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Handing GE, Westrum AM, Sweeney DD, Metzler IS, Schneck FX, Ching CB. Marketing yourself in social media as a global health organization: lessons to be learned. World J Urol 2023; 41:3801-3806. [PMID: 37902862 DOI: 10.1007/s00345-023-04661-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2023] [Accepted: 09/24/2023] [Indexed: 11/01/2023] Open
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PURPOSE To evaluate whether X, formerly known as Twitter, is being used effectively to advance the goals of International Volunteers in Urology (IVUmed). How is X activity associated with end-user engagement? METHODS Monthly analytics of the X account @IVUmed were reviewed between September 2014 and November 2022 using https://analytics.twitter.com/ . Outcomes included tweets, mentions, impressions, engagements, interactions, followers, and profile visits. Statistical analysis using Mann-Whitney U test and Spearman's rank-order correlation was performed. Top tweet content between December 2020 and November 2022 was also analyzed and assigned one of seven different categories: research, workshops, mission statement, educational materials, fundraising, individual spotlight, and other. RESULTS Of @IVUmed's 1668 followers, 1334 (80.0%) were individuals. One thousand one hundred twenty-six (84.4%) individuals listed their locations with the majority (79.8%) residing in high-income countries. Tweet impressions have increased over time; they were significantly higher (p < 0.01) on average after the onset of COVID-19 in March 2020. From December 2020 to November 2022, new followers were positively correlated with tweet impressions (p < 0.01), total mentions (p < 0.01), and profile visits (p < 0.01). Profile visits were positively correlated with total tweets (p < 0.01). The content categories for monthly top tweets that proportionally garnered the most engagements were workshops (50%) and individual spotlight (29%), despite not being the most tweeted about content categories. CONCLUSION Non-profit organizations wishing to increase their web-based outreach can benefit from increased primary X activity. While not evaluated in this study, it may also improve fundraising capabilities. Nevertheless, periodic review of account activity is important to ensure engagement of the targeted audience.
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- Greta E Handing
- Department of Student Affairs, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
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- IVUmed, Austin, TX, USA
- Department of Urology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- IVUmed, Austin, TX, USA
- Department of Urology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- IVUmed, Austin, TX, USA
- Department of Pediatric Urology, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA
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Wang S, Malik RD. Social Media and Apps in Urology. CURRENT SURGERY REPORTS 2023:1-8. [PMID: 37361025 PMCID: PMC10199294 DOI: 10.1007/s40137-023-00366-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/28/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
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Purpose of Review In this study, we aimed to review the common social media (SoMe) apps used and how they have impacted the practice and exchange of information, as well as the challenges of using SoMe in urology. Recent Findings SoMe has become increasingly popular in the urology community. Lay users often turn to SoMe to learn about urological health and share their own experiences, while medical professionals may use it for career development, networking, education, and research purposes. Summary It is important to recognize the power of SoMe and to use it responsibly and ethically, particularly given the potential risks of encountering low-quality or misleading information.
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- Shu Wang
- Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201 USA
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- Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201 USA
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Solano C, Chicaud M, Kutchukian S, Candela L, Corrales M, Panthier F, Doizi S, Traxer O. Optimizing Outcomes in Flexible Ureteroscopy: A Narrative Review of Suction Techniques. J Clin Med 2023; 12:jcm12082815. [PMID: 37109152 PMCID: PMC10146070 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12082815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2023] [Revised: 04/04/2023] [Accepted: 04/08/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this review is to summarize the existing suction systems in flexible ureteroscopy (fURS) and to evaluate their effectiveness and safety. METHODS A narrative review was performed using the Pubmed and Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) databases. Additionally, we conducted a search on the Twitter platform. Studies including suctions systems in fURS were included. Editorials, letters and studies reporting intervention with semirigid ureteroscopy, PCNL and mPCNL were excluded. RESULTS A total of 12 studies were included in this review. These studies comprised one in vitro study, one ex vivo study, one experimental study and eight cohort studies. The Pubmed and WoSCC searches identified three suction techniques (Irrigation/Suctioning system with control of pressure, suction ureteral access sheath (sUAS) and direct in scope suction (DISS)), and the Twitter search identified four of them. The overall results showed that suction is an effective and safe technique that improves stone-free rates, reduces operative time and limits complication rates after fURS. CONCLUSIONS The use of suctioning during common endourological procedures has been shown to improve safety and efficacy in several indications. However, randomized controlled trials are needed to confirm this.
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- Catalina Solano
- GRC n 20, Groupe de Recherche Clinique sur la Lithiasis Urinaire, Hôpital Tenon, Sorbonne Université, 75020 Paris, France
- Department of Endourology, Uroclin S.A.S., Medellín 50011, Colombia
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- Department of Urology, Limoges University Hospital, 2 Avenue Martin Luther King, 87000 Limoges, France
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- Department of Urology, Poitiers University Hospital, 2 Rue de la Milétrie, 86000 Poitiers, France
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- GRC n 20, Groupe de Recherche Clinique sur la Lithiasis Urinaire, Hôpital Tenon, Sorbonne Université, 75020 Paris, France
- Unit of Urology, Division of Experimental Oncology, Urological Research Institute (URI), IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, 20100 Milan, Italy
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- GRC n 20, Groupe de Recherche Clinique sur la Lithiasis Urinaire, Hôpital Tenon, Sorbonne Université, 75020 Paris, France
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- GRC n 20, Groupe de Recherche Clinique sur la Lithiasis Urinaire, Hôpital Tenon, Sorbonne Université, 75020 Paris, France
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- GRC n 20, Groupe de Recherche Clinique sur la Lithiasis Urinaire, Hôpital Tenon, Sorbonne Université, 75020 Paris, France
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- GRC n 20, Groupe de Recherche Clinique sur la Lithiasis Urinaire, Hôpital Tenon, Sorbonne Université, 75020 Paris, France
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Zaliznyak M, Tsai K, Gaither TW, Wong R, Duel B, Hamilton Z. Analyzing the growth in social media proliferation in academic urology. Can Urol Assoc J 2023; 17:69-71. [PMID: 36218316 PMCID: PMC9970645 DOI: 10.5489/cuaj.8038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- Michael Zaliznyak
- Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- Department of Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Urology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- Department of Urology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- Department of Urology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States
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Corsi N, Nguyen DD, Butaney M, Majdalany SE, Corsi MP, Malchow T, Piontkowski AJ, Trinh QD, Loeb S, Abdollah F. Top 100 Urology Influencers on Twitter: Is Social Media Influence Associated with Academic Impact? Eur Urol Focus 2022; 9:396-402. [PMID: 36210295 DOI: 10.1016/j.euf.2022.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2022] [Revised: 09/01/2022] [Accepted: 09/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND Social media use in medicine has exploded, with uptake by most physicians and patients. There is a risk of dissemination of inaccurate information about urological conditions on social media. Physicians, as key opinion leaders, must play a role in sharing evidence-based information through social media. OBJECTIVE To identify and describe the top 100 urology influencers on the Twitter social media platform and to correlate Twitter influence with academic impact in urology. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Twitter influence scores for the search topic "urology" were collected in April 2022 using published methodology. The top 100 personal accounts with the highest computed scores were linked to individuals' names, all-time h index, geographic location, specialty, attributed sex, and board certification status in this cross-sectional study. OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS We examined the correlation between influence rank and h index. RESULTS AND LIMITATIONS Of the top 100 Twitter influencers on the topic of urology, the majority are from the USA (64%), male (85%), and practicing urologists (91%). Some 93% of US urology influencers are board-certified. Only 22 of the 50 US states are represented. The second most frequent country is the UK, with ten urology influencers. The median all-time h index is 42 (interquartile range 28.25-58). There is a weak positive correlation between influence rank and h index (r = 0.23; p = 0.02). Limitations of the study include the inability to validate the accuracy of the proprietary ranking algorithm and investigation of just one social media platform. CONCLUSIONS The top Twitter influencers in urology are mostly board-certified US urologists. Collectively, influencers have a relatively greater academic impact in comparison to the average urologist, although there is a weak positive correlation between Twitter influence and h index among top Twitter influencers. PATIENT SUMMARY Given the explosion of medical information on Twitter, we report the personal accounts with the greatest impact for the topic of "urology". We found that most urology influencers on Twitter are US board-certified urologists with a strong research history.
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Leung SJ, Chiang BJ, Roseman JT, Klausner A. The Utility of Social Media on Urology Residency Doximity Rankings. Cureus 2022; 14:e29666. [PMID: 36321029 PMCID: PMC9616561 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.29666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background Social media has been more widely used by urology residency programs since the COVID-19 pandemic. There are no studies on the relationship between Doximity residency ranking and social media usage in urology. Objectives In this study, we aim to investigate the relationship between social media usage and the academic prestige of urology residency programs. Methods Residency reputation data was acquired from the Doximity Residency Navigator website. Twitter and Instagram activity in 2019 and 2021 was analyzed by collecting data on the total number of posts and followers. Data on residency virtual recruitment was obtained from Twitter and UroResidency website. Results By the end of 2021, 122/139 (87.8%) urology residency programs had a Twitter account and 61/139 (43.9%) had an Instagram account. A significant linear regression was found between Doximity ranking and the number of Twitter followers (p<0.001), Twitter posts (p=0.005), and Instagram followers (p=0.026). Virtual recruitment events were held by 107/139 (77%) programs in 2021. There was a significant linear regression between Doximity rankings and the number of virtual events (p<0.006). Conclusions Social media use by urology residency programs has increased since the COVID-19 pandemic. A program’s higher Doximity ranking was correlated with the presence of Twitter and Instagram accounts as well as the number of Twitter followers, Twitter posts, and Instagram followers. There was a significant relationship between Doximity rankings and the number of hosted virtual events. Programs should consider increasing social media visibility to potentially improve their Doximity rankings.
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Geller JS, Massel DH, Rizzo MG, Schwartz E, Milner JE, Donnally III CJ. Social media growth of orthopaedic surgery residency programs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. World J Orthop 2022; 13:693-702. [PMID: 36159620 PMCID: PMC9453275 DOI: 10.5312/wjo.v13.i8.693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2021] [Revised: 02/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/22/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND In the Spring of 2020, residency programs across the country experienced rapid and drastic changes to their application process as a result of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. In response, residency programs shifted to virtual events and began harnessing social media to communicate with applicants.
AIM To analyze the changes in social media usage by orthopaedic surgery programs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
METHODS Based on the 2019 residency and fellowship electronic database, accredited US orthopaedic surgery programs were reviewed for social media presence on Instagram and Twitter. Approximately 47000 tweets from 2011-2021 were extracted through the Twitter application programming interface. We extracted: Total number of followers, accounts following, tweets, likes, date of account creation, hashtags, and mentions. Natural language processing was utilized for tweet sentiment analysis and classified as positive, neutral, or negative. Instagram data was collected and deemed current as of August 11, 2021. The account foundation date analysis was based on the date recognized as the start of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States, before or after March 1, 2020.
RESULTS A total of 85 (42.3%) orthopaedic surgery residency program Twitter handles were identified. Thirty-five (41.2%) programs joined Twitter in the nine months after the 2020 covid outbreak. In 2020, there was a 126.6% increase in volume of tweets by orthopaedic surgery residency accounts as compared to 2019. The median number of followers was 474.5 (interquartile range 205.0-796.5). The account with the highest number of tweets was Hospital for Special Surgery (@HSpecialSurgery) with 13776 tweets followed by University of Virginia (@UVA_Ortho) with 5063 and Yale (@OrthoAtYale) with 899. Sentiment analysis before 2020 revealed 30.4% positive, 60.8% neutral, and 8.8% negative sentiments across tweets. Interestingly, the positive sentiment percentage increased in 2020 from 30.4% to 34.5%. Of the 201 ACGME-accredited orthopaedic residency programs on Fellowship and Residency Electronic Interactive Database, 115 (57.2%) participate on Instagram, with 101 (87.8%) identified as “resident”-managed vs 14 (12.2%) identified as “department”-managed. Over three quarters (77.4%) of Instagram accounts were created after March 1, 2020. The average number of followers per account was 1089.5 with an average of 58.9 total posts.
CONCLUSION Our study demonstrates a substantial growth of Instagram and Twitter presence by orthopaedic surgery residency programs during the COVID-19 pandemic. These data suggest that orthopaedic residency programs have utilized social media as a new way to communicate with applicants and showcase their programs in light of the challenges presented by the pandemic.
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- Joseph S Geller
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, United States
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, United States
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- Department of Orthopedics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, United States
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- University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, United States
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- Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, United States
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Malik R, Loeb S. EDITORIAL COMMENT. Urology 2022; 159:27. [PMID: 35027183 DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2021.08.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Rena Malik
- Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Urology, New York University School of Medicine; Manhattan Veterans Affairs, NY, NY
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REASON FOR REVIEW A recent shift towards use of telehealth and remote learning has significant implications on resident and fellow education in urology. Implementation of multi-institutional online didactic programs, spurred on by the COVID epidemic, has changed the traditional resident teaching paradigm from individual institutional silos of knowledge and expertise to a shared nationwide database of learning. RECENT FINDINGS: In this article, we explore the current trend towards virtual education and its progress to date, lessons learned on the optimization of this teaching modality, and future direction and sustainability of collaborated, standardized and accessible didactic education in urology. Multi-institutional collaborative remote video didactics has emerged as a critical part of resident education. These lectures have been overwhelmingly successful and have persisted beyond the pandemic to become a part of the urologic training curricula. This collaborative and standardized approach to resident education provides access to national and international experts, encourages cross-institutional collaboration and discussion, and builds a repository of lectures with easy access for learners. Utilization of this teaching modality will continue to be impactful in urologic training and will require ongoing efforts and input from both collaborating intuitions and professional societies to continue to improve on and engage in this important learning tool.
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- Yi Li
- Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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- Department of Urology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Department of Urology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Heard JR, Wyant WA, Loeb S, Marcovich R, Dubin JM. Perspectives of Residency Applicants and Program Directors on the Role of Social Media in the 2021 Urology Residency Match. Urology 2021; 164:68-73. [PMID: 34606880 DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2021.08.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2021] [Revised: 07/13/2021] [Accepted: 08/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To perform a survey assessing the use of, attitudes towards, and perceived utility of social media (SoMe) in the 2021 urology residency match. METHODS We distributed surveys to urology residency applicants and program directors (PDs) via the Urology Match 2021 Google Spreadsheet and email. The survey collected demographic information as well as SoMe activity, perceived pressure to use SoMe, match results, and attitudes regarding the utility of SoMe in the match process. RESULTS A total of 108/528 (20%) applicants registered for the 2021 match and 61/142 (43%) PDs completed the survey. More applicants than PDs felt that SoMe helped them gain better insight into residency programs or applicants, respectively. Fewer applicants than PDs felt that SoMe activity provided a benefit to them in the match process. No significant relationship was found between SoMe viewing frequency, posting frequency, or tweetorial use with match outcomes. The majority of PDs believed that SoMe played a more important role in the 2021 match process than previous years while 15% and 12% reported that an applicant's SoMe activity helped or hurt the chances of matching to their program respectively. CONCLUSIONS SoMe, particularly Twitter, was widely used in the 2021 match by both applicants and PDs. A majority of applicants and PDs believed that SoMe use aided them in some way in the match process, yet there was no relationship between the volume or type of applicant SoMe activity and match outcomes.
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- John R Heard
- Department of Urology, SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, Brooklyn, NY.
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- Department of Urology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
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- Departments of Urology and Population Health, New York University School of Medicine and the Manhattan Veterans Affairs, New York, NY
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- Department of Urology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
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- Department of Urology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
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