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In this Viewpoint, Dr Donat presents the case against using frozen section analysis of distal ureters in patients undergoing cystectomy for transitional cell bladder cancer, arguing that division of the ureter at the level of the common iliac artery largely precludes the need for frozen sections in this setting.
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is one of the most common urological disorders in men, and standard treatment is transurethral resection of the prostate. In this Review, Baazeem and Elhilali assess the current evidence on other surgical options for the treatment of BPH.
Wilms tumor is the most common malignancy in children, but current survival rates are high. A new aim for treatment is to reduce the morbidity associated with therapy. In this Review, Sonn and Shortliffe look at various management guidelines for the disorder, as well as the typical and unusual clinical presentations of Wilms tumor.
Modifications and refinements of standard laparoscopic instrumentation have led to an increasing interest in the use of single-incision surgery for urological procedures. In this Review, the authors discuss the terminology for this new type of surgery, the advances in laparoscopic instrumentation, and the results of single-incision urological surgery.
In this Case Study, Tu et al. report a 76-year-old man who presented repeatedly with bleeding from an ileal conduit, identified as being caused by an isolated varix secondary to portal hypertension. The authors highlight that portal hypertension should be considered in the differential diagnosis of hematuria from an ileal conduit.
Urethral carcinoma is a rare malignancy, without validated treatment protocols. In particular, the role of chemotherapy remains poorly defined. In this Case Study, Nicholson and colleagues discuss a 48-year-old woman with a T4N0M0 tumor, who was successfully treated with neoadjuvant TIP (paclitaxel, ifosfamide, cisplatin) chemotherapy followed by consolidative chemoradiation therapy.
