Hymenorrhaphy, or hymen reconstruction surgery, is an aesthetic procedure and is not normally funded by NHS England. In accordance with the Health and Care Act 2022 it is an offence to carry out ...

In both single-specialty urology and multi-specialty ASCs, longer, more complex procedures can be a good fit and good for profitability. The key for either type of facility is having a dedicated ...

Only a minority of end-stage prostate cancer (PCa) patients undergo urologic procedures during their final three years of life, according to the first population-based study of its kind. David F.

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 ...

NEW ORLEANS — Surgeons should turn to frailty indexes to determine how well patients will do after renal procedures, radical prostatectomy, and radical cystectomy, according to several clinicians ...

The advent of optical (i.e. laparoscopy, cystoscopy) and fluoroscopic (i.e. X-ray) imaging made possible the development of minimally invasive diagnostic and therapeutic techniques, allowing surgeons ...

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 ...

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

AMSTERDAM — Many urologic procedures can be safely performed with the use of conscious sedation rather than general anesthesia, and both clinicians and their patients say they prefer the lighter touch ...

"Antibiotic overuse is high for common urology procedures." ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2018 / 12 / 181221123652.htm (accessed February 24, 2026).

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