Editorial Comment on "Racial and Demographic Variables Influence Accurate 24-hour Urine Collection Completion and Results" 24-hour urine collection remains a staple of metabolic stone management. However, it is well known that this is often underutilized in practice. Specifically, prior studies have demonstrated that <10% of high risk stone formers undergo evaluation with a 24 hour urine collection.1 Furthermore, the test requires a high degree of patient participation and is frequently subject to insufficient or inaccurate collection.
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Editorial Comment on "Assessing Clinical Utility in Randomized Trials of Radical Prostatectomy for Urologic Oncology: An Original Article of Studies Published Between 2020 and 2024" In this month’s journal, Pruitt et al. have systematically reviewed 40 radical prostatectomy (RP) RCTs using the van’t Hooft framework for clinical usefulness.1 The use of this framework is novel in urologic literature. The most notable finding of the analysis is a strong positive correlation (r = 0.74, p < 0.001) between RCT transparency and clinical utility, demonstrating that widespread adherence to standardized reporting criteria is key to maximize study impact.
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Editorial Comment on “Uncertainty During Ureteroscopy: Evaluating Surgeon Consensus on In Vivo Stone Dust After Laser Lithotripsy” In this study, Bowers et al. present a retrospective cohort study with analysis of ureteroscopic videos and compared the abilities of faculty and trainees to predict adequacy of dusting (i.e. dust size) and then correlated this with stone free status on post operative CT scan.1 There is uncertainty regarding what constitutes “adequate dusting” in vivo and hence this study is well-timed. Furthermore, the present study presents novel analysis in linking these intraoperative characterizations of stone “dust” to subsequent clinical outcomes with cross sectional imaging.
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Early real-world experience with Optilume® drug-coated balloon for anterior urethral strictures and posterior urethral stenoses To determine the early experience with paclitaxel-drug coated balloon (DC for both anterior urethral stricture disease (aUSD) and posterior urethral stenoses (PUS).
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Prevalence of Fertility Preservation Counseling and Sperm Cryopreservation Amongst Males with Testis Cancer To determine the application of fertility preservation counseling and sperm cryopreservation amongst reproductive-aged males diagnosed with testicular cancer using a population-level analysis.
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