| | | Climate change, stones link will tax health resources
January 1, 2009
Rising temperatures associated with global warming may be accompanied by a significant, costly increase in the incidence of kidney stones. Climate change may increase stone incidence rates by up to 30% in some regions. | | Hematoma size a factor in weighing embolization
January 1, 2009
Perirenal hematoma characteristics determined by computed tomography may be suggestive of the need for angiographic embolization in patients who present with blunt renal trauma, a study from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, suggests. | | Studies: Manage blunt renal trauma conservatively
January 1, 2009
Two studies of blunt kidney trauma, one from Switzerland and one from the United States, reached essentially the same conclusion: Conservative management is likely to be the best path when confronting most cases of blunt renal trauma. | | Robotic cystectomy shows favorable oncologic outcomes
January 1, 2009
Based on new mid-term study results, robot-assisted laparoscopic cystectomy appears to be slowly moving toward mainstream surgical practice. | | Second-look nephroscopy: Big stones justify costs
January 1, 2009
Second-look flexible nephroscopy after percutaneous nephrolithotomy is cost-effective only for patients who have larger residual stone fragments. | |
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| | | | | In-office drug dispensing: A new revenue stream?
January 1, 2009
Contemporary financial challenges call for creative thinking on the part of the physician-cum-small business operator. One idea that is gaining popularity is in-office dispensing of medications. | | No code for 'radical' cystectomy, but you can be paid
January 1, 2009
There is no code for a radical cystectomy. You will have to use the code for a "total" cystectomy. | | With investing, variety is the spice of life
January 1, 2009
Like everyone else, I'm frustrated and confused by the stock market and the global economic situation. How can I reduce the risk in my portfolio but still have it grow for the long term? | | Leadership strife: How to defuse office conflicts
January 1, 2009
Physicians and managers are accustomed to dealing with staff members who aren't happy at work and can't seem to get along, but what do you do when it's the physicians and management who are at odds? | | As we enter 2009, are you optimistic or pessimistic about urology in the new year?
January 1, 2009
"I am optimistic about urology, regardless of what the president does." | |
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