2019
Chasing the Pack: Association between Urology Hospital Rankings and Surgical Outcome.
Abello A, Leapman M, Kenney PA. Chasing the Pack: Association between Urology Hospital Rankings and Surgical Outcome. Journal Of Urology 2019, 203: 890-891. PMID: 32068499, DOI: 10.1097/ju.0000000000000710.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNovel Use of the Epic Electronic Medical Record Platform to Identify Lost Ureteral Stents
Javier-DesLoges J, Johnson KK, Kenney PA, Motamedinia P. Novel Use of the Epic Electronic Medical Record Platform to Identify Lost Ureteral Stents. Journal Of Endourology 2019, 33: 858-862. PMID: 31418285, DOI: 10.1089/end.2019.0382.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElectronic medical records platformUreteral stent placementUreteral stentsIndependent predictorsEmergent settingBlack raceInsurance statusStent placementMultivariate logistic regressionUreteral stent insertionRecord platformHealth care systemClinical characteristicsMalignant obstructionUreteral injuryPatient chartsSurgical urgencyStent explantationDischarge instructionsStent insertionUreteral stricturePotential complicationsRisk factorsUncertain etiologyUrologic conditionsOutcomes for urologic oncology procedures: are there differences between academic and community hospitals?
Syed JS, Abello A, Nguyen J, Lee AJH, Desloges JJ, Leapman MS, Kenney PA. Outcomes for urologic oncology procedures: are there differences between academic and community hospitals? World Journal Of Urology 2019, 38: 1187-1193. PMID: 31420696, DOI: 10.1007/s00345-019-02902-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLength of stayCommunity hospitalAcademic hospitalReadmission ratesRadical cystectomyHospital-based outcomesDirect costsMean direct costUrologic oncology proceduresStudent's t-testCase mix indexIndex admissionVizient databaseRadical nephroureterectomyPartial cystectomySurgical treatmentUrologic malignanciesOncologic proceduresPartial nephrectomyCystectomyOncology proceduresAcademic centersHospitalProstatectomyStayAssociation Between Twitter Reception at a National Urology Conference and Future Publication Status
Nolte AC, Nguyen KA, Perecman A, Katz MS, Kenney PA, Cooperberg MR, Gross CP, Leapman MS. Association Between Twitter Reception at a National Urology Conference and Future Publication Status. European Urology Focus 2019, 7: 214-220. PMID: 31103604, DOI: 10.1016/j.euf.2019.05.004.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
Prediction of Pulmonary Metastasis in Renal Cell Carcinoma Patients with Indeterminate Pulmonary Nodules
Adibi M, Kenney PA, Thomas AZ, Borregales LD, Nogueras-González GM, Wang X, Devine CE, Karam JA, Wood CG. Prediction of Pulmonary Metastasis in Renal Cell Carcinoma Patients with Indeterminate Pulmonary Nodules. European Urology 2015, 69: 352-360. PMID: 26382085, DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2015.08.053.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLung metastasis-free survivalIndeterminate pulmonary nodulesRenal cell carcinomaAdvanced renal cell carcinomaPulmonary metastasesCell carcinomaPulmonary nodulesMultivariable Cox regression modelsRenal cell carcinoma patientsRadical nephrectomy patientsCell carcinoma patientsMetastasis-free survivalCox regression modelIndividualized risk stratificationAvailable preoperative imagingKidney cancer patientsSmall lung nodulesThree yrNephrectomy patientsPreoperative chestOverall cohortCarcinoma patientsDistant metastasisPathological variablesRadical nephrectomyMucinous tubular and spindle cell carcinoma (MTSCC) of the kidney: a detailed study of radiological, pathological and clinical outcomes
Kenney PA, Vikram R, Prasad SR, Tamboli P, Matin SF, Wood CG, Karam JA. Mucinous tubular and spindle cell carcinoma (MTSCC) of the kidney: a detailed study of radiological, pathological and clinical outcomes. BJU International 2015, 116: 85-92. PMID: 25395040, DOI: 10.1111/bju.12992.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpindle cell carcinomaCell carcinomaSingle-institution retrospective analysisContrast-enhanced computed tomographyRenal cell carcinoma variantsPT3a diseaseOncological outcomesSalvage surgeryClinical characteristicsMetastatic diseaseFemale predominanceMedian ageClinical outcomesRadical nephrectomyFemale predilectionExcellent outcomesPathological featuresCarcinoma variantsSarcomatoid dedifferentiationActive surveillanceHistological featuresRetrospective analysisEnergy ablationComputed tomographyPapillary RCC
2014
Preoperative Predictors of Pathological Lymph Node Metastasis in Patients with Renal Cell Carcinoma Undergoing Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection
Babaian KN, Kim DY, Kenney PA, Wood CG, Wong J, Sanchez C, Fang JE, Gerber JA, Didic A, Wahab A, Golla V, Torres C, Tamboli P, Qiao W, Matin SF, Wood CG, Karam JA. Preoperative Predictors of Pathological Lymph Node Metastasis in Patients with Renal Cell Carcinoma Undergoing Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection. Journal Of Urology 2014, 193: 1101-1107. PMID: 25390078, DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2014.10.096.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRetroperitoneal lymph node dissectionLymph node dissectionRenal cell carcinomaNode dissectionPositive lymph nodesRecurrence-free survivalLymph node metastasisCell carcinomaECOG PSPreoperative predictorsLymph nodesDistant metastasisNode metastasisLocal symptomsCN stageM0 renal cell carcinomaAdvanced renal cell carcinomaPathological lymph node metastasisPreoperative clinical predictorsKaplan-Meier methodLactate dehydrogenasePatients 131PN1 casesPN0 diseasePredictive nomogram