Research published in the Journal of Urology suggests later operative start times — commonly thought to cause surgeon fatigue — may not necessarily lead to worse patient outcomes. For the study, ...

The American Urological Association guideline emphasizes that vasectomy is a safe, permanent contraceptive option with no ...

Joseph Banno, MD, a board-certified urologist and founder of Peoria (Ill.) Day Surgery Center and past chairman of the American Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers, suggests ASCs should consider ...

A study published in JAMA Network Open examined the use of antibiotics among patients undergoing common urological procedures. Iowa City-based University of Iowa Health Care researchers manually ...

Single-port robotic surgery is an innovative approach in urological procedures that aims to minimize invasiveness while maintaining surgical effectiveness. This technique utilizes a single incision, ...

Telesurgery (operating on a patient remotely using a surgical robot via a secure telecommunication link) appears to be as reliable as standard robotic surgery (when the surgeon and patient are in the ...

Francis Medical, Inc., a privately held medical device company, announced today the successful completion of the first commercial (non-clinical study) procedure on the East Coast using the Vanquish(R) ...

The PAUSE-URO study evaluated the safety of a new protocol for patients using direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) prior to elective urologic surgery.

More and more outpatient surgical procedures are being done at nonhospital-based facilities such as freestanding ambulatory surgical centers and physician offices, instead of at hospital-based ...

A new study suggests that antibiotics are being overused in up to 60 percent of patients undergoing common urological procedures. The study, led by Daniel Livorsi, MD, University of Iowa assistant ...

Cook Medical debuted a new ureteral access sheath and single-use 7.5 Fr flexible ureteroscope for kidney stone management ...

Potentially preventable deaths after complications related to inpatient urological procedures increased from 1998 to 2010, according to a study published online August 19 in the British Journal of ...