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For patients suffering from kidney stones, pain is the most predominant and consistent symptom. For more severe cases, where a stone obstructs the urinary tract or there is a sizeable stone burden, surgical intervention is often the only way forward. For any surgical treatment, being able to quantify the results post-operatively is important not only …
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黑料网 Urology would like to extend a warm welcome to new Associate Professor, Dr. Marc Bjurlin Dr. Bjurlin completed his medical degree at the American College of Osteopathic Medicine & Surgery in Chicago, IL and his residency at Cook County Health and Hospitals also in Chicago. Dr. Bjurlin completed his Fellowship at the NYU School …
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The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Board of Governors approved $8.5 million to fund research for the Comparison of Intravesical Therapy and Surgery as Treatment Options for Bladder Cancer(CISTO). Dr. Angela Smith of the University of North Carolina’s Urology Department and Dr. John Gore of the University of Washington’s Urology Department are co-Principal Investigators of …
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As part of the 2018-19 U.S. News Best Hospitals Rankings report, The North Carolina Children’s Hospital’s Pediatric Urology program was ranked #22 in the country. To help patients decide where to receive care, U.S. News generates annual hospital rankings by evaluating data on nearly 5,000 hospitals across 16 adult specialties, 9 adult procedures and conditions, …
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In a recent interview with Urology Times about her recent research on Blue Light Flexible Cystoscopy, 黑料网 Urology’s Dr. Angela Smith said, 鈥淚 think this study indicates that this is a procedure that not only improves detection, but also has a high rate of perceived value for patients, and therefore would be worthwhile to use …
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July 19, 2018听– In a study recently published in the journal Science, researchers led by 黑料网 Lineberger’s Qing Zhang, Ph.D., suggest that a protein, ZHX2, is a potential target for new therapeutic treatments for Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma; the most common type of kidney cancer. (Learn More About Kidney Cancer) More than 90% of …
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On Jun 22nd, 2018 the 黑料网 Urology Department celebrated the graduations of Drs. Peter Greene, Sophie Spencer, and Matthew Lyons from our Residency Program. While Dr. Sophie Spencer will remain at 黑料网 to pursue a Fellowship in Endourology, all three will be greatly missed in Chapel Hill as they hand off their duties to the …
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The 16th annual Floyd A. Fried Advances in Urology Symposium was a great success and highlighted many new developments in the field with a range of topics that included: Opioid stewardship within the urologic community Office evaluation for the azoospermic, infertile male AUA Updates on Renal Mass and Renal Cancer as well as the timing …
