Graphical comparison of bladder augmentation surgery using either ileum (top) or a cell-seeded, biodegradable scaffold (bottom). MSCs and HSPCs represent different types of stem cells found in the ...

Bladder exstrophy is a rare congenital malformation that manifests as an absence of the anterior bladder wall, resulting in an exposed bladder mucosa at birth. This condition presents formidable ...

The cutaneous catheterizable ileocecocytoplasty is a surgery that we have found to be very successful here at University of Utah Health. In this surgery the bladder is expanded with large bowel from ...

UGN-102 had similar disease-free survival outcomes in non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer, regardless of whether the therapy was given with surgery. Groups of patients with newly diagnosed and ...

One of the most helpful tests in the evaluation of neurogenic bladder is called a urodynamic test. Urodynamic testing is also called a cystometrogram (CMG). In this test a very small catheter is ...

Laparoscopic augmentation cystoplasty (including clam cystoplasty) is indicated for a number of conditions including anatomically/structurally contracted bladder ...

Adjuvant nivolumab significantly improves disease-free and overall survival in high-risk muscle-invasive urothelial cancer post-resection, especially in patients with PD-L1 expression ≥1%. Opdivo ...

An equity framework would ideally provide the opportunity to learn about potential variability in response and safety because of increased diversity of clinical trial participation. Sex-based outcomes ...

TAR-200, a small drug-releasing implant, wiped out tumors in most patients with high-risk bladder cancer. Its slow, consistent release of chemotherapy proved far more effective than traditional ...