextranomer Endoscopic Injections for Urinary Incontinence in Bladder Exstrophy-epispadias Complex
JU INSIGHT: Concomitant vs Staged Inguinal Lymphadenectomy in Node Positive Penile Squamous Cell Carcinoma
JU INSIGHT: Burnout: A Call to Action From the AUA Workforce Workgroup
JU INSIGHT: Pediatric Small Renal Masses: Can Tumor Size Help Predict Histology?
JU INSIGHT: Diagnostic Accuracy of Clinical Lymph Node Staging for Upper Tract Urothelial Cancer Patients
Machine Learning in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Urology, and Beyond
Advancing Women in Urology: Negotiating for Success
Update on Sexual and Reproductive Function in Bladder Exstrophy
Advanced Practice Providers in Men’s Health: A Medicare and Commercial Claims Analysis
Working Towards Gender Equity Together: Allyship in Urology
VOICES: Bridging the Gap: Evolution of the Diversity & Inclusion Task Force to AUA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee
FROM THE YOUNG UROLOGISTS COMMITTEE: Young Urology Events at AUA2023
What Is Good Publication Practice and Why Should It Matter to Urologists?
What Is Reconstructive Urology? The Evolution of the Field and Fellowship Training
FROM THE EDUCATION COUNCIL: Assessing the Educational Needs of the Urological Care Team Managing Overactive Bladder Patients
Subcutaneous Penile Implants
OFFICE & SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIES: Applications of Single-port Robotic Surgery in Urology
RADIOLOGY CORNER: Bochdalek Hernia With an Intrathoracic Kidney: A Rare Kidney Ectopia
MEDICAL STUDENT COLUMN: The Use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging-derived Radiomic Models in Prostate Cancer Risk Stratification
UPJ INSIGHT: Postoperative Opioid Prescribing Following Outpatient Male Urethral Surgery: Evidence for Change
JU INSIGHT: Outcomes of Active Surveillance of Low-grade Prostate Cancer: A Landmark Approach
Frontiers in Vaginal Reconstruction: Current Issues and Issues on the Horizon
CASE REPORT: Late Relapse in Germ Cell Testicular Cancer
CASE REPORT: Double-graft Urethroplasty: Surgical Technique and Outcomes
AUA Patient Perspectives Demonstrates Urology’s Commitment to Empowering Patients
AUA Patient Perspectives Program
High Infertility Rates and Pregnancy Complications in Female Physicians Indicate a Need for Culture Change
Treating Metastatic Castrate-sensitive Prostate Cancer: Beyond Androgen Deprivation Therapy
FROM THE RESIDENTS & FELLOWS COMMITTEE: Use of Artificial Intelligence in Urology
Do We Agree on Hematuria? Evaluating the Drinks Rating System
Feasibility of Awake Intravesical Botulinum Toxin Injection in Pediatric Neurogenic Bladder
Shock Wave Therapy: Is It Ethical to Offer and Charge for Erectile Dysfunction or Other Sexual Dysfunctions?
Patterns of Care in the Management of Urethral Stricture Disease
Advancements in Androgen Deprivation Therapy
Endoscopic Management of Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma: New Lasers and Techniques
Minimizing Complications of Inguinal Lymph Node Dissection
UPJ INSIGHT: Prescribing Differences Between Urologists and Medical Oncologists in Advanced Prostate Cancer
JU INSIGHT: AUA-recommended Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Primary Penile Implantation Results in a Higher, Not Lower, Risk for Postoperative Infection: A Multicenter Analysis
JU INSIGHT: Adverse Events and Quality of Life After Electroporation for Ablation of Localized Prostate Cancer
JU INSIGHT: Preoperative Circulating 11-Oxygenated Androgens and Metastasis-free Survival in Prostate Cancer
JU INSIGHT: Mobile Postoperative Symptom Intervention Tool and Biometric Monitoring After Radical Cystectomy: Pilot Study Evaluating Feasibility, Usability, and Potential Utility
JU INSIGHT: Bladder Outlet Obstruction in Women With Chronic Urinary Symptoms and History of Urethral Sling
UPJ INSIGHT: Specialist Care, Metabolic Testing, and Testing Completeness in Veterans With Urinary Stone Disease
UPJ INSIGHT: Patterns of Surgical Management of Male Stress Urinary Incontinence: Data From AUA Quality Registry
JU INSIGHT: Radioisotope-guided Lymphadenectomy for Pelvic Lymph Node Staging in Patients With Intermediate- and High-risk Prostate Cancer (The Prospective SENTINELLE Study)
UPJ INSIGHT: Cost-effectiveness of Ultrasound for Diagnosis and Surveillance of Complex Cystic Renal Lesions
JU INSIGHT: Cystatin C Is Sensitive in Kidney Dysfunction Detection in Nonweight-bearing Patients
JU INSIGHT: National Adherence to Guidelines for Antimicrobial Prophylaxis for Patients Undergoing Radical Cystectomy
JU INSIGHT: Pathological Effects of Apalutamide in Lower-risk Prostate Cancer: Phase II Clinical Trial Results
SPECIALTY/SECTION MEETINGS: Southeastern Section of the AUA: 2023 Annual Meeting and Section Update
UPJ INSIGHT: A Contemporary Evaluation of Urological Outcomes After Renal Transplantation
SECTION AND SPECIALTY MEETINGS: Highlights from AUA Upper Tract Urothelial Cancer Course at New England AUA Sectional Meeting
FROM THE AUA SCIENCE & QUALITY COUNCIL: Developing a National Urologic Quality Strategy to Support American Board of Urology Continuing Certification Standards
FROM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER: AUA Innovation Nexus Inaugural Event
Examining the Impact of Private Equity Investment in Urology: Letter to the Editor
Changing Endometriosis: One Bladder at a Time
FROM THE RESIDENTS & FELLOWS COMMITTEE: Current and Future Use of Artificial Intelligence in Urology
OUT OF OFFICE: Unwinding Outside of Urology
AUA Career Fair Keynote: The Top 5 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started Practicing
UPJ INSIGHT: The Cost of Metastatic Prostate Cancer in the United States
SECTION AND SPECIALTY MEETINGS: A Spotlight on AUA’s Activities in Latin America and the Caribbean
One Patient’s Experience Presenting in the Newly Inaugurated Patient Perspectives Program at AUA2022
JU INSIGHT: Pulse-modulated Holmium: YAG Laser vs the Thulium Fiber Laser for Renal and Ureteral Stones
World Professional Association for Transgender Health Standards of Care 8: Update for Urology
MEDICAL STUDENT COLUMN: Greening the Operating Room: A Cost Savings and Health Equity Win-Win
CASE REPORT: Chronic Xanthogranulomatous Pyelonephritis as a Cause of Recurrent Episodes of Urosepsis
SECTION AND SPECIALTY MEETINGS: Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine and Urogenital Reconstruction 2023
VOICES: In Celebration of Black History Month: An Era of Positive Change for the AUA
10 Steps to Improving Your Patient Communication
Giants of Urology: David McCullough
Daily Bladder Cycling (DAC Technique): Increasing Bladder Capacity in Patients With Small, Defunctionalized Bladders
Nutrition and Urinary Diversion: Evidence-based Approaches to Improving Outcomes
Cystoscopy Following Bacillus Calmette-Guérin: Is There Anything That Can Improve Detection?
Telemedicine and Sexual Medicine: Opportunities and Challenges
Minimizing Anesthesia at the Time of Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: Benefits of the Supine Approach
Shock Wave Therapy: Is It Ethical to Offer and Charge for Erectile and Other Sexual Dysfunctions?
Advances in Noninvasive Imaging Techniques to Improve Stone Outcomes
Recovering from COVID: Improving Operating Room Capacity
JU INSIGHT: Neoadjuvant Intravesical Mitomycin-C Before Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumor
UPJ INSIGHT: Bladder and Kidney Cancer Diagnosis and Survival Increase With Medicare Eligibility at Age 65
JU INSIGHT: Food Sensitivities in a Diverse Nationwide Cohort of Veterans With Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome
JU INSIGHT: Cost-effectiveness of Adjuvant Pembrolizumab After Nephrectomy for High-risk Renal Cell Carcinoma
JU INSIGHT Repeat Transurethral Resection of Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer Prior to Radical Cystectomy is Prognostic but Not Therapeutic
JU INSIGHT: Focal Therapy of Prostate Cancer Index Lesion With Irreversible Electroporation: A Prospective Phase II Study With a Median Follow-up of 3 Years
JU INSIGHT: Neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction in the First Year After Spinal Cord Injury
UPJ INSIGHT: Critical Examination of Indications for Urinalysis in the United States
UPJ INSIGHT: Significant Bleeding Complications Following Transrectal Prostate Needle Biopsy
UPJ INSIGHT: A Comparison of Urological Consultations in a Private vs Academic Setting
UPJ INSIGHT: Cancer-based Genetic Testing in Healthy U.S. Adults vs Those With Prostate or Breast/Ovarian Cancer
JU INSIGHT: Prostate-specific Antigen Testing Behaviors for Prostate Cancer Screening Among U.S. Immigrants
JU INSIGHT: Obesity and Complication Risk From Radical Cystectomy: Identifying a Body Mass Index Threshold
JU INSIGHT: Experiences of Women With Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome: What Can We Learn From Women’s Online Discussions?
JU INSIGHT: The Risk of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease in Men With a History of Priapism
JU INSIGHT: Gleason Grade 1 Prostate Cancer Volume at Biopsy Is Associated With Upgrading but Not Adverse Pathology or Recurrence After Radical Prostatectomy: Results From a Large Institutional Cohort
JU INSIGHT: Cancer-specific Mortality After Cryoablation vs Heat-based Thermal Ablation in T1a Renal Cell Carcinoma
JU INSIGHT: Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on Overactive Bladder and Urinary Incontinence Symptoms in Older Men: Ancillary Findings From a Randomized Trial
JU INSIGHT: The Use and Short-term Outcomes of Active Surveillance in Men With National Comprehensive Cancer Network Favorable Intermediate-risk Prostate Cancer: The Initial Michigan Urological Surgery Improvement Collaborative Experience
JU INSIGHT: Usefulness of LacdiNAc-glycosylated Prostate-specific Antigen Density for Predicting Pathological Findings of Magnetic Resonance Imaging-transrectal Ultrasound Fusion Image-guided Prostate Biopsy for the Patients With Highest Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System Category ≥3
JU INSIGHT: Clinical Significance of Perineural Invasion in Men With Grade Group 1 Prostate Cancer on Active Surveillance
JU INSIGHT: Robotic Level IV Inferior Vena Cava Thrombectomy Using an Intrapericardial Control Technique
JU INSIGHT: Phenotyping of Urinary Urgency Patients Without Urgency Incontinence, and Their Comparison to Urgency Incontinence Patients: Findings From the LURN Study
JU INSIGHT: Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumor vs Chemoablation for Nonmuscle-invasive Bladder Cancer
SECTION AND SPECIALTY MEETINGS: The Upcoming Society of Academic Urology Winter Meeting: A Sneak Peek
VOICES: Gaining Momentum
MEDICAL STUDENT COLUMN: Addressing the Gaps in Medical Education on Transgender and Gender Diverse Patient Care
ADVOCACY COLUMN: Down in the District: Welcome to the AUA’s DC Office
JU INSIGHT: A Phase 2 Trial of Nab-paclitaxel in Combination With Anti-PD1 Therapy in Advanced Urothelial Cancer
UPJ INSIGHT: Comprehensive Genetic Testing Protocol for Prostate Cancer Patients in a Uro-oncology Practice
Roe vs Wade Member Survey Results
CASE REPORT: Symptomatic Ureteral Stump After Nephrectomy
OFFICE & SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIES: New Technologies: Vacuum-assisted Access Sheath (ClearPetra) for Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy
Another Solution to Erectile Dysfunction
FROM THE PUBLIC POLICY COUNCIL: Rise and Renew: A New Year, a New Congress, and a Renewed AUA Advocacy Summit
FROM THE RESIDENTS & FELLOWS COMMITTEE: Research Funding Opportunities for Residents and Fellows
FROM THE UROLOGY CARE FOUNDATION: Humanitarian Efforts and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Focus for 2023
MEDICOLEGAL COLUMN: The Importance of Expert Testimony at Trial
Advanced Practice Providers Can Improve Transperineal Biopsy Access
CODING TIPS & TRICKS: Modifier 25: Appropriate Use Explained
RADIOLOGY CORNER: Left-sided Inferior Vena Cava and a Giant Renal Mass
MEDICAL STUDENT COLUMN: The Paradox of Men’s Health, and What Urology Can Do to Tackle It
MEDICAL ETHICS: Ethics of Letters of Recommendations
Randomized Trials in Male Urethral Stricture Management and What They Tell Us About Outcomes and Surgical Approach
Is 50% Improvement Enough? Revisiting the Definition of Success for Overactive Bladder Therapies
Current Practice Patterns in Female Urology
Management of Bilateral Renal Masses
How Pixel Segmentation Can Be the Future of Hypospadias Phenotyping
Citrate Alkali Content of Common Over-the-Counter and Medical Food Supplements
Defining Success After Anterior Urethroplasty: Highlighting the Need for a Universal Definition
Reducing Treatment-related Morbidity in Early-stage Testicular Cancer
Neuromodulation for Neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction: Reviewing the Latest Evidence
Multimodal Therapy for Patients With High-grade, High-risk Prostate Cancer With Long-term Follow-up
JU INSIGHT: Multi-institutional Validation of Improved Vesicoureteral Reflux Assessment With Simple and Machine Learning Approaches
JU INSIGHT: Patient-reported Outcomes After External Beam Radiotherapy With Low Dose Rate Brachytherapy Boost vs Radical Prostatectomy for Localized Prostate Cancer: Five-year Results From a Prospective Comparative Effectiveness Study
JU INSIGHT: Effectiveness of Intrarectal Povidone-iodine Cleansing Plus Formalin Disinfection of the Needle Tip in Decreasing Infectious Complications After Transrectal Prostate Biopsy: A Randomized Controlled Trial
JU INSIGHT: Precision-guidance vs Systematic Sampling: Optimizing Biopsy Assessment of Secondary Prostate Cancer Suspicious Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging Lesions
JU INSIGHT: Metastasis-directed Therapy Without Androgen Deprivation Therapy in Solitary Oligorecurrent Prostate Cancer
JU INSIGHT: A Deception Study to Avoid Recall Bias Confirms Similar Scores for 3 Validated Questionnaires in the Office or Over the Phone in Women With or Without Urinary Incontinence
JU INSIGHT: Understanding the Prodromal Period of Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections of the Genitalia (Fournier’s Gangrene) and the Incidence, Duration, and Risk Factors Associated With Potential Missed Opportunities for an Earlier Diagnosis: A Population-based Longitudinal Study
JU INSIGHT: Role of Lactate Dehydrogenase in Identifying Relapse for Patients With Stage I Testicular Cancer on Surveillance
UPJ INSIGHT: Promoting Organizational Change: A Urology Department-wide Wellness Program to Reduce Burnout
JU INSIGHT: Ureteral Strictures Following Ureteroscopy for Kidney Stone Disease: A Population-based Assessment
UPJ INSIGHT: An Assessment Tool to Provide Targeted Feedback to Robotic Surgical Trainees: Development and Validation of the End-to-End Assessment of Suturing Expertise (EASE)
JU INSIGHT: Extensive Alteration of Androgen Precursor Levels After Castration in Prostate Cancer Patients and Their Association With Active Androgen Level
UPJ INSIGHT: Association of Residents' Medical School Reputation and Urology Residency Program Ranking
JU INSIGHT: Cell Cycle Progression Score, but Not Phosphatase and Tensin Homolog Loss, Is an Independent Prognostic Factor for Metastasis in Intermediate- and High-risk Prostate Cancer in Men Treated With and Without Salvage Radiotherapy
UPJ INSIGHT: Leaving No Stone Unturned: Factors Associated With Overturning Insurance Claim Denials for Urological Conditions in New York State
JU INSIGHT: Genital Hypoplasia in Gender-affirming Vaginoplasty: Prior Orchiectomy, Penile Length, and Other Factors to Guide Surgical Planning
UPJ INSIGHT: Economic Impact of Urological Conditions in Men and Women in Belize
JU INSIGHT: Staining-free, Automated Sperm Analysis for In Vitro Fertilization Lab Use
UPJ INSIGHT: Association of Surgical Approach and Urinary Diversion in Radical Cystectomy for Bladder Cancer With Costs and Readmission: Results From a Large Private Health Insurance Cohort
FROM THE UROLOGY CARE FOUNDATION PRESIDENT: Celebrating 2022 Achievements
PRACTICE TIPS & TRICKS: Reducing Surgical Cancellations
FROM THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION: Upcoming Offerings From the Office of Education
AUA Research Educational Needs Assessment Survey 2022
CODING TIPS AND TRICKS: Current Procedural Terminology Code Updates for 2023 of Interest to Urology
FROM THE AUA RESEARCH COUNCIL: First Year as AUA Research Chair: Optimism and New Beginnings
FROM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Looking Back on 2022 and Ahead to 2023
Western Section AUA 2021 Annual Meeting Take-Home Messages
JU INSIGHT: What Is a Normal Testosterone Level for Young Men? Rethinking the 300 ng/dL Cutoff for Testosterone Deficiency in Men 20-44 Years Old
UPJ INSIGHT: Patient, Physician, Hospital Factors Associated With Readmission After Radical Cystectomy
GIANTS OF UROLOGY: Brendan M. Fox (1930-2022)
Costs and Patient-reported Outcomes With Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate
Legislative Changes Are Not Sufficient to Improve Donation and Kidney Transplantation Indicators
A Novel Hypothesis Explaining Sleep-related Painful Erections
Emerging Potential of Prostate-specific Membrane Antigen Targeted Radiopharmaceuticals
Neurogenic Bowel Dysfunction in Spina Bifida Patients: Why We Should Care and How We Can Help
Transurethral Repair of Posterior Urethral Obstruction With a Novel Endoscopic Approach: Outcomes in a Large Series
Health Literacy in Urological Prosthetics and Reconstruction
Urology Match Trends: 2006-2022
CASE REPORT: Congenital Megalourethra and Absent Cavernous Corpora in Prune Belly Syndrome
DIVERSITY: A Female Urologist in Mexico: The Hospital Central Military Experience
DIVERSITY: The Mass General Brigham Prostate Cancer Outreach Clinic: Tackling Disparities by Providing More Equitable Access to Care
VOICES: Getting a Seat at the Table
The Role of Social Media in Urology: How to Navigate Career, Real Life, and a Twitter Account
Reducing Ureteral Stent-associated Symptoms: A Report From the Urinary Stone Disease Research Network
Emerging Data on the Impact and Recovery Trajectory of Quality of Life Following Ureteroscopy for Nephrolithiasis
The Wax-tipped Catheter: Diagnosing Ureteral and Renal Calculi Prior to Radiography
Improving Diversity, Inclusion, and Gender Equity in Endourology
What's New in Simulation Labs for Resident Education in Stone Surgery?
Improving Care of Patients With Ureteral Stones by Harnessing the Power of Machine Learning
Self-reported Gleason Scores in Sexual Minority Prostate Cancer Survivors: Results of a Survey Item Revision
Patient and Stakeholder Engagement in Kidney Stone Research: Movement Towards a Patient-prioritized Research Agenda
Techniques and Supplements to Naturally Increase Urinary Citrate and pH
Laser Lithotripsy and Heat: When Should We Worry?
Nephrolithiasis in Pregnancy: A Guide for Management
The Fate of Residual Stone Fragments Following Urological Stone Surgery
Summary of Removal of Small, Asymptomatic Kidney Stones and Relapse Rates
Impact of an Acute Care Urology Service on Quality of Care for Kidney Stone Patients
Testing the Role of 24-Hour Urine Assays in the Management of Stone Disease
Safety for the Urologist During Endourological Surgery
The Arrival of Robotic Platforms for Ureteroscopy and Percutaneous Stone Surgery
What's New in Dietary Management for Kidney Stone Prevention?
Thulium, Holmium, or Both for Laser Lithotripsy?
Renal Pelvis Pressures: Should We Care?
FROM THE SECRETARY: Ending 2022 Strong With a Stones Focus Issue
Advancing Urology in the Caribbean: The Caribbean Urological Association, the AUA, and Global Urology
FROM THE SCIENCE & QUALITY COUNCIL: Celebrating AUA'S 2022 Quality Improvement Summit on Primary Palliative Care in Urology
JU INSIGHT: The Safety and Efficacy of Fluoxetine for the Treatment of Refractory Primary Monosymptomatic Nocturnal Enuresis in Children: A Randomized Placebo-controlled Trial
JU INSIGHT: Financial Toxicity After Robot-assisted Radical Prostatectomy and Its Relation With Oncologic, Functional Outcomes
JU INSIGHT: Final Analysis of the Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Active Surveillance Trial
JU INSIGHT: Evaluating Tools for Characterizing Anterior Urethral Stricture Disease: A Comparison of the LSE System and the Urethral Stricture Score
JU INSIGHT: Addressing the Relationship Between Testosterone Levels and Urethral Stricture: A Case-control Study
JU INSIGHT: First Series Using Ultrasonic Propulsion and Burst Wave Lithotripsy to Treat Ureteral Stones
JU INSIGHT: Satisfaction With Clinician-led Germline Genetic Counseling in Patients With Prostate Cancer
JU INSIGHT: Impact of Left-digit Age Bias in the Treatment of Localized Prostate Cancer
JU INSIGHT: Out-of-pocket Cost Burden Associated With Contemporary Management of Advanced Prostate Cancer Among Commercially Insured Patients
JU INSIGHT: Not All Adverse Pathology Features Are Equal: Identifying Optimal Candidates for Adjuvant Radiotherapy Among Patients With Adverse Pathology at Radical Prostatectomy
JU INSIGHT: Impact of Prostate Health Index Results for Prediction of Biopsy Grade Reclassification During Active Surveillance
JU INSIGHT: Sequential Intravesical Valrubicin and Docetaxel for the Salvage Treatment of Nonmuscle-invasive Bladder Cancer
JU INSIGHT: Unplanned Conversion From Partial to Radical Nephrectomy: An Analysis of Incidence, Etiology, and Risk Factors
UPJ INSIGHT: Is a Urology Intern Boot Camp Needed?
JU INSIGHT: Adoption of Single-use Clean Intermittent Catheterization Policies Does Not Appear to Affect Genitourinary Outcomes in a Large Spinal Cord Injury Cohort
UPJ INSIGHT: A Cost, Time, and Demographic Analysis of Participant Recruitment and Urine Sample Collection Through Social Media Optimization
JU INSIGHT: Prostate-specific Antigen and Biopsy Contamination in the Goteborg-1 Randomized, Population-based, Prostate Cancer Screening Trial
UPJ INSIGHT: Smartphone App for In-home Uroflowmetry
JU INSIGHT: Alcohol Intoxication Is Associated With Bladder Injury and Bladder Surgical Repair in Patients Sustaining Motor Vehicle Collisions<
UPJ INSIGHT: Urological Education in United States Medical Schools: Where Are We Now and How Can We Do Better?
JU INSIGHT: The Added Value of Baseline Health-related Quality of Life in Predicting Survival in High-risk Prostate Cancer Patients Following Radical Prostatectomy
AUA2022: BEST POSTERS Utility of Urine MicroRNAs for Predicting Response to Intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guerin Therapy
AUA2022: BEST POSTERS Impact of Family History and Germline Genetic Risk Variants on Long-term Outcomes of Active Surveillance-eligible Prostate Cancer
AUA2022: BEST POSTERS Prospective Comparative Study to Evaluate the Clinical Utility of IRIS, a 3D Anatomical Modeling Software for Preoperative Surgical Planning and Intra-operative Navigation for Robot-assisted Partial Nephrectomy
AUA2022: BEST POSTERS Renal Function Variation After Nephroureterectomy for Upper Urinary Tract Carcinoma: Evaluation in a Large Multicenter Cohort (Radical Nephroureterectomy Outcomes Research Consortium)
AUA2022: BEST POSTERS Validation of a 22-Gene Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition Prognostic Signature in Renal Cell Carcinoma
AUA2022: BEST POSTERS Deep Learning-based 3D Annotation of Tumor Foci Within Prostate Multiparametric MRI Images
AUA2022: BEST POSTERS Focal High-intensity Focused Ultrasound: A Changing Landscape
AUA2022: BEST POSTERS Mixed Reality and 3D Printing Technologies Open New Frontiers for Surgical, Hands-on Remote, Distance Learning
AUA2022: BEST POSTERS Sensory Glia Gq-GPCR Activation In Vivo Modulates Micturition Functions in an Animal Model of Chronic Pelvic Pain
AUA2022: BEST POSTERS Characterization and Functional Analysis of Microbiome in Bladder Cancer
AUA2022: BEST POSTERS SelectMDx and Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging Improve the Diagnostic Workup for the Detection of Prostate Cancer in Biopsy-naive Men
AUA2022: BEST POSTERS Role of the Human Papilloma Virus in the Prostate Cancer Etiology
AUA2022: BEST POSTERS Press Ganey Ratings in Urology: Who Is at Risk of Bias?
AUA2022: BEST POSTERS Comparative Urodynamic Study in Cadaver of Urethral Pressure Profilometry Between the UroActive Artificial Urinary Sphincter and the AMS800
RADIOLOGY CORNER: The Evolution of the Field of Urology: Where It Has Been and Where It Is Going
FROM THE RESIDENTS & FELLOWS COMMITTEE: Fostering a Community in a Virtual Interview World
JU INSIGHT: Associations Between Unmet Social Needs and Overactive Bladder
UPJ INSIGHT: Single-port Versus Multi-port Robotic-assisted Procedures From the Patient's Perspective: A Retrospective Cohort Study
MEDICAL ETHICS: "It's Not Easy Being Green": Environmental Considerations for the Practicing Urological Surgeon
CASE REPORT: Retroperitoneal Castleman Disease
CASE REPORT 46 XY Inv(9) (p11;q13) Karyotype in an Infertile Man With Bilateral Seminal Vesicle Agenesis: A Case Report
Testosterone, What Is it Good For?
The Young Reconstructive Urologists' Committee
COVID-19 and Prostate Cancer Implications
The Malleable Penile Prosthesis: The Forgotten Implant
Radical Cystectomy in the Octogenarian and Beyond
Robotic Cutaneous Ureterostomy: An Intersection of Innovation and Intimidation
The Value of Mitomycin C as an Adjunct in the Treatment of Bladder Neck Contracture
Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain
From Canvas to Cystoscope: How Art Has Influenced My Medical Education in Urology
Shock Wave Therapy for Erectile Dysfunction: Patterns of Care and Efficacy
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Clinically Negative Inguinal Node in Penile Cancer: Recent Developments and Opportunities for the U.S. Health Care System
Virtual Care After the Public Health Emergency
Antibiotic Therapy for Common Stone Procedures: What Is the Optimal Duration?
Disproportionate Effects of Prostate Cancer in Black Men: The ConDUC Initiative
FROM THE AUA PUBLIC POLICY COUNCIL The House of Medicine of the American Medical Association: A Strategic Imperative for AUA Public Policy around the American Medical Association’s Dinner Table
CODING TIPS AND TRICKS Hospital Visit Evaluation and Management Updates for 2023
OUT OF OFFICE Art with a Capital "A"
UPJ INSIGHT Oncologic Outcomes of cT1 and cT2 Micropapillary Variant Compared with cT1 and cT2 Conventional Urothelial Carcinoma Treated with Radical Cystectomy
UPJ INSIGHT Quality of Web-Based Patient Information on Robotic Radical Cystectomy Remains Poor: A Standardized Assessment
JU INSIGHT Active Surveillance versus Immediate Intervention for Small Renal Masses: A Cost-Effectiveness and Clinical Decision Analysis
UPJ INSIGHT Naloxegol versus Alvimopan for Enhancing Postoperative Recovery following Radical Cystectomy for Bladder Cancer
JU INSIGHT Dementia Associated with Anticholinergic Drugs Used for Overactive Bladder: A Nested Case-Control Study Using the French National Medical-Administrative Database
UPJ INSIGHT Associations between Race and Erectile Dysfunction Treatment Patterns
JU INSIGHT Neoadjuvant Novel Hormonal Therapy Followed by Prostatectomy versus Up-Front Prostatectomy for High-Risk Prostate Cancer: A Comparative Analysis
UPJ INSIGHT Professional Burnout of Advanced Practice Providers Based on 2019 American Urological Association Census Data
JU INSIGHT Risk of Postoperative Thromboembolism in Men Undergoing Urological Prosthetic Surgery: An Assessment of 21,413 Men
UPJ INSIGHT Advanced Practice Providers and Wait Times in Urology Offices: A Secret Shopper Study
JU INSIGHT Intravesical Instillation of OnabotulinumtoxinA in the Treatment of Refractory Overactive Bladder in Participants with Urinary Incontinence
UPJ INSIGHT Cost Implications of Routine Preoperative Blood Typing and Crossmatching Prior to Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy
JU INSIGHT Survival Impact of Variant Histology Diagnosis in Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma
UPJ INSIGHT Gender and Racial Diversity among U.S. Urology Residency Programs and Efforts to Improve it: You Can't Be What You Can't See
JU INSIGHT A Comparison of Percutaneous Ablation Therapy to Partial Nephrectomy for cT1a Renal Cancers: Results from the Canadian Kidney Cancer Information System
UPJ INSIGHT Comparison of Patient Satisfaction and Safety Outcomes for Postoperative Telemedicine vs Face-to-Face Visits in Urology: Results of the Randomized Evaluation and Metrics Observing Telemedicine Efficacy (REMOTE) Trial
JU INSIGHT The Detection of Prostate Cancer with Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Targeted Prostate Biopsies Is Superior with the Transperineal than the Transrectal Approach. A European Association of Urology-Young Academic Urologists Prostate Cancer Working Group Multi-Institutional Study
UPJ INSIGHT Does Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Patients with Specific Comorbidities Reduce the Risk of Infection after Simple Cystourethroscopy?
JU INSIGHT Acute Lower Back Pain after Intralesional Injection of Collagenase Clostridium histolyticum for Peyronie's Disease
UPJ INSIGHT Procedural Benzodiazepine and Post-Vasectomy Opioid and Nonopioid Prescribing Variation in a Large Health Care System
JU INSIGHT Phase 1/2 Trial Results of a Large Surface Area Microparticle Docetaxel for the Treatment of High-Risk Nonmuscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer
UPJ INSIGHT Patient Preferences Regarding Chaperone Sensitive Examinations
AUA2022 PRESENTATION: Urological Care for the Advanced Practice Provider Program. Prostate Cancer Biomarkers: What to Choose and When to Use
AUA2022 COURSE: Incorporating Genomic Testing for Prostate Cancer into Your Practice
AUA2022 COURSE: Genetic Testing in Prostate Cancer: Understanding Clinical Implications for Early Detection and Management of Localized and Advanced Disease
AUA2022 COURSE: The Changing Face of Advanced Prostate Cancer 2022
AUA2022 COURSE: AUA Guidelines on Advanced Prostate Cancer
AUA2022 COURSE: Localized Prostate Cancer: AUA/ASTRO Guideline 2022
AUA2022 COURSE: Prostate Cancer Update 2022
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: The Case for the Surgeon Citizen
MEDICOLEGAL COLUMN: Anatomy of a Trial
RESIDENTS & FELLOWS COMMITTEE: Utilization of Palliative Care: An Imperative for the Modern Urologist
GIANTS OF UROLOGY: The Contributions of Leonard Zinman, MD
The New York Section AUA EMPIRE Collaborative: Hands-on Urology Intern Boot Camp
CASE REPORT: Malignant Mesothelioma of the Tunica Vaginalis Testis: A Rare Differential Diagnosis of Testicular Hydrocele
CASE REPORT: Prostatic Cystadenoma: A Rare Case Report and Literature Review
AUA2022: BEST POSTERS: Race and Ethnicity Trends in the United States Urology Residency Match
AUA2022: BEST POSTERS: Financial Toxicity of Kidney Stone Disease Treatment
AUA2022: BEST POSTERS: Impact at 20 Years: IVUmed by the Numbers
AUA2022: BEST POSTERS: Race-Modified Equations Estimating Renal Function May Contribute to the Disparity in Partial Nephrectomy Use in Black Patients with Tumors
AUA2022: BEST POSTERS: Opioid Prescribing after Male Fertility Procedures Is Associated with Persistent Opioid Use
AUA2022: BEST POSTERS: Determining the Prevalence of Inappropriate Patient Behavior in the Outpatient Urology Clinic
AUA2022: BEST POSTERS: Reducing Readmissions following Radical Cystectomy through Quality Improvement
AUA2022: BEST POSTERS: Assessment of Patient Understanding Prior to Urological Procedures
AUA2022: BEST POSTERS:Volumetric Quantitative Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasonography Evaluation of Complex Renal Cysts
AUA2022: BEST POSTERS: Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms, Erectile Dysfunction, and Quality of Life Improve under Long-Term Testosterone Therapy in Obese Men with Functional Hypogonadism
AUA2022: BEST POSTERS: Utility of Renal Mass Biopsy in Shared Decision Making for Renal Mass Treatment
AUA2022: BEST POSTERS: Exploring the Sexual Health of Transgender and Nonbinary Individuals: An Opportunity to Educate Medical Providers
AUA2022: BEST POSTERS: High Levels of Hidden Segregation Exist for Black and White Patients Undergoing Bladder Cancer Surgery within the Same Hospital
AUA2022: BEST POSTERS: Practice Patterns in Management of Hormone-Sensitive Metastatic and Castrate-Resistant Nonmetastatic Prostate Cancer
AUA2022: BEST POSTERS: Aging Impacts Urine Natriuretic Peptides in Nocturia
AUA2022: BEST POSTERS: Defining the Optimal Management of Lichen Sclerosus- Induced Penile Urethral Strictures: A Comparison of Single-Stage Urethroplasty, Staged Urethroplasty, and Perineal Urethrostomy
AUA2022: BEST POSTERS: Heineke-Mikulicz Preputioplasty: Surgical Technique and Outcomes
AUA2022: BEST POSTER: Excretory Phase Computerized Tomography in Pediatric Renal Trauma: Findings from the Traumatic Renal Injury Collaboration for Kids (TRICK)
AU2022: REFLECTIONS A Novel Method of CD31 Combined ABO Carbohydrate Antigen Microarray Predicts Acute Antibody Mediated Rejection in ABO-Incompatible Kidney Transplantation
UPJ INSIGHT Extended Anticoagulation after Radical Cystectomy Using Direct Acting Oral Anticoagulants: A Single-Institutional Experience
JU INSIGHT Apixaban vs Enoxaparin for Postsurgical Extended-Duration Venous Thromboembolic Event Prophylaxis: A Prospective Quality Improvement Study
Alternatives to Opioids for Managing Ureteral Stent Pain: What Works and What Does Not?
How Do We Reduce Low-Value Care in Urology?
How Do We Increase the Level of Evidence in Urological Reconstruction?
Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Use of Testosterone in Women
Timing for Surgery for Cryptorchidism: Is There a Consensus?
Suicidality and Psychological Adverse Events in Concomitant Use of Finasteride with Testosterone
Prolapse, Prostate Cancer, and Practice Management, Oh My! There's a Podcast for That
Climacturia and Penile Length Shortening after Prostate Cancer Surgery
"Optimal" Care of Patients with Differences in Sex Development: Paradigm Changes and Future Directions
Addressing Financial Toxicity in Prostate Cancer Care
Urology's Role in Global Surgery Education: Limitations in Opportunities and Visibility
The Role of Ureteroscopy, Ultra-Mini-Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy, and Mini-Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy in the Treatment of Urolithiasis: What Is the Role for Each in the Current Era of Stone Practice?
SECTION AND SPECIALTY MEETINGS Western Section AUA to Hold 98th Annual Meeting in Kauai, Hawaii
JU INSIGHT A Randomized, Single-Blind Clinical Trial Comparing Robotic-Assisted Fluoroscopic-Guided with Ultrasound- Guided Renal Access for Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy
JU INSIGHT Sequential Intravesical Gemcitabine and Docetaxel for bacillus Calmette-Guérin-Naïve High-Risk Nonmuscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer
JU INSIGHT Do New Complications Develop during Puberty after Childhood Hypospadias Repair?
JU INSIGHT Does Perioperative Testosterone Predict Post-Prostatectomy Genomic Risk Score?
JU INSIGHT Tension-Free Vaginal Tape and Polyacrylamide Hydrogel Injection for Primary Stress Urinary Incontinence: 3-Year Followup from a Randomized Clinical Trial
UPJ INSIGHT Surgical Preparation by Urology Trainees in 2021: The Interplay of Video and Print Resources
UPJ INSIGHT Radium-223 Utilization Patterns and Outcomes in Clinical Practice
UPJ INSIGHT Impact and Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Urological Training
UPJ INSIGHT 18-Year Population Trends Determine Factors Associated with Future Access to Urologists
UPJ INSIGHT Cost-Effective and Readily Replicable Surgical Simulation Model Improves Trainee Performance in Benchtop Robotic Urethrovesical Anastomosis
UPJ INSIGHT Demographic and Practice Trends of Rural Urologists in the U.S.: Implications for Workforce Policy
PRACTICE TIPS AND TRICKS It May Be Time to Reduce Capacity in Your Schedule
Journal Peer Review University: A Seminar for Budding Reviewers
AQUA IN ACTION Regional and Time Trends in Post-Prostatectomy Interventions
CASE REPORT Bladder Adenocarcinoma with Bilateral Ovarian Metastases
FROM THE EDUCATION COUNCIL Staying Busy This Fall
FROM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee
Women Urologists in Israel: Accomplishments and Challenges
AUA2022: BEST POSTERS Delayed Lower Urinary Tract Symptom Improvement following Convective Water Vapor Thermal Therapy
AUA2022: BEST POSTERS Urology Resident Autonomy Compared to General Surgery Resident Autonomy
AUA2022: BEST POSTERS Using a Manual Trigger with a Traditional Moisture Alarm for Treatment of Primary Monosymptomatic Nocturnal Enuresis
AUA2022: BEST POSTERS Is It Clinically and Oncologically Safe to Omit Biopsy in Low-Risk Stratified Patients?
AUA2022: BEST POSTERS Successful Adolescent Varicocelectomy Improves Total Motile Sperm Count
AUA2022: BEST POSTERS Deferred Cytoreductive Nephrectomy in Patients with Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Treated with Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab
AUA2022: BEST POSTERS Ureteral Obstruction Promotes Ureteral Inflammation and Fibrosis
AUA2022: BEST POSTERS Specialized Pro-Resolution Mediators Promote Recovery of Bladder Function from Cystitis
AUA2022: BEST POSTERS Bridging the Communication Gap with a Mobile Postoperative Symptom Intervention Tool after Radical Cystectomy
AUA2022: BEST POSTERS Single-Port Transvesical Simple Prostatectomy: A New Horizon
AUA2022: REFLECTIONS Focal Therapy for Prostate Cancer: Should It Replace the Standard of Care?
AUA2022: REFLECTIONS John Duckett Memorial Lecture: Lifelong Learning-What's in It for Me?
AUA2022: REFLECTIONS Women in Urologic Oncology: Past, Present, and Future
AUA2022: PLENARY RECAP Best Way to Do a Prostate Biopsy in 2022: Summary of the AUA Plenary Session
AUA2022: PLENARY RECAP The Fine Frontier between High-Risk, Locally Advanced, and Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer
AUA2022: PLENARY RECAP AUA2022 Session on How I Do It: Common Urologic Procedures
AUA2022: PLENARY RECAP Clinical Utility of Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen Diagnostics and Theranostics
AUA2022: REFLECTIONS How to Reach Excellence in Urology: Challenges and Opportunities
AUA2022: PLENARY RECAP Testosterone, Science, and Human Dignity
Testosterone and Polycythemia: How High Is the Level of Concern?
Lessons in Leadership: Inspired by Dr. Douglas A. Canning
OFFICE & SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIES Single-Use Flexible Cystoscopes: What's Available and Where Can They Be Used?
Clinical Phenotyping of Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome
Surgical Simulation in Urology: Where Are We Now?
Standard of Care in the Management of Wilms Tumors in North America
Ureterocalycostomy: The Preferred Rescue Operation for Failed Pyeloplasty
Penile Prosthesis Surgery in Transmasculine Individuals: Techniques and Outcomes
Current Era Management of the Pregnant Stone Patient: Is Temporary Drainage a Thing of the Past?
RetroPerc®: A New Tool to Simplify Renal Access for Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy
Thulium Fiber Laser versus Holmium:Yttrium-Aluminum-Garnet (Ho:YAG) Laser: Is Ho:YAG Dead?
Sexual Education for Adolescents and Young Adults with Spina Bifida
International Contrast Shortage: Tips and Diagnostic Alternatives for the Urologist
RADIOLOGY CORNER The Role of Imaging on the Diagnosis of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia versus Prostate Cancer
JU INSIGHT Many Men with Favorable-Risk Prostate Cancer on Active Surveillance Are, in Fact, Not Being Actively Surveilled
JU INSIGHT Regular, Long-Duration Multivitamin Use and Risk of Overall and Aggressive Prostate Cancer in the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study
Prostate Cancer Breaking News: ASCO 2022
Important Considerations and Strategies for Prostate Specific Antigen Screening in Black Men
Germline Testing in Prostate Cancer: Urologists Should Lead the Way
Local Therapy in Metastatic Prostate Cancer: Treating the Primary or Oligometastatic Sites. What's the Evidence?
Genetic Testing in Prostate Cancer: Challenges and Solutions
Intraductal Carcinoma of the Prostate and Invasive Cribriform Cancer: Emerging Important Prognostic Factors
Ductal Prostate Cancer: What Do We Know in 2022?
To Biopsy or Not to Biopsy: Managing a Negative Prostate Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scan
Focal Therapy: For Which Patients? What’s Currently Available and What May Be Coming Soon?
Radical Prostatectomy and Tissue Preservation: What Have We Learned from the Retzius-Sparing Technique?
The Prostate Cancer Focus Issue and the Launch of AUANews
Impact of United States Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations on Prostate Cancer Diagnosis
Positron Emission Tomography Imaging for Advanced Prostate Cancer
Leveraging Health Policy to Address Disparities in Prostate Cancer: From the Staff Meeting to the State House
UPJ INSIGHT Impact of Zone of Origin in Anterior Dominant Prostate Cancer: Long-Term Biochemical Recurrence-Free Survival in an Anatomically Well-Characterized Cohort
SECTION AND SPECIALTY MEETINGS: NSAUA 2022's Annual Meeting Will Run Its Course in Charlotte, NC: Drivers Wanted!
SECTION AND SPECIALTY MEETINGS: American Society of Men's Health (ASMH) Annual Scientific Meeting Recap
SECTION AND SPECIALTY MEETINGS: 91st Annual Meeting of the New England Section
SECTION AND SPECIALTY MEETINGS: 2022 AUA Mid-Atlantic Section Meeting
SECTION AND SPECIALTY MEETINGS: Society of Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgeons First Academic Congress
SECTION AND SPECIALTY MEETINGS: Welcoming All to the 101st South Central AUA Annual Meeting for 2022
SECTION AND SPECIALTY MEETINGS: New York Section Annual Meeting, Edinburgh and Dublin
SECTION AND SPECIALTY MEETINGS: North Central Section AUA, 96th Annual Meeting
AUA2022 RECAP: Recap of the Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine & Urogenital Reconstruction 2022 Program at the AUA Annual Meeting
FROM THE AUA SCIENCE: QUALITY COUNCIL: Greetings from the New Chair
AUA Treasurer's Report: 2021
AUA2022: REFLECTIONS: The Safety and Efficacy of Sexual Supplements
GIANTS OF UROLOGY: W. Hardy Hendren III, MD, 1926-2022
OUT OF OFFICE: How I Became "The Whiz"
Engage with Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Update
RESIDENTS & FELLOWS COMMITTEE: Why Attend the AUA Annual Meeting: Reflections from a First-Time Resident Attendee
MEDICAL ETHICS: Fair Game or Fair Warning? Ethical Considerations for Social Media Use in Resident Selection
The Genitourinary Impacts of Gun Violence
CASE REPORT: Robotic Excision of a Perinephric Myxoid Pseudotumor of Fat
JU INSIGHT: Results from 22 Years of Followup in the Goteborg Randomized Population-Based Prostate Cancer Screening Trial
On the Front Lines of the Opioid Epidemic: How Urology and Emergency Medicine Can Impact Current Practice to Mitigate Patient Risk
JU INSIGHT: The Effect of Low-Intensity Shock Wave Therapy on Moderate Erectile Dysfunction: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Sham-Controlled Clinical Trial
Understanding the Impact of Socioeconomic Status on Female Sexual Function
UPJ INSIGHT: Influence of Clinical and Sociodemographic Factors on the Management, Costs, and Outcomes of Acute Urinary Retention in the Acute Care Setting
Important Updates on Pulse Wave Therapy for Erectile Dysfunction
JU INSIGHT: All High-Grade Ta Tumors Should be Classified as High Risk: Bacillus Calmette-Guerin Response in High-Grade Ta Tumors
Endoscopic Treatment of Upper Tract Urothelial Tumors: Technical Tips to Improve Outcomes
UPJ INSIGHT: Population Trends in Frailty in Older Adults with Benign Urological Conditions in Northern California
Fertility Preservation in Pediatric Patients: Who, What and Why (or Why Not)?
JU INSIGHT: The Lived Experience of Patients with Adult Acquired Buried Penis
Stress Urinary Incontinence Surgery in Childbearing-Aged Patients
UPJ INSIGHT: Trends in Publication of Oncologic Abstracts Presented at the American Urological Association Annual Meeting: 1997-2017
How Does Health Services Research Inform Neurogenic Bladder Management: Will I Ever Void Again?
JU INSIGHT: Comparing Pediatric Ureteroscopy Outcomes with SuperPulsed Thulium Fiber Laser and Low-Power Holmium:YAG Laser
Contemporary Urological Management of Men with Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder/Genito-Pelvic Dysesthesia
The Role of Genetic Testing in the Treatment of Urinary Stone Disease
Female Urethroplasty with Dorsal Onlay Buccal Mucosal Graft: A Single-Institutional Experience
Perspectives on Men's Health Clinics: Now and the Future
Ureteral Stricture after Urinary Diversion: A Vexing Problem for Surgeons and Patients
Examining the Impact of Private Equity Investment in Urology
Emerging Role of Mobile and Smart Technology in the Prevention of Stone Disease
Expanding Use of Trimodal Therapy in Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer
SECTION AND SPECIALTY MEETINGS: The Research on Calculus Kinetics Society March Meeting
SECTION AND SPECIALTY MEETINGS: Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine and Urogenital Reconstruction Clinical Science Update
SECTION AND SPECIALTY MEETINGS: Young Urology Events at AUA2022
Grassroots Effort to Form a New State Urology Society
FROM THE UROLOGY CARE FOUNDATION PRESIDENT: Patient Education: Past, Present, Future
FROM THE AUA PUBLIC POLICY COUNCIL: Partners in Advocacy: Our Patients
FROM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Initiatives
MEDICOLEGAL COLUMN: Documentation at Trial: Is It Really That Important?
Urology and Ukraine: Volunteering on the Polish-Ukrainian Border
Urology Resident Critically Injured
RESIDENTS & FELLOWS COMMITTEE: A Female Resident's Guide to Navigating a Post-Residency Career as a General Urologist
CASE REPORT: Arteriovenous Fistula and Nephrectomy after Ureteroscopy
CODING TIPS AND TRICKS: Coding for Posterior Tibial Nerve Technologies
CASE REPORT: Unusual Form of InterStim® Lead Migration: The Impact of Improper Pocket Size
CASE REPORT: Growing Intra-Abdominal Mass after Radical Orchiectomy for Testicular Cancer
JU INSIGHT: A Nationwide Analysis of Risk of Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Mortality following an Initial Negative Transrectal Ultrasound Biopsy with Long-Term Followup
JU INSIGHT: Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy Using the KangDuo Surgical Robot-01 System: A Prospective, Single-Center, Single-Arm Clinical Study
UPJ INSIGHT: Twitter Footprint and the Match in the COVID-19 Era: Understanding the Relationship between Applicant Online Activity and Residency Match Success
JU INSIGHT: A New Modified Bipedicle Scrotal Skin Flap Technique for the Reconstruction of Penile Skin in Patients with Paraffin-Induced Sclerosing Lipogranuloma of the Penis
UPJ INSIGHT: Referral Patterns for Infertile Men: Predictors of Continued Treatment by Reproductive Endocrinologist versus Referral to a Nearby Urologist
When Do Duplex Systems Need Surgery? What a Regional Consortium Learned
JU INSIGHT: Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen Is a Biomarker for Residual Disease following Neoadjuvant Intense Androgen Deprivation Therapy in Prostate Cancer
The Evolving Paradigm in the Management of Secondary Pyeloplasty
UPJ INSIGHT: Would Surgeons Opt for Polypropylene Mesh if They Hypothetically Had Stress Urinary Incontinence or Pelvic Organ Prolapse?
Lymph Node Dissection at the Time of Nephroureterectomy: What Does the Literature Tell Us?
JU INSIGHT: The Effect of Different Types of Prostate Biopsy Techniques on Post-Biopsy Infectious Complications
The Impact of Magnesium Supplementation on Kidney Stone Formation
UPJ INSIGHT: Successful Same-Day Discharge for Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Noncancerous Pelvic Conditions: Public Health Priorities
Addressing the Urological Concerns of Gender Diverse and Transgender Youths: What a Pediatric Urologist Should Know
The Current State of High Submuscular Inflatable Penile Prosthesis Reservoir Placement
Beyond Nurture: State of the Art and Future Directions for Germline Genetics in Urothelial Carcinoma
Innovations in Urological Surgical Education
Is Proton Beam Therapy Ready for Prime Time?
Office-Based Awake Child Urological Procedures: Earn the Family's Trust
Examining the Validity of the U.S. News & World Report Specialty Rankings for Urology
SECTION AND SPECIALTY MEETINGS: Summary of the Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine and Urogenital Reconstruction 2022 Winter Meeting
FROM THE EDUCATION COUNCIL: Missing the Meeting Doesn't Mean Missing Out
FROM THE AUA RESEARCH COUNCIL: A New World for Urological Discovery: The AUA Innovation Nexus
PRACTICE TIPS & TRICKS Men, Start Your Health Care Engines
OUT OF OFFICE:Urologists and Innovation for Chimpanzee Sexual Health
WHAT'S NEW IN GLOBAL SURGERY? Finding Meaning in Medicine: International Volunteers in Urology and Humanitarian Outreach
GIANTS OF UROLOGY: Alan B. Retik, MD (1932–2022)
AQUA IN ACTION: Trends in Utilization of Office-Based Urethral Dilation for Women: An AQUA Registry Analysis
Compensating Peer Reviewers: Suggestions to Improve a Controversial System
RESIDENTS & FELLOWS COMMITTEE: Same Day Surgery in the COVID-19 Era
RESIDENTS & FELLOWS COMMITTEE: Reflections of a Chief Resident
CASE REPORT: Paraganglioma of the Urinary Bladder: A Rare Tumor in a Young Patient with Hypertension
CASE REPORT: A Case of Macrocystic Ductal Adenocarcinoma of the Prostate
JU INSIGHT: Quantifying Glans Width Changes in Response to Preoperative Androgen Stimulation in Patients Undergoing Hypospadias Repair
JU INSIGHT: Antegrade Instillation of UGN-101 (Mitomycin for Pyelocalyceal Solution) for Low-Grade Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma: Initial Clinical Experience
Management of Bladder Exstrophy in Adulthood: A Concise Guide for Treating Urologists
UPJ INSIGHT: Appropriateness Criteria for Ureteral Stent Omission following Ureteroscopy for Urinary Stone Disease
Intravesical Gemcitabine and Docetaxel for Nonmuscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer
JU INSIGHT: Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Mortality among Finnish Men: The Roles of Symptom Severity and Bother
Age, Obesity and Comorbidities: How Do They Influence Urethroplasty Outcomes?
UPJ INSIGHT: Predictors of Video versus Audio-Only Telehealth Use among Urological Patients
Cognitive Function and Sacral Neuromodulation in OAB: Related Considerations and Data
Therapies and Advancements in the Management of Delayed Orgasm
JU INSIGHT: Secondary Polycythemia in Men Receiving Testosterone Therapy Increases Risk of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events and Venous Thromboembolism in the First Year of Therapy
Salvage Treatment Options for Radio-Recurrent Prostate Cancer
Does the COVID-19 Vaccine Affect Male Fertility?
UPJ INSIGHT: Patient Perspectives toward Undergoing Same-Day Discharge for Apical Pelvic Organ Prolapse Repair Surgery during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Managing Patients with Penile/Glans Pain: Genito-Pelvic Dysesthesia
Improving Outcomes of Ureteroscopic Laser Lithotripsy Using Patient Positioning
Reflections of an AUA President
Improving Shared Decision Making for Men Diagnosed with Localized Prostate Cancer
Financial Implications of Second-Line Treatment for Nonmetastatic, Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
What’s on the Horizon for Implantable Tibial Nerve Stimulation?
Thulium Lasers Blast into the World of Endourology
What Machine Learning Offers in Elucidating Vesicoureteral Reflux
FROM THE SCIENCE & QUALITY COUNCIL Science & Quality Update
OUT OF OFFICE Farming: A Lesson in Optimism
GIANTS IN UROLOGY Demetrius H. Bagley, Jr., 1945–2022: AUA Diplomat and the Father of Contemporary Flexible Ureteroscopy
GIANTS OF UROLOGY Retracing the Steps of the "Larger Than Life" Global Urologist
RADIOLOGY CORNER Toward Population-Specific Artificial Intelligence for Prostate Cancer Risk Stratification at Magnetic Resonance Imaging
JU INSIGHT Fragmentation of Stones by Burst Wave Lithotripsy in the First 19 Humans
JU INSIGHT Computer-Generated R.E.N.A.L. Nephrometry Scores Yield Comparable Predictive Results to Those of Human-Expert Scores in Predicting Oncologic and Perioperative Outcomes
UPJ INSIGHT A Novel Metric for Hospital Quality in Kidney Cancer Surgery: A Veterans Affairs National Health System Validation of Concept
Surgical Ergonomics and the Endourologist: Risk Factors and Injury Prevention
JU INSIGHT Open Radical Cystectomy versus Robot-Assisted Radical Cystectomy with Intracorporeal Urinary Diversion: Early Outcomes of a Single-Center Randomized Controlled Trial
The Urologist at a Crossroads: Mapping Out a New Decade of Robotics
UPJ INSIGHT Identifying Patient-Centered Research Priorities in Overactive Bladder by Crowdsourcing and Targeted Recruitment
The Erosion of Urology Resident Surgical Autonomy
JU INSIGHT Association between Treatment for Localized Prostate Cancer and Mental Health Outcomes
UPJ INSIGHT Preoperative Optimization of Promotility in Robotic Prostatectomy and Minimally Invasive Kidney Surgery
How the American Association for Surgery of Trauma Study "Multi-institutional Acute Pediatric Renal Trauma Study" Will Inform Care
JU INSIGHT Comparison of Cosmetic Results in Children >10 Years Old Undergoing Open, Laparoscopic or Robotic-Assisted Pyeloplasty: A Multicentric Study
Does Functional Bladder Capacity Predict Outcomes in Nocturnal Enuresis?
UPJ INSIGHT Shock Wave Therapy for Erectile Dysfunction: Marketing and Practice Trends in Major Metropolitan Areas in the United States
Making the "Right Choice": Considerations Regarding Treatment-Related Regret in Localized Prostate Cancer
CASE REPORT An Adult with Retroperitoneal Ganglioneuroblastoma
Patient Perceptions with Fixed-Life vs Rechargeable Sacral Neuromodulation
At What Cost? The New AUA Guidelines on Microhematuria Drive Savings without Sacrificing Malignancy Detection
SPOTLIGHT ON A Look into AUA's Global Leadership
SPECIALTY SOCIETIES Geriatric Urological Society Meeting to Focus on Recent Science
SPECIALTY SOCIETIES Engineering and Urology Society "Future or Fantasy": Autonomous Surgical Robots
SPECIALTY SOCIETIES Society for Basic Urologic Research at AUA2022
SPECIALTY SOCIETIES American College of Osteopathic Surgeons at the AUA: Preview of the 10th Annual American College of Osteopathic Surgeons, Urological Surgery Discipline at the 2022 AUA Annual Meeting
SPECIALTY SOCIETIES Research on Calculus Kinetics Society
SPECIALTY SOCIETIES "The Gloves Are Off" at This Year's Indian American Urological Association Annual Continuing Medical Education Program
SPECIALTY SOCIETIES Society of Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgeons Scientific Session
SPECIALTY SOCIETIES Urologic Society for Transplantation and Renal Surgery Annual Meeting during the AUA Annual Meeting Invites All Transplant and Renal Surgeons
SPECIALTY SOCIETIES Preview of the Upcoming Sexual Medicine Society of North America 27th Annual Scientific Program
SPECIALTY SOCIETIES Society of Benign Prostate Diseases 2022 at AUA2022
SPECIALTY SOCIETIES Society of Urologic Oncology
SPECIALTY SOCIETIES Preview: 70th Annual Meeting of the Societies for Pediatric Urology
SPECIALTY SOCIETIES Society for the Study of Male Reproduction Annual Symposium: Male Infertility Care in the Modern Era
SPECIALTY SOCIETIES Celebrating Black Women in Urology
PANEL DISCUSSION AUA 2022 Plenary Panel on Bulbar Urethral Stricture Management
The Journal of Urology 2022 LECTURE Engaging Patients: A Challenge to Our Care Delivery and Research Priorities
PATIENT PERSPECTIVES The Role of the Patient in the Development of a National Multidisciplinary Team Clinic for the Care of Patients with Klinefelter Syndrome
PATIENT PERSPECTIVES Endometriosis Affects the Bladder in Many Ways: Why Patient-Based Education Matters
PATIENT PERSPECTIVES Stories Worth Telling: Documenting and Journaling Cancer Treatment as a Journey to Mitigate the Psychological Impact of Treatment on Patient and Caregivers
PATIENT PERSPECTIVES Clinical Trial Experiences of Prostate Cancer Patients
PATIENT PERSPECTIVES TRANS-ARC: Centering Trans and Nonbinary Patient Perspectives in Genital Gender-Affirming Surgery Research
PATIENT PERSPECTIVES Evaluating the Contribution of Video Peer-Led Support to Prostate Cancer Patients: The Answer Cancer Foundation Experience
PATIENT PERSPECTIVES Pelvic Pain Patient Advocacy and Perspectives in Urological Disease Management
PATIENT PERSPECTIVES Patient Engagement in Research Study Design for Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer
PATIENT PERSPECTIVES What Adults with Exstrophy Need from Their Health Care Providers
PATIENT PERSPECTIVES The Stigma Shroud: Comparison of Female vs Male Social Media Search Involving Pelvic and Sexual Health Conditions
PATIENT PERSPECTIVES Diagnostic Uncertainty in Benign Renal Masses: Assessing Patient Experiences through a Social Support Community
FROM THE UROLOGY CARE FOUNDATION Exploration, Education, Equity, Everyone: The Urology Care Foundation
ANNUAL MEETING GUIDELINE PRESENTATION Non-Ischemic and Recurrent Priapism: An AUA/Sexual Medicine Society of North America Guideline
FROM THE SECRETARY Bon Voyage! Safe Travels and See You Soon at AUA2022 in New Orleans!
Patient Reported Quality of Life with Different Urinary Diversion Options after Radical Cystectomy
The Urology Workforce in the 21st Century: Trends and Predictions
SPECIAL LECTURES AUA Plenary: Laparoscopic Robotic Surgical Systems: Emerging Systems in Urology Use
AUA GUIDELINES Renal Mass and Localized Renal Cancer: Evaluation, Management and Followup
ANNUAL MEETING GUIDELINE PRESENTATION Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer: AUA/American Society for Radiation Oncology Guideline
