UROLOGY NEWS

An overview of new agents and device-assisted therapies being investigated to improve outcomes for patients with superficial bladder cancer.

This article reviews current developments in cellular scaffods, the process of cell seeding, and the importance of a favorable in vitro environment for regeneration.

This article reviews current developments in cellular scaffods, the process of cell seeding, and the importance of a favorable in vitro environment for regeneration.

An overview of new agents and device-assisted therapies being investigated to improve outcomes for patients with superficial bladder cancer.

The FDA has approved an expanded indication for valganciclovir (Valcyte) for the prevention of cytomegalovirus disease in high-risk pediatric kidney and heart transplant patients aged 4 months to 16 years.
Medscape Medical News

This article reviews the diagnostic criteria for AIH, the indications for and results of liver transplantation, as well as the management of recurrent AIH disease.

AIH is a treatable disease in the majority of cases, but complex issues such as timely diagnosis, avoidance of treatment side effects, nonresponse and adherence to standard induction therapy remain.
Seminars in Liver Disease

The evidence available to date does not unequivocally establish an overall benefit of corticosteroid- free immunosuppression in HCV patients.
Trends in Transplantation

A study in more than half a million people in Asia and Australia shows that a "simple, cheap" intervention could "prevent large numbers of people from developing kidney disease and...dying prematurely as a result," according to one of the lead researchers.
Reuters Health Information

One component of fast-track surgery is perioperative fluid restriction. Is that reasonable in all cases?
AccessMedicine from McGraw-Hill