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| Michael A LissSummaryAffiliation: University of California Country: USA Publications
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Positive surgical margins during robotic radical prostatectomy: a contemporary analysis of risk factorsMichael Liss
Department of Urology, University of California Irvine, Orange, CA 92868, USA
BJU Int 102:603-8. 2008....- Prevalence and significance of fluoroquinolone resistant Escherichia coli in patients undergoing transrectal ultrasound guided prostate needle biopsyMichael A Liss
Department of Urology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA
J Urol 185:1283-8. 2011..We estimated the prevalence of fluoroquinolone resistant Escherichia coli in patients undergoing repeat transrectal ultrasound guided prostate needle biopsy and identified high risk groups... 
PCA3 molecular urine assay for prostate cancer: association with pathologic features and impact of collection protocolsMichael A Liss
Department of Urology, University of California Irvine, 333 City Blvd Suit 2100, Orange, CA 92868, USA
World J Urol 29:683-8. 2011..The purpose of this study is to evaluate the utility of the PCA3 molecular urine test scores to predict adverse pathologic features and catheterized specimen collection...
Characterization of soy-based changes in Wnt-frizzled signaling in prostate cancerMichael A Liss
Department of Urology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, U S A
Cancer Genomics Proteomics 7:245-52. 2010..Because the Wnt/beta catenin pathway has been associated with aggressive prostate cancer, we have sought to further evaluate this pathway with respect to soy protein and prostate cancer...- Use of cross species genomic profiling identifies pathways and genes differentially regulated in prostate cancer cells treated with soy protein isolates or purified genisteinMichael A Liss
Department of Urology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
Cancer Genomics Proteomics 7:111-28. 2010..The main purified compound from soy protein isolates is genistein, but this purified phytoestrogen fails to recapitulate all the features of the soy-based diet that is associated with lower incidence of prostate cancer... - Continence definition after radical prostatectomy using urinary quality of life: evaluation of patient reported validated questionnairesMichael A Liss
Department of Urology and Medicine, University of California Irvine, Orange, California, USA
J Urol 183:1464-8. 2010..We evaluated the association of pad status and urinary quality of life to determine whether security and 1 pad status differ from pad-free status to better define 0 pads as the post-prostatectomy standard... - The Liss maneuver: a nonendoscopic technique for difficult Foley catheterizationMichael A Liss
Department of Urology, University of California, Irvine, California 92868, USA
J Endourol 23:1227-30. 2009..Difficult male catheterization often results in the need for bedside cystoscopy; herein, we describe a simple maneuver that may preclude the need for a more involved and expensive endoscopic procedure... - Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: 5-year oncological and biochemical outcomesMichael A Liss
Department of Urology, University of California Irvine, Orange, California 92602, USA
J Urol 188:2205-10. 2012..We investigated oncological outcomes in patients who underwent robot-assisted radical prostatectomy more than 5 years previously... - Preventing perioperative complications of robotic-assisted radical prostatectomyMichael A Liss
Department of Urology, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
Urology 81:319-23. 2013..To report the change in complication rates after the identification and modification of technique to reduce their incidence during robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP)... - Detection of fluoroquinolone-resistant organisms from rectal swabs by use of selective media prior to a transrectal prostate biopsyMichael A Liss
Department of Urology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
J Clin Microbiol 49:1116-8. 2011..A method incorporating selective broth and media was evaluated using rectal swabs obtained from 136 patients prior to a biopsy procedure. Fluoroquinolone-resistant organisms were isolated from 22% of the patients included in this study... - The application of regional hypothermia using transrectal cooling during radical prostatectomy: mitigation of surgical inflammatory damage to preserve continenceMichael A Liss
Department of Urology, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA, USA
J Endourol 26:1553-7. 2012..9% to 0.9%). Regional hypothermia used during the time of surgery represents a novel strategy for minimizing inflammation and subsequent muscle and nerve damage in RARP... - Direct vision balloon dilation for the management of urethral stricturesJoel Gelman
Department of Urology, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA 92868, USA
J Endourol 25:1249-51; discussion 1251. 2011..We describe the first use of balloon dilator that allows the safe, controlled, and gentle and dilation of urethral strictures under direct vision... - Sepsis due to fluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli after transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate needle biopsyJennifer L Young
Department of Urology, University of California, Irvine, 92868, USA
Urology 74:332-8. 2009..To report a series of patients with sepsis due to fluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli after prostate needle biopsy across 4 hospitals in southern California... - Prevalence of ST131 among fluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli obtained from rectal swabs before transrectal prostate biopsyMichael A Liss
Department of Urology, University of California Irvine, Orange, CA, USA
Urology 81:548-55. 2013..To identify the prevalence and characteristics of fluoroquinolone-resistant (FQ-R) Escherichia coli ST131 isolates in men undergoing ultrasound-guided transrectal prostate biopsy (TPB)... - Ablative techniques: Radiofrequency and cryotherapy, which is the best?Achim Lusch
Department of Urology, University of California, Irvine, Orange, California, USA
Arch Esp Urol 66:71-8. 2013..The purpose of this manuscript is to compare RFA and CA. In order to do so, it is paramount to fully understand the small renal mass dilemma and to have a working knowledge as to how these technologies achieve cellular destruction... - Holmium laser fulguration of superficial urothelial carcinoma of the pendulous urethraMichael A Liss
Department of Urology, University of California Irvine and Long Beach Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Orange, CA, USA
Indian J Urol 28:427-9. 2012..The surgical approach was staged and provided excellent long term results for management of superficial UC... - Validation, correlation, and comparison of the da Vinci trainer(™) and the daVinci surgical skills simulator(™) using the Mimic(™) software for urologic robotic surgical educationMichael A Liss
Department of Urology, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA, USA
J Endourol 26:1629-34. 2012..We compare and correlate the da Vinci Trainer™ (dVT) and da Vinci Surgical Skills Simulators (dVSSS) in subjects with varying robotic experience... - Comparison of broth enhancement to direct plating for screening of rectal cultures for ciprofloxacin-resistant Escherichia coliMichael A Liss
Department of Urology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, USA
J Clin Microbiol 51:249-52. 2013..7%; this method was the most cost-effective. Therefore, direct plating of rectal swabs onto selective medium proved to be a sensitive and cost-effective approach in identifying patients colonized with ciprofloxacin-resistant E. coli...