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The Effects Of Bmi On The Development Of Radiation Cystitis Onset: A Pilot Study, Kelsa G. Kazyak, Bernadette Mm Zwaans

Posters

Radiation cystitis (RC) is a debilitating adverse side effect of pelvic radiation therapy. Despite advancements within the field of radiation oncology, the location of the bladder makes it difficult to avoid during radiation and approximately 5-10% of cancer survivors with a history of pelvic radiation are at risk. While RC is not common, the long-term effects can be crippling and we hope to provide more information on the risk factors to help survivors and inform clinicians.

Sexual Dimorphism Of Glomerular Capillary Morphology In Rats, Zackarias Coker

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) progresses faster in males than females; however, the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. Sex differences in glomerular capillary morphology has been hypothesized to contribute, in part, to the increased susceptibility to hypertension-induced renal injury and CKD progression in males, but this has not been investigated. The goal of the present study was to assess glomerular capillary morphology in male vs. female rats with intact kidneys and after uninephrectomy (UNX). We hypothesized that glomerular capillary radii (R_CAP) and length (L_CAP) would be greater in male rats.

Male (n=4) and female (n=4) with intact …

Patient With Genital Lymphedema, Pain, And Rash, Resa G Magill, Dylan Supak, Rachel Pham, Dustin Luse, Cooper R Benson

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

No abstract provided.

Bladder Mucosal Cystitis Cystica Lesions Are Tertiary Lymphoid Tissues That Correlate With Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection Frequency In Postmenopausal Women, Marianne M Ligon, Brooke Liang, Stacy M Lenger, Priyanka Parameswaran, Siobhan Sutcliffe, Jerry L Lowder, Indira U Mysorekar

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

PURPOSE: We identify correlates and clinical outcomes of cystitis cystica, a poorly understood chronic inflammatory bladder change, in women with recurrent urinary tract infections.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective, observational cohort of women with recurrent urinary tract infections who underwent cystoscopy (n=138) from 2015 to 2018 were identified using electronic medical records. Cystitis cystica status was abstracted from cystoscopy reports and correlations were identified by logistic regression. Urinary tract infection-free survival time associated with cystitis cystica was evaluated by Cox proportional hazards regression. Exact logistic regression was used to identify factors associated with changes to cystitis cystica lesions on repeat …

Stent Vs. Stent-Less Ileal Conduits After Radical Cystectomies: Is There Difference In Early Postoperative Outcomes?, Rishabh K. Simhal, Md, Daniel Givner, Bs, Kerith Wang, Ba, Yash B. Shah, Zachary Prebay, Md, Daniel P. Simon, Md, Costas D. Lallas, Md, Leonard G. Gomella, Md, Mihir M. Shah, Md

Department of Urology Faculty Posters

Placing ureteral stents at the ureteroileal anastomosis for radical cystectomy with ileal conduit (RCIC) diversion has long been common practice, which has recently been called into question. In this study, we aim to investigate the difference in 30-day outcomes between patients who did and did not receive ureteral stents after RCIC.

The Risk Of Malignant Degeneration Of Müllerian Derivatives In Pmds: A Review Of The Literature, Federica Gagliardi, Augusto Lauro, Livia De Anna, Domenico Tripodi, Anna Esposito, Flavio Forte, Daniele Pironi, Eleonora Lori, Patrizia Alba Gentile, Ignazio R. Marino, Ernesto T. Figueroa, Vito D'Andrea

Department of Urology Faculty Papers

Persistent Müllerian Duct Syndrome (PMDS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder of sex development characterized by the presence of fallopian tubes, uterus and upper one-third of the vagina in individuals with XY genotype and normal male phenotype. The main complications of PMDS are infertility and the rare risk of malignant degeneration of both testicular and Müllerian derivatives. We report the case of a 49-year-old man who, during repair of an incisional hernia, was incidentally found to have a uterine-like structure posterior to the bladder. In the past at the age of 18 months, he had undergone bilateral orchidopexies for bilateral …

Longitudinal Variations In Antibody Responses Against Sars-Cov-2 Spike Epitopes Upon Serial Vaccinations, Dicle Yalcin, Sydney J. Bennett, Jared Sheehan, Amber J. Trauth, For Yue Tso, John T. West, Michael E. Hagensee, Alistair J. Ramsay, Charles Wood

LSU-LCMC Cancer Center Faculty Publications

The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) impacted healthcare, the workforce, and worldwide socioeconomics. Multi-dose mono- or bivalent mRNA vaccine regimens have shown high efficacy in protection against SARS-CoV-2 and its emerging variants with varying degrees of efficacy. Amino acid changes, primarily in the receptor-binding domain (RBD), result in selection for viral infectivity, disease severity, and immune evasion. Therefore, many studies have centered around neutralizing antibodies that target the RBD and their generation achieved through infection or vaccination. Here, we conducted a unique longitudinal study, analyzing the effects of a three-dose mRNA vaccine regimen …

Impact Of Intravesical Bacillus Calmette-GuéRin And Chemotherapy On The Bladder Microbiome In Patients With Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Kayeromi Gomez, Christopher James, Shalin Desai, Hiten Patel, Goran Rac, Chirag Doshi, Ryan Dornbier, Petar Bajic, Thomas Halverson, Gopal Gupta, Marcus Quek, Alex Gorbonos, Robert Flanigan, Alan J. Wolfe

Biostatistics Collaborative Core: Faculty Publications and Other Works

Introduction: Intravesical therapy (IVT), including Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), is the standard of care for high grade (HG) non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). Despite the use of IVT, many patients recur after treatment. The bladder microbiome and its role in disease processes has recently risen to prominence. We aim to characterize changes that occur in the bladder microbiome over the course of intravesical therapy and assess whether these changes correlate with outcomes in patients with NMIBC.

Methods: Patients with NMIBC undergoing induction BCG or intravesical therapy were prospectively enrolled from January 2019 to March 2020. Patients with clinical T2 or greater …

Comprehensive Proteomics And Platform Validation Of Urinary Biomarkers For Bladder Cancer Diagnosis And Staging, Kamala Vanarsa, Jessica Castillo, Long Wang, Kyung Hyun Lee, Claudia Pedroza, Yair Lotan, Chandra Mohan

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

BACKGROUND: Bladder cancer (BC) is among the most common cancers diagnosed in men in the USA. The current gold standards for the diagnosis of BC are invasive or lack the sensitivity to correctly identify the disease.

METHODS: An aptamer-based screen analyzed the expression of 1317 proteins in BC compared to urology clinic controls. The top hits were subjected to systems biology analyses. Next, 30 urine proteins were ELISA-validated in an independent cohort of 68 subjects. Three of these proteins were next validated in an independent BC cohort of differing ethnicity.

RESULTS: Systems biology analysis implicated molecular functions related to the …

Integrative Clinical And Genomic Characterization Of Mtap-Deficient Metastatic Urothelial Cancer, Omar Alhalabi, Yueting Zhu, Ameer Hamza, Wei Qiao, Yiyun Lin, Raymond M Wang, Amishi Y Shah, Matthew T Campbell, Vijaykumar Holla, Ashish Kamat, Wei-Lien Wang, Jennifer Wang, Jianfeng Chen, Jieru Meng, Miao Zhang, Jolanta Bondaruk, Mark Titus, Giannicola Genovese, Bogdan A Czerniak, Kenna R Shaw, Funda Meric-Bernstam, Charles C Guo, Christopher J Logothetis, Arlene Siefker-Radtke, Pavlos Msaouel, Linghua Wang, Jiyan Liu, Jianjun Gao

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Deficiency of MTAP (MTAPdef) mainly occurs because of homozygous loss of chromosome 9p21, which is the most common copy-number loss in metastatic urothelial cancer (mUC). We characterized the clinical and genomic features of MTAPdef mUC in 193 patients treated at MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC) and 298 patients from the phase 2 IMvigor210 trial, which investigated atezolizumab in cisplatin-ineligible and platinum-refractory disease. In the MDACC cohort, visceral metastases were significantly more common for MTAPdef (n = 48) than for MTAP-proficient (MTAPprof; n = 145) patients (75% vs 55.2%; p = 0.02). MTAPdef was associated with poor prognosis (median overall …

Following The Map For Improved Kidney Function In Hepatorenal Syndrome, Matthew R Thau, Pavan K Bhatraju

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

No abstract provided.

Klrf1, A Novel Marker Of Cd56bright Nk Cells, Predicts Improved Survival For Patients With Locally Advanced Bladder Cancer, Neelam Mukherjee, Niannian Ji, Xi Tan, Chun-Liang Chen, Onika D. V. Noel, Maria Rodriguez-Padron, Chun-Lin Lin, David G. Alonzo, Tim H. Huang, Robert S. Svatek

School of Medicine Publications

Background

Bladder tumor-infiltrating CD56bright NK cells are more tumor cytotoxic than their CD56dim counterparts. Identification of NK cell subsets is labor-intensive and has limited utility in the clinical setting. Here, we sought to identify a surrogate marker of bladder CD56bright NK cells and to test its prognostic significance.

Methods

CD56bright and CD56dim NK cells were characterized with the multiparametric flow (n = 20) and mass cytometry (n = 21) in human bladder tumors. Transcriptome data from bladder tumors (n = 351) profiled by The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) were analyzed. The expression levels of individual markers in intratumoral …

Quantifying The Number Of Us Men With Erectile Dysfunction Who Are Potential Candidates For Penile Prosthesis Implantation, Sirikan Rojanasarot, Abimbola O Williams, Natalie Edwards, Mohit Khera

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

INTRODUCTION: Penile prosthesis implantation (PPI) is a treatment option recommended in clinical guidelines for erectile dysfunction (ED). However, a limited number of urologists perform PPI procedures in the United States.

AIM: To quantify the number of insured men with ED in the United States and project the number of potential candidates for PPI in 2022.

METHODS: An Excel-based disease impact model was constructed using a top-down estimation approach. The starting US male population consisted of adult men from 2022 US Census data after exclusion of age-specific mortality rates from the National Vital Statistics Reports. Men with health insurance were included …

Gender Gap In Industry Payments To Urologists, Matthew Davis, Mohit Butaney, Alexandra Rogers, Taylor J. Malchow, Samantha Wilder, Alex Stephens, Sohrab Arora, Akshay Sood, Alexander Cole, Quoc-Dien Trinh, Craig Rogers, Firas Abdollah

Medical Student Research Symposium

Background: The Open Payments Program (OPP) was established in 2013 under the Sunshine Act, which mandated that medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers submit public records of any financial incentive given to physicians. The study aim is to characterize the gap in general and research payments between male and female urologists over the past 7 years.

Methods: The study sample included all urologists in the US who received at least one general (GP) or research payment from 2015 to 2021. In order to identify urologists’ genders, the OPP was matched with the National Provider Index dataset. Payments to male …

Inhibiting Phosphatidylinositol 4-Kinase Iiialpha With Gsk-F1 Reduces The Plasma Membrane-Associated Phosphatidylinositol Phosphate Lipid Messenger Levels In Prostate Cancer Cells, Codrut Radoiu, Diego Sbrissa, Sreenivasa R. Chinni

Medical Student Research Symposium

Inhibiting phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase IIIa with GSK-F1 reduces the plasma membrane-associated phosphatidylinositol phosphate lipid messenger levels in prostate cancer cells

Codrut Radoiu, Diego Sbrissa, Sreenivasa Chinni

Department of Urology and Pathology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA

Background: The role of chemokine signaling in prostate cancer metastasis has demonstrated to be a promising focus of research and a potential target for abating malignant cell invasion and metastasis. CXCR4, a GPCR, is overexpressed in prostate cancer cells, with downstream signaling involved in cellular migration, proliferation and survival when it is activated by its ligand, CXCL12. Upon …

Evaluating The Role Of Lvi As An Indicator For Adverse Outcomes In Patients With Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma And Its Histological Subtypes, Ivan Rakic, Matthew Davis, Nicholas Corsi, Alexander Stephens, Chase Morrison, Sohrab Arora, Taylor Malchow, Akshay Sood, Craig Rogers, Firas Abdollah

Medical Student Research Symposium

Lymphvascular invasion (LVI) is recognized as an adverse prognostic factor in many cancers. Our aim is to assess the prognostic ability of LVI in UTUC urothelial carcinoma (UC) and micropapillary urothelial carcinoma (MPUC) subtypes as a predictor of overall survival (OS) using a large North American cohort.

Our cohort included 9750 cM0 UTUC patients who underwent a radical nephroureterectomy (RNU), between 2004 and 2015, within the National Cancer Database (NCDB). The main variable of interest was LVI status, and its interaction with pathological nodal (pN) status. Kaplan-Meier curves were used to estimate the OS. Cox regression analysis tested the impact …

Trends In Male And Female Urethral Endoscopic Management And Urethroplasty Using The Trinetx Database, Adam M. Ostrovsky, Zachary J. Prebay, Paul H. Chung

Department of Urology Faculty Papers

Background: How quickly providers adapt to new practice guidelines is not well known. The objective of this study was to evaluate temporal trends in the performance of urethral endoscopic management and urethroplasty surrounding the release of the American Urological Association (AUA) Male Urethral Stricture Guidelines in 2017. We also evaluate in parallel trends in female urethral stricture disease, where AUA guidelines are not present. We hypothesized that the ratio of urethroplasty versus urethral endoscopic management in both males and females is increasing and that guidelines do not result in immediate changes in management trends. Methods: Endoscopic management and urethroplasty data …

Emphysematous Pyelonephritis Necessitating Bilateral Radical Nephrectomy: A Case Report And Literature Review., Christine E Wamsley, Arianna Morton, Christopher G Roth, Joseph K Izes, Li Li

Computational Medicine Center Faculty Papers

Emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN) is a severe, acute necrotizing infection of the kidney with gas accumulation in the renal parenchyma, collecting ducts, and/or perirenal tissue. We report a case of EPN in a 66 year-old male with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus (DM), urinary tract infection and septic shock necessitating emergent bilateral radical nephrectomy. Morphologically, the kidney parenchyma revealed severe acute bacterial pyelonephritis with extensive abscesses, gas cysts, necrosis and foci of infarctions. The uninvolved background cortex parenchyma exhibited diabetic nephropathy (DN), Class IIB. Post-operatively, the patient remained dialysis-dependent with multiple re-admissions for recurrent multi-drug resistant

A Trinetx Registry Analysis Of The Need For Second Procedures Following Index Anterior And Posterior Urethroplasty, Zachary J. Prebay, Adam M. Ostrovsky, Matthew Buck, Paul H. Chung

Department of Urology Faculty Papers

Background: We queried a global database to understand re-intervention rates following urethroplasty with the goal of evaluating whether they align with previously published data. Methods: Using the TriNetX database and Common Procedural Terminology (CPT) and International Classification of Diseases-10 (ICD) codes, we identified adult male patients with urethral stricture disease (ICD N35) who underwent one-stage anterior (CPT 53410) or posterior urethroplasty (CPT 53415), with or without (substitution urethroplasty) a tissue flap (CPT 15740) or buccal graft (CPT 15240 or 15241). We set urethroplasty as the index event and used descriptive statistics to report the incidence of secondary procedures (using CPT …

Sulopenem For The Treatment Of Complicated And Uncomplicated Bacterial Urinary Tract Infection (Uti), Aiyi Chen, Thanh-Liem Vu, Daniel J. Yang, Landon Olsen

Annual Research Symposium

No abstract provided.

Protocol: New York State Race, Ethnicity, And Insurance Disparities In Follow-Up Prostate Cancer Screening, Seth Greenspan, Mansi Chandra, Hyun Woo Joo, Netanel Sapir, Jonathan Gorman, Jie Yang, Xiaoning Li, Barghav Cavale, Allegra Fierro, Annie Laurie Laurie Shroyer, John P. Fitzgerald

Department of Urology Faculty Publications

Using de-identified reports from the Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System (SPARCS) data, this descriptive study will identify the impact of socioeconomic status (SES) metrics on the follow-up prostate cancer screening care within 3 years of index prostate cancer screening test in NYS. The socioeconomic status metrics will be subclassified into race, insurance, and ethnicity and each of these sub-components will be evaluated for its impact on the follow-up cancer screening care. The exclusion criteria for this study includes patients records with unknown age, age <55 or >75, previous history of prostate cancer or radical prostatectomy, previous prostate biopsy, female sex, lives …

Testicular Cancer And Firefighters: An Umbrella Review, Andre Naguib Guirguis

Honors Undergraduate Theses

Purpose: The relationship between testicular cancer and working as a firefighter has been a relatively brushed off scope of concentration until recent years and recent developments in hopes of presenting new protocols and better guidelines to screen for testicular cancer in this occupation. The purpose of this study was to perform a scoping review to present the current data concerning testicular cancer and its association to the occupation of firefighters.

Methods: PubMed as a data base was used and articles concerning firefighters and testicular cancer were found and screened for eligibility with respect to the kind of study and the …

Testing For Homologous Recombination Repair Or Homologous Recombination Deficiency For Poly (Adp-Ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors: A Current Perspective, Thomas J Herzog, Ignace Vergote, Leonard G Gomella, Tsveta Milenkova, Tim French, Raffi Tonikian, Christian Poehlein, Maha Hussain

Department of Urology Faculty Papers

Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitors (PARPis) have demonstrated clinical activity in patients with BRCA1 and/or BRCA2 mutated breast, ovarian, prostate, and pancreatic cancers. Notably, BRCA mutations are associated with defects in the homologous recombination repair (HRR) pathway. This homologous recombination deficiency (HRD) phenotype can also be observed as genomic instability in tumour cells. Accordingly, PARPi sensitivity has been observed in various tumours with HRD, independent of BRCA mutations. Currently, four PARPis are approved by regulatory agencies for the treatment of cancer across multiple tumour types. Most indications are specific to tumours with a confirmed BRCA mutation, mutations in other HRR-related genes, …

Comparative Assessment Of The Efficacy Of Onabotulinumtoxina As Monotherapy And Combined Therapy With Propiverine In Female Refractory Overactive-Bladder Syndrome, Abourjila A. Gamal Eldin, Ayman M. Gabr, Amr M. Elsofy

Journal of Medicine in Scientific Research

Objectives The aim of the study was to compare the efficacy of onabotulinumtoxinA and anticholinergic popeverine in adult females. This is a placebo-controlled study. Introduction The active ingredient, propiverine hydrochloride, blocks muscarinic receptors with a slightly higher affinity for the M3 as compared with the M2 subtype. In addition, it inhibits calcium influx and modulates intracellular calcium in the bladder smooth-muscle cells, which then leads to musculotropic spasmolysis. Patients and methods Between 2015 and 2019, 94 patients received intravesical onabotulinumtoxinA for the treatment of refractory idiopathic detrusor overactivity after its introduction into the Department of Urology of our National Institute …

Disruption Of Specific White Matter Tracts Is Associated With Neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction In Women With Multiple Sclerosis, Darshil Choksi, Bradley Schott, Khue Tran, Ryan Jang, Khader M Hasan, John A Lincoln, Ali Jalali, Christof Karmonik, Betsy Salazar, Rose Khavari

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

OBJECTIVE: To identify specific white matter tracts (WMTs) whose disruption is associated with the severity of neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction (NLUTD) in two independent cohorts of women with multiple sclerosis (MS) and NLUTD.

METHODS: Cohort 1 consisted of twenty-eight women with MS and NLUTD. The validation cohort consisted of 10 women with MS and NLUTD. Eleven healthy women served as controls. Participants of both MS cohorts had the same inclusion and exclusion criteria. Both MS cohorts and the healthy controls underwent the same clinical assessment and functional MRI (fMRI) protocol, except that the validation MS cohort underwent 7-Tesla fMRI …

Tissue-Specific Dna Methylation Variability And Its Potential Clinical Value, Ryan H Miller, Chad A Pollard, Kristin R Brogaard, Andrew C Olson, Ryan C Barney, Larry I Lipshultz, Erica B Johnstone, Yetunde O Ibrahim, James M Hotaling, Enrique F Schisterman, Sunni L Mumford, Kenneth I Aston, Tim G Jenkins

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Complex diseases have multifactorial etiologies making actionable diagnostic biomarkers difficult to identify. Diagnostic research must expand beyond single or a handful of genetic or epigenetic targets for complex disease and explore a broader system of biological pathways. With the objective to develop a diagnostic tool designed to analyze a comprehensive network of epigenetic profiles in complex diseases, we used publicly available DNA methylation data from over 2,400 samples representing 20 cell types and various diseases. This tool, rather than detecting differentially methylated regions at specific genes, measures the intra-individual methylation variability within gene promoters to identify global shifts away from …

Peyronie's Disease: An Outcomes-Based Guide To Non-Surgical And Novel Treatment Modalities, Amit G Reddy, Michelle C Dai, Jeffrey J Song, Hudson M Pierce, Sagar R Patel, Larry I Lipshultz

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

The clinical landscape of Peyronie's disease is everchanging. There has been growing interest in non-invasive therapeutic options that could assist patients with achieving a meaningful reduction in penile curvature without surgical intervention. These therapies are wide-ranging in terms of their mechanisms of action, efficacies, and short- and long-term safety profiles. Recently, an abundance of outcomes literature on longstanding and novel non-surgical treatment modalities has been published. For sexual medicine providers hoping to offer patients the most up-to-date and evidence-based treatments for the management of Peyronie's disease, it can be challenging to gain a thorough understanding of this body of literature. …

Color Doppler Ultrasound Imaging In Varicoceles: Is The Difference In Venous Diameter Encountered During Valsalva Predictive Of Palpable Varicocele Grade?, Kelly Lehner, Catherine Ingram, Utsav Bansal, Colleen Baca, Adithya Balasubramanian, Nannan Thirumavalavan, Jason M Scovell, Saneal Rajanahally, Matthew Pollard, Larry I Lipshultz

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

OBJECTIVE: The clinical grading system for varicoceles is subjective and dependent on clinician experience. Color Doppler ultrasound (US) has not been standardized in the diagnosis of varicoceles. We aimed to determine if US measurement of varicocele could be predictive of World Health Organization (WHO) varicocele grade.

METHODS: Men who presented for either scrotal pain or infertility to a tertiary men's health clinic underwent physical examination, and varicoceles were graded following WHO criteria (0=subclinical, 1, 2, 3). US was used to measure largest venous diameter in the pampiniform plexus bilaterally at rest and during Valsalva maneuver. Receiver operator characteristic curve analysis …

Patient Factors Impacting Perioperative Outcomes For T1b-T2 Localized Renal Cell Carcinoma May Guide Decision For Partial Versus Radical Nephrectomy, Yash B Shah, Rishabh K Simhal, Kerith Wang, Hanan Goldberg, Costas D. Lallas, Thenappan Chandrasekar

Department of Urology Faculty Papers

There remains debate surrounding partial (PN) versus radical nephrectomy (RN) for T1b-T2 renal cell carcinoma (RCC). PN offers nephron-sparing benefits but involves increased perioperative complications. RN putatively maximizes oncologic benefit with complex tumors. We analyzed newly available nephrectomy-specific NSQIP data to elucidate predictors of perioperative outcomes in localized T1b-T2 RCC. We identified 2094 patients undergoing nephrectomy between 2019-2020. Captured variables include surgical procedure and approach, staging, comorbidities, prophylaxis, peri-operative complications, reoperations, and readmissions. 816 patients received PN while 1278 received RN. Reoperation rates were comparable; however, PN patients more commonly experienced 30-day readmissions (7.0% vs. 4.7%, p = 0.026), bleeds …

Expansion Of The Detrusor Muscular Ring Surrounding The Bladder Neck On Mri: Moving Beyond The Prostate As An Etiology Of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Due To Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, Kiran Nandalur, David Walker, Hong Ye, Sayf A. Al-Katib, Brian Seifman, David Gangwish, Abhay Dhaliwal, Connor Ervin, Kayla Dobies, Channing Sesoko, Sirisha Nandalur, Bernadette Zwaans, Jennifer Nguyen, Jason Hafron

Conference Presentation Abstracts

Purpose: The etiology of lower urinary tract symptoms secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia (LUTS/BPH) remains uncertain. The purpose of our study was to quantitatively analyze pelvic anatomic characteristics on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to assess for independent factors for symptoms.
*Methods and Materials: This retrospective single-institution study evaluated treatment-naïve men who underwent prostate MRI within 3 months of International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) from June 2021 to February 2022. Factors measured on MRI included: detrusor muscular ring surrounding the bladder neck measured as area and alternatively diameter, central gland (CG) mean apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC), levator hiatus (LH) volume, intrapelvic …