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Scott Michael Sech

Scott Michael Sech

Consulting Associate in the Department of Urology
Urology
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Interexaminer reliability of transrectal ultrasound for estimating prostate volume.

Journal Article J Urol · July 2001 PURPOSE: We investigated the interexaminer reliability of transrectal ultrasound measurement of total prostate and transition zone volume among 3 examiners with various levels of experience. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 121 patients 39 to 82 years old ... Link to item Cite

Interexaminer reliability and validity of a three-dimensional model to assess prostate volume by digital rectal examination.

Journal Article Urology · June 2001 OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the interexaminer reliability and accuracy compared with transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) of a three-dimensional (3D) model and other scales to improve the estimation of prostate volume by digital rectal examination (DRE). METHODS: Vol ... Full text Link to item Cite

The so-called "placebo effect" in benign prostatic hyperplasia treatment trials represents partially a conditional regression to the mean induced by censoring.

Journal Article Urology · February 1998 OBJECTIVES: To study the variability of assessment instruments (symptom questionnaires and flow rate recordings) in healthy volunteers during repeat administration in short intervals. To study the effect of inclusion criteria-based censoring of patients du ... Full text Link to item Cite

Safety and efficacy of the Alexandrite laser for the treatment of renal and ureteral calculi.

Journal Article Urology · January 1998 OBJECTIVES: To assess the safety and efficacy of the Alexandrite laser for intracorporeal lithotripsy of renal and ureteral stones in conjunction with ureterorenoscopy or percutaneous nephrostolithotomy. METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed the records of ... Full text Link to item Cite

Microwave thermotherapy for benign prostatic hyperplasia with the Dornier Urowave: results of a randomized, double-blind, multicenter, sham-controlled trial.

Journal Article Urology · January 1998 OBJECTIVES: To study the efficacy and safety of a new transurethral microwave thermotherapy device (the Urowave) in the treatment of men with clinical benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in a randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled trial. METHODS: A total ... Full text Link to item Cite

Reliability of digital rectal examination (ore) measures to assess prostate size relative to transrectal ultrasonography (trus)

Journal Article British Journal of Urology · December 1, 1997 Digital rectal examination (DRE) is known to underestimate prostate volume measured by transrectal ultrasonography(TRUS), but the usefulness and reliability of scales to assess prostate size on DRE have not been evaluated. Each of 83 volunteers aged 43-82 ... Cite

A randomized, blinded study comparing microwave thermotherapy (dornier urowave(tm)) with a sham procedure in patients with clinical benign prostatic hyperplasia (bph)

Journal Article British Journal of Urology · December 1, 1997 INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Microwave thermotherapy has been identified as an effective treatment for patients with clinical BPH. We report the results of a multi-center, prospective, randomized, sham-controlled, singleblinded trial with blinding of the f ... Cite

Correlation between prostate size estimated by digital rectal examination and measured by transrectal ultrasound.

Journal Article Urology · April 1997 OBJECTIVES: To correlate prostate size estimates performed by single or multiple examiners through digital rectal examination (DRE) with volume measured by transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) and to propose measures for predicting prostate volume using DRE estim ... Full text Link to item Cite