UrologyPub Date : 2025-06-21DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2025.06.040
Grace A Y Biggs
{"title":"Editorial Comment on \"Fecal Microbiota Transplant Is Associated With the Resolution of Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections\".","authors":"Grace A Y Biggs","doi":"10.1016/j.urology.2025.06.040","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urology.2025.06.040","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23415,"journal":{"name":"Urology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144476894","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
UrologyPub Date : 2025-06-20DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2025.06.038
Putu Angga Risky Raharja, Tariq O Abbas
{"title":"Reply to Editorial Comment on \"Adult Sexual Function Following Hypospadias Repair in Childhood A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Long-Term Patient Outcomes\".","authors":"Putu Angga Risky Raharja, Tariq O Abbas","doi":"10.1016/j.urology.2025.06.038","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urology.2025.06.038","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23415,"journal":{"name":"Urology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144369269","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
UrologyPub Date : 2025-06-20DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2025.06.044
Yu-Hsiang Lin, Chen-Pang Hou, Chien-Lun Chen
{"title":"Letter to the Editor on \"Exploring the Association Between Varicocele and Testosterone Deficiency in Men Over 50 Years of Age\".","authors":"Yu-Hsiang Lin, Chen-Pang Hou, Chien-Lun Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.urology.2025.06.044","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urology.2025.06.044","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23415,"journal":{"name":"Urology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144369268","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
UrologyPub Date : 2025-06-20DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2025.06.035
Kathleen Kieran
{"title":"Editorial Comment on \"Beyond Citations: Exploring Gender and Racial Gaps in Urology Publications Through Citation and Altmetric Analysis\".","authors":"Kathleen Kieran","doi":"10.1016/j.urology.2025.06.035","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urology.2025.06.035","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23415,"journal":{"name":"Urology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144369267","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
UrologyPub Date : 2025-06-20DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2025.06.043
Ali Alabdullah, Ammar Al Homsi, Omer A Raheem
{"title":"Vanishing Testicular Lesion in a Monorchid Infertile Male: To Cut or To Watch?","authors":"Ali Alabdullah, Ammar Al Homsi, Omer A Raheem","doi":"10.1016/j.urology.2025.06.043","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urology.2025.06.043","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23415,"journal":{"name":"Urology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144369273","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
UrologyPub Date : 2025-06-20DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2025.06.031
Emily Clennon, Anna Geduldig, Nicholas H Chakiryan, Jason C Hedges, Casey A Seideman
{"title":"State Medicaid Insurance Barriers to Vasectomy Coverage Are Associated With Restrictive Abortion Laws.","authors":"Emily Clennon, Anna Geduldig, Nicholas H Chakiryan, Jason C Hedges, Casey A Seideman","doi":"10.1016/j.urology.2025.06.031","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urology.2025.06.031","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To determine if state populations have equitable access to vasectomy under Medicaid and evaluate the relationship between accessibility of Medicaid-covered vasectomy and state abortion restrictions.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Individual state-based Medicaid rules were assessed by publicly available data for all 50 states and Washington, D.C. A novel scoring system quantifying restrictions to Medicaid coverage for vasectomy was developed utilizing state-specific Medicaid income eligibility criteria, presence or absence of extended family planning benefits, and any additional prohibitive vasectomy coverage policies (0-4 points; 0 no restrictions-4 most restrictions). Abortion access was quantified using the Guttmacher Institute's ranking of state abortion policy restrictions (1 most protective, 7 most restrictive). Fisher's exact test (α <.05) was used to evaluate the relationship between vasectomy access score and abortion access.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Fifty-one Medicaid regions (50 states and Washington, D.C.) were analyzed. For vasectomy access, each had a point assigned for a mandatory 30-day waiting period. Eighteen states (35%) had only 1 point assigned, 25 (49%) had 2, and 7 (14%) had 3 points. Texas was the only state to receive 4 points, correlating with the greatest number of barriers to vasectomy, due an additional consent form beyond the conventional paperwork. There was a statistically significant relationship between state Medicaid vasectomy coverage and restrictions on abortion access (P = .01). States with more barriers to Medicaid vasectomy coverage were more likely to have laws restricting abortion.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Access to vasectomy under Medicaid varies greatly by state. States with the most limited access to coverage also had the most restrictive abortion laws.</p>","PeriodicalId":23415,"journal":{"name":"Urology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144369272","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
UrologyPub Date : 2025-06-20DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2025.06.046
Xiaolei Shi, Chao Zhang
{"title":"Reply to Letter to the Editor on \"Artificial Intelligence Based Augmented Reality Navigation in Minimally Invasive Partial Nephrectomy\".","authors":"Xiaolei Shi, Chao Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.urology.2025.06.046","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urology.2025.06.046","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23415,"journal":{"name":"Urology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144369270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
UrologyPub Date : 2025-06-20DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2025.06.039
Othmane Zekraoui, Aamer Alghamlas, Kelven W Chen, Larry E Miller, Samir Bhattacharyya, Ben H Chew, Oliver Traxer, Naeem Bhojani
{"title":"Reply to Letters to the Editor on \"Association Between Kidney Stones and Subsequent Risk of Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis\".","authors":"Othmane Zekraoui, Aamer Alghamlas, Kelven W Chen, Larry E Miller, Samir Bhattacharyya, Ben H Chew, Oliver Traxer, Naeem Bhojani","doi":"10.1016/j.urology.2025.06.039","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urology.2025.06.039","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23415,"journal":{"name":"Urology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144369271","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
UrologyPub Date : 2025-06-19DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2025.06.034
Xuying Han, Hongzhen Ma
{"title":"Letter to the Editor on \"Development and Internal Validation of a Novel Nomogram to Predict the Risk of Postoperative Acute Kidney Injury Following Robot-assisted Partial Nephrectomy\".","authors":"Xuying Han, Hongzhen Ma","doi":"10.1016/j.urology.2025.06.034","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urology.2025.06.034","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23415,"journal":{"name":"Urology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144340456","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}