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Saline TURP: Evaluating safety and cost-effectiveness
With promising short-term results demonstrating its safety and cost-effectiveness, saline TURP may be poised to become
the new standard of care for benign prostatic hyperplasia.
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A 14-year old with left testicular pain and a slowly enlarging, tender, left inguinal mass
A 14-year-old male presented to the pediatric urology clinic complaining of left testicular pain and a slowly enlarging, tender, left inguinal mass that had gotten progressively worse over the past 8 months. The patient had no urinary symptoms. Physical examination revealed a painful, firm, left inguinal mass without erythema. The left testicle, epididymis, and vas deferens were normal to palpation. No inguinal hernias could be appreciated.
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Harvesting buccal mucosal grafts: Keys to success
In an interesting and documented historical overview on oral mucosa as surgical substitute material, Filipas and colleagues traced its use to other domains from which applications for urology were developed.
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Penile urethroplasty: Techniques and outcomes using buccal mucosa grafts
The proper urethroplasty technique for repair of complicated penile strictures should respect the status of penile tissue, be based on proper anatomic characteristics of penile tissues, avoid interference with the neurovascular supply to the penis, and not compromise penile length or untowardly affect its appearance. The authors describe their techniques?based on these criteria?for single-stage and multistage penile urethroplasty with buccal mucosa grafts and review their outcomes.
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