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Warm irrigation fluid effect on Thulium fiber laser (TFL) ablation of uroliths Open

Andrei D. Cumpanas, Nitesh Katta, Thao N. Vu, Yi Xi Wu, Antonio R. H. Gorgen , et al. · 2025

Prior laser studies have demonstrated that as the temperature of a medium increases, the amount of energy delivered to the target increases. We sought to investigate the role of irrigation fluid temperature on Thulium fiber laser (TFL) uro…

Reprint of: Avoiding “Needless” nephrectomy: What is the role of small renal mass biopsy in 2024? Open

Bruce Gao, Antônio Rebello Horta Görgen, Rohit Bhatt, Zachary E. Tano, Kalon L. Morgan , et al. · 2025

Current guidelines do not mandate routine preoperative renal mass biopsy (RMB) for small renal masses (SRMs), which results in a considerable rate (18%-26%) of needless nephrectomy/partial nephrectomy for benign renal tumors. In light of t…

Collagen Fiber Density Observed in Metastatic Ovarian Cancer Promotes Tumor Cell Adhesion Open

Ali Abbaspour, Ana Cavazos, Roshan M. Patel, Ning Yang, Stephanie M. McGregor , et al. · 2025

Prospective Evaluation of Ureteral Wall Thickness as a Means to Predict Spontaneous Stone Passage: Is It Beneficial? Open

Andrei D. Cumpanas, Brandon Camp, Candices M. Tran, Thao N. Vu, Wen‐Pin Chen , et al. · 2024

Purpose: Ureteral wall thickness (UWT) was proposed as a potential predictor for spontaneous stone passage (SSP). In earlier studies, the effect could not be isolated from stone size. Accordingly, we sought to determine wheth…

Preoperative Immersive Virtual Reality (iVR) Applied to Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: A Prospective Randomized Clinical Study of Surgical Planning and Clinical Outcomes Open

Andrei D. Cumpanas, Mariah C. Hernandez, Amanda McCormac, Marissa Ericson, Jaylen Lee , et al. · 2024

Preoperative iVR model visualization benefited surgeons and patients alike. From a surgical standpoint, viewing the iVR model resulted in a safer, more effective percutaneous stone removal procedure.

Clinical determination of the natural distensibility of the human ureter: initial study Open

Sohrab N. Ali, Amanda McCormac, Andrei D. Cumpanas, Jaime Altamirano‐Villarroel, Paul Piedras , et al. · 2024

Objectives To define the natural distensibility of the human ureter and evaluate the impact of other possibly favourable factors on ureteric distensibility. Patients and Methods A total of 101 patients undergoing ureteroscopic stone remova…

Cultural Insiders and Graphic Stories to Promote Research Readiness Among the South Asian Community: A Focus on Purpose, Protection, and Participation Open

Yesha Patel, Roshan M. Patel, Lauren Bates, Susan Gertz, Susan Hershberger , et al. · 2024

South Asians living in the United States are frequently underrepresented in health research. Their lack of participation limits the generalizability of research to them and keeps them from receiving the high-quality care and innovation tha…

Development and Initial Evaluation of a Cost-Effective Force Sensor for Ureteroscopic Application Open

Bruce Gao, Jacob C. Tsai, Andrei D. Cumpanas, Jaime Altamirano‐Villarroel, Seyedamirvala Saadat , et al. · 2024

Purpose: Retrograde intrarenal surgery is the gold-standard treatment for most kidney stones. During ureteroscopy, ureteral access sheath insertion at forces greater than 8.0 Newtons (N) risks high-grade ureteral injury. To m…

Avoiding “Needless” nephrectomy: What is the role of small renal mass biopsy in 2024? Open

Bruce Gao, Antônio Rebello Horta Görgen, Rohit Bhatt, Zachary E. Tano, Kalon L. Morgan , et al. · 2024

Current guidelines do not mandate routine preoperative renal mass biopsy (RMB) for small renal masses (SRMs), which results in a considerable rate (18%-26%) of needless nephrectomy/partial nephrectomy for benign renal tumors. In light of t…

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Michael A. Gorin, Paul A. Anderson, Hashim Australia, Ummi Kalsom Mohamad Hashim, Jack Kae , et al. · 2024

No abstract is available for this article.

Utility and impact of magnetic resonance elastography in the clinical course and management of chronic liver disease Open

Colin Feuille, Swathi Kari, Roshan M. Patel, Rohan Oberoi, Jonathan Liu , et al. · 2024

Comparison of Ureteral Stent Biomaterials: Encrustation Profile in Lithogenic Artificial Urine Models Open

Yi Xi Wu, Eric J. Choi, Amberly A. Vu, Pengbo Jiang, Sohrab N. Ali , et al. · 2023

Ureteral stent encrustation significantly limits indwelling time and can lead to downstream urological problems. However, no ideal polymeric biomaterials have been shown to completely resist encrustation in long-term urine exposure. Recent…

The Internet vs kidney stones: What is the state of online kidney stone prevention information? Open

Bassel Salka, Nadir El-Saidi, Dawan Naqshabandi, Belgin Kazkaz, Antônio Rebello Horta Görgen , et al. · 2023

INTRODUCTION: The incidence of kidney stones continues to increase despite strong evidence of medical prevention of stone formation. With many patients seeking health information online, little is known regarding the quality of kidney ston…

Differences between urinary metabolites in individual renal units in patients with unilateral nephrolithiasis Open

Antonio R. H. Gorgen, Minh‐Chau Vu, Andrei D. Cumpanas, Zachary E. Tano, Sohrab N. Ali , et al. · 2023

INTRODUCTION: Twenty-four-hour urine testing is performed to identify urine electrolyte abnormalities that are associated with kidney stone formation. This analysis pools urine from the two kidneys even though in many patients, stones affe…

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Michael A. Gorin, Paul Anderson, Hashim Australia, Jonathan Hashim, Zainal Adwin , et al. · 2023

No abstract is available for this article.

Evaluation of the portability of computable phenotypes with natural language processing in the eMERGE network Open

Jennifer A. Pacheco, Luke V. Rasmussen, Ken Wiley, Thomas N. Person, David Cronkite , et al. · 2023

Porcine Bladder Replacement with a Bilayer Silk Fibroin Enhanced Prosthetic Reservoir: A Feasibility Study Open

Pengbo Jiang, Sohrab N. Ali, Raphael B. Arada, Akhil Peta, Andrew Brevik , et al. · 2022

Introduction: The creation of synthetic reservoirs for bladder replacement has been limited by challenges of interfacing synthetic materials and native tissue. We sought to overcome this challenge by utilizing a novel bilayer…

Parental origins of the cultivated tetraploid sour cherry (Prunus cerasus L.) Open

Kevin A. Bird, MacKenzie Jacobs, Audrey Sebolt, Kathleen E. Rhoades, Elizabeth I. Alger , et al. · 2022

Societal impact statement Sour cherry ( Prunus cerasus L.) is an agriculturally valuable tree that produces fruits used in a range of culinary dishes, beverages, and other products. The progenitor species and number of origins of sour cher…

Machine Learning on a Robotic Platform for the Design of Polymer-Protein Hybrids Open

Matthew Tamasi, Roshan M. Patel, Carlos H. Borca, Shashank Kosuri, Heloise Mugnier , et al. · 2022

Polymer-protein hybrids are intriguing materials that can bolster protein stability in non-native environments, thereby enhancing their utility in diverse medicinal, commercial, and industrial applications. One stabilization strategy invol…

Featurization Strategies for Polymer Sequence or Composition Design by Machine Learning Open

Roshan M. Patel, Carlos H. Borca, Michael A. Webb · 2021

The emergence of data-intensive scientific discovery and machine learning has dramatically changed the way in which scientists and engineers approach materials design. Nevertheless, for designing macromolecules or polymers, one limitation …

PD35-11 TOTAL PORCINE BLADDER REPLACEMENT WITH AN ACELLULAR ALLOPLAST Open

Pengbo Jiang, Akhil Peta, Raphael B. Arada, Maged Ayad, Nicholas D. Nguyen , et al. · 2021

You have accessJournal of UrologyTrauma/Reconstruction/Diversion: Ureter (including Pyeloplasty) and Bladder Reconstruction (including fistula), Augmentation, Substitution, Diversion I (PD35)1 Sep 2021PD35-11 TOTAL PORCINE BLADDER REPLACEM…

MP65-05 SUPERPULSE THULIUM, HOLMIUM, AND HOLMIUM MOSES LASER LITHOTRIPSY: AN EX-VIVO LABORATORY EVALUATION ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF “DUSTING” COUPLED WITH URETEROSCOPIC FRAGMENT ASPIRATION Open

Pengbo Jiang, Akhil Peta, Raphael B. Arada, Maged Ayad, Andrew S. Afyouni , et al. · 2021

You have accessJournal of UrologyStone Disease: Surgical Therapy V (MP65)1 Sep 2021MP65-05 SUPERPULSE THULIUM, HOLMIUM, AND HOLMIUM MOSES LASER LITHOTRIPSY: AN EX-VIVO LABORATORY EVALUATION ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF “DUSTING” COUPLED WITH UR…

MP07-19 THE IMPACT OF ONE WEEK OF PRE-STENTING ON PORCINE URETERAL DIAMETER Open

Pengbo Jiang, Andrew S. Afyouni, Tori King, Samantha Dinh, Maged Ayad , et al. · 2021

You have accessJournal of UrologyStone Disease: Basic Research & Pathophysiology (MP07)1 Sep 2021MP07-19 THE IMPACT OF ONE WEEK OF PRE-STENTING ON PORCINE URETERAL DIAMETER Pengbo Jiang, Andrew Afyouni, Tori King, Samantha Dinh, Maged Ayad…

V05-07 INITIAL EXPERIENCE WITH REAL-TIME DETECTION OF KIDNEY STONE COMPOSITION USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, MACHINE LEARNING, AND SMARTPHONE TECHNOLOGY Open

Akhil Peta, Andrew Brevik, Maged Ayad, Pengbo Jiang, Roshan M. Patel , et al. · 2021

You have accessJournal of UrologyUrolithiasis & Endourology (V05)1 Sep 2021V05-07 INITIAL EXPERIENCE WITH REAL-TIME DETECTION OF KIDNEY STONE COMPOSITION USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, MACHINE LEARNING, AND SMARTPHONE TECHNOLOGY Akhil Peta…

Qualitative Review of Clinical Guidelines for Medical and Surgical Management of Urolithiasis: Consensus and Controversy 2020 Open

Pengbo Jiang, Lillian Xie, Raphael B. Arada, Roshan M. Patel, Jaime Landman , et al. · 2020

There are many areas of consensus and only minor areas of conflict among the most up-to-date American Urological Association, Canadian Urological Association, European Association of Urology, National Institute for Health and Care Excellen…

Renal Collecting System Injury During Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy, More Likely When Using Continuous Flow Sheaths? Open

Akhil Peta, Andrew Brevik, Peter Ghamarian, Roshan M. Patel · 2020

Background: Renal collecting system injuries are a rare occurrence during percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL). However, when they do happen, the potential for complications rises exponentially the longer the injury goes undet…

Texture features from computed tomography correlate with markers of severity in acute alcohol-associated hepatitis Open

Michele Tana, David McCoy, Briton Lee, Roshan M. Patel, Joseph A. Lin , et al. · 2020

The aim of this study was to use texture analysis to establish quantitative CT-based imaging features to predict clinical severity in patients with acute alcohol-associated hepatitis (AAH). A secondary aim was to compare the performance of…

Response to paper by Tsioufis et al. Open

Casril Liebert, Roshan M. Patel, Ali Kirresh, Mahmood Ahmad · 2020

Surface-Treated Pellethanes: Comparative Quantification of Encrustation in Artificial Urine Solution Open

Courtney Cottone, Sherry Lu, Yi Xi Wu, Kevin Guan, Renai Yoon , et al. · 2020

Introduction: Encrustation of implanted urinary tract devices is associated with significant morbidity. Pellethane^® is a polyether-based compound noted for its strength, porosity, and resistance to solvents. We ass…

Surgical Technology & Simulation: Instrumentation & Technology I (MP04) Open

Shanky Singh, Brandon Levin, Ο Cincinnati, Ali H. Aldoukhi, Kristian M. Black , et al. · 2020

You have accessJournal of UrologySurgical Technology & Simulation: Instrumentation & Technology I (MP04)1 Apr 2020Surgical Technology & Simulation: Instrumentation & Technology I (MP04) View All Author Informationhttps://doi.org/10.1097/JU…

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