For thousands of years human beings have used heat in the form of cautery to treat trauma
and disease. By the late nineteenth century, as technology advanced, heat could be …

PURPOSE: The reported success rate for surgical cavernosa-to-spongiosum shunts in patients
with refractory low flow priapism is variable and yet it is reported to be as high as 100% in …

Elevated serum urate levels cause gout and correlate with cardiometabolic diseases via poorly
understood mechanisms. We performed a trans-ancestry genome-wide association study …

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: There are numerous congenital genitourinary conditions that
result in vaginal agenesis or atresia. Reconstruction presents a challenge to the surgeon who …

Purpose : A significant number of patients requiring radical cystectomy for bladder cancer
have substantial co-morbidity. Nonetheless, these patients often prefer orthotopic neobladder …

De novo mutations (DNMs), or mutations that appear in an individual despite not being seen
in their parents, are an important source of genetic variation whose impact is relevant to …

Approximately 80 million people globally are affected by glaucoma, with a projected increase
to over 110 million by 2040. Substantial issues surrounding patient compliance remain …

Vaginal mesh erosion into the bladder after midurethral sling procedure or cystocele repair
is uncommon, with only a few cases having been reported in the literature. The ideal surgical …

Robert Biggs had been vomiting every night for sixteen nights.'He had yet to receive the new
medication that the prison psychiatrist had prescribed for him more than two weeks before. …

Introduction: Ductal(endometrioid) adenocarcinoma is a rare form of prostate cancer that
most often presents with local obstructive or irritative symptoms such as acute urinary …