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Cost analysis of pediatric robot-assisted and laparoscopic pyeloplasty by Casella, Daniel P, Fox, Janelle A, Schneck, Francis X, Cannon, Glenn M, Ost, Michael C

“…An increasing percentage of pediatric pyeloplasties are being performed with assistance of the da Vinci® Surgical System. A review of the recent literature…”
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Concordance of multiple analytical approaches demonstrates a complex relationship between DNA repair gene SNPs, smoking and bladder cancer susceptibility by Andrew, Angeline S., Nelson, Heather H., Kelsey, Karl T., Moore, Jason H., Meng, Alexis C., Casella, Daniel P., Tosteson, Tor D., Schned, Alan R., Karagas, Margaret R.

“…Study results of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and cancer susceptibility are often conflicting, possibly because of the analytic challenges of testing…”
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Inflammation, Genetic Polymorphisms in Proinflammatory Genes TNF-A, RANTES, and CCR5, and Risk of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma by DUELL, Eric J, CASELLA, Daniel P, BURK, Robert D, KELSEY, Karl T, HOLLY, Elizabeth A

“…Adenocarcinoma of the exocrine pancreas is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related death in men and women in the U.S. Cytokines and other proinflammatory…”
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Posterior Urethral Valves: Renal Failure and Prenatal Treatment by Casella, Daniel P., Tomaszewski, Jeffrey John, Ost, Michael Cecil

“…Posterior urethral valves occur in 1 : 5000 live births. Despite the high prevalence, the few children that survive do poorly, with over 50% progressing to…”
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Objective documentation of hypospadias anatomy with three-dimensional scanning by Lee, Albert S., Ho, Christina P., Creviston, Austin H., Rana, Sohel, Délot, Emmanuèle C., Casella, Daniel P.

“…The absence of a standardized classification of hypospadias hinders understanding of the anatomic differences among patients and the evaluation of outcomes…”
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Purine Biosynthesis Metabolically Constrains Intracellular Survival of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli by Shaffer, Carrie L, Zhang, Ellisa W, Dudley, Anne G, Dixon, Beverly R E A, Guckes, Kirsten R, Breland, Erin J, Floyd, Kyle A, Casella, Daniel P, Algood, Holly M Scott, Clayton, Douglass B, Hadjifrangiskou, Maria

“…The ability to de novo synthesize purines has been associated with the intracellular survival of multiple bacterial pathogens. Uropathogenic Escherichia coli…”
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Interrater Reliability in Pediatric Urodynamic Tracings: A Pilot Study by Dudley, Anne G, Casella, Daniel P, Lauderdale, Chelsea J, Zhao, Shilin, Chen, Heidi, Tanaka, Stacy T, Thomas, John C, Pope, John C, Adams, Mark C, Brock, John W, Shannon, Chevis N, Clayton, Douglass B

“…Purpose Urodynamic studies are crucial to neuropathic bladder management and they often determine surgical intervention. However, current evidence indicates…”
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Prospective Evaluation of Sacral Neuromodulation in Children: Outcomes and Urodynamic Predictors of Success by Mason, Matthew D, Stephany, Heidi A, Casella, Daniel P, Clayton, Douglass B, Tanaka, Stacy T, Thomas, John C, Adams, Mark C, Brock, John W, Pope, John C

“…Purpose Sacral neuromodulation has been demonstrated to improve refractory bowel bladder dysfunction in children. The purpose of the current study was to…”
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Varenicline limits ischemia reperfusion injury following testicular torsion in mice by Ho, Christina, Zee, Rebecca S., Omidi, Nazanin, Bayne, Christopher, Hester, Austin, Mukherjee, Elina, Sims-Lucas, Sunder, Mbanefo, Evaristus C., Hsieh, Michael H., Casella, Daniel P.

“…Torsion of the spermatic cord and the resulting testicular ischemia leads to the production of inflammatory cytokines and cell death due to impaired aerobic…”
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Overcoming Obesity and a Short Appendix in the Creation of Continent Catheterizable Stomas. Preliminary Outcomes of the “Casella-Ost Procedure” by Casella, Daniel P, Dudley, Anne G, Ost, Michael C

“…Objective To describe a novel method of using a bladder flap to partially span the distance between the bladder and abdominal wall when creating a concealed…”
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Upper pole pathologies in duplex kidneys: an analysis of predictive factors for surgery and urinary tract infections from the Mid-Atlantic Pediatric Academic Consortium by Morgan, Kathryn E., Yeaman, Clinton, Ross, Sherry S., Michael, Jamie, Pohl, Hans G., Casella, Daniel P., Sprague, Bruce M., Zee, Rebecca S., Herndon, C.D. Anthony, Kern, Nora G.

“…While there is significant data on the natural history and outcomes for prenatal hydronephrosis in simplex kidneys, duplex kidneys tend to be less studied…”
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Modulation of the rat micturition reflex with transcutaneous ultrasound by Casella, Daniel P., Dudley, Anne G., Clayton, Douglass B., Pope, John C., Tanaka, Stacy T., Thomas, John, Adams, Mark C., Brock, John W., Caskey, Charles F.

“…INTRODUCTION Low intensity focused ultrasound has recently been identified as a novel method of stimulating targeted neurons. We hypothesized that ultrasound…”
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Pediatric laparoscopic and robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery: technical considerations by Tomaszewski, Jeffrey J, Casella, Daniel P, Turner, 2nd, Robert M, Casale, Pasquale, Ost, Michael C

“…Laparoscopy has become an effective modality for the treatment of many pediatric urologic conditions that need both extirpative and reconstructive techniques…”
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Segmental Testicular Infarction Due to Minocycline-induced Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody–positive Vasculitis by Lyon, Timothy D, Ferroni, Matthew C, Casella, Daniel P, D'Agostino, Louis A, Jackman, Stephen V

“…Segmental testicular infarction is an uncommon clinical entity marked by acute scrotal pain and swelling. Classically, these appear as wedge-shaped, avascular,…”
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Investigational therapies for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer by Smaldone, Marc C, Casella, Daniel P, Welchons, Daniel R, Gingrich, Jeffrey R

“…Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is currently the most effective adjuvant intravesical agent at preventing disease recurrence and the only therapy shown to…”
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Treatment of Akinetic Mutism with Intramuscular Olanzapine: A Case Series by Spiegel, David R, Casella, Daniel P, Callender, David M, Dhadwal, Neetu

“…Akinetic mutism is a wakeful state of severe apathy and paucity of volitional movement. Evidence indicates a possible dopaminergic hypofunction within the…”
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Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES): current experience and urologic applications by Casella, Daniel P, Smaldone, Marc C, Averch, Timothy D

“…Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) has attracted considerable recent attention for its potential to allow traditional abdominal procedures…”
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