Scholars@Duke

• Background
• 

  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Society of Endourology Fellowship in Endourology and Minimially Invasive Surgery, Surgery/Urology, Duke University School of Medicine 2009 - 2011
  • Urology Resident, Urology, New York University School of Medicine 2005 - 2009
  • General Surgery Resident, Surgery, New York University School of Medicine 2003 - 2005
  • M.D., University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey 2003
• 

  Duke Appointment History

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Surgery, Urology, Surgery 2011 - 2015
  • Clinical Associate in the Department of Surgery, Surgery, Clinical Science Departments 2009 - 2011
• Research
• 

  Selected Grants

  • Clinical Parameter Consistency in Single Use Ureteroscopes: Comparison of the Boston Scientific Lithovue to the Pusen Single Use Ureteroscope awarded by Boston Scientific Corporation 2018 - 2019
  • Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of ALLN-177 in Patients with Enteric Hyperoxaluria: A Phase III Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study awarded by Allena Pharmaceuticals 2018 - 2019
  • Study to Evaluate Muliple Doses of ALLN-177 in Recurrent Calcium Oxalate Kidney Stone awarded by Allena Pharmaceuticals 2015 - 2017
  • Digital Tomosynthesis awarded by GE Healthcare 2015 - 2017
  • Allena 0000713-01 awarded by Allena Pharmaceuticals 2016 - 2017
  • An Assessment of Working Channel Damage by the FlexivaTracTipTM Holmium Laser Fiber awarded by Boston Scientific Corporation 2015 - 2017
  • A Diagnostic Capability Concurrence study of a SSXI Mobile Fluoroscopy System and the OEC 9900 Elite Mobile Fluoroscopy awarded by General Electric Corporation 2013 - 2016
• Publications & Artistic Works
• 

  Selected Publications

  • Book Sections

    • Kaplan, AG, Scales, CD, Lipkin, ME, and Preminger, GM. "How do I set up a stone clinic?." In Practical Tips in Urology, 333-339. January 1, 2016.  Full Text
    • Lipkin, ME. "Radiation exposure to the patient and the urologist." In Ureteral Stone Management: A Practical Approach, 29-39. January 1, 2015.  Full Text
    • Youssef, RF, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "Potassium citrate and calcium stones: Benefit or risk?." In Practical Controversies in Medical Management of Stone Disease, 115-130. November 1, 2014.  Full Text
    • Kuntz, NJ, and Lipkin, ME. "Urolithiasis." In Urology at a Glance, 213-218. January 1, 2014.  Full Text
    • Neisius, A, Lipkin, ME, and Preminger, GM. "Instrumentation and Surgical Technique: Step-by-Step Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: Tube or Tubeless Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy." In Percutaneous Renal Surgery, 143-151. October 28, 2013.  Full Text
    • Iqbal, MW, Lipkin, ME, Preminger, GM, Iqbal, MW, Lipkin, ME, and Preminger, GM. "Percutaneous stone removal: Case discussion on stones in a horseshoe kidneyPercutaneous stone removal: Case discussion on stones in a horseshoe kidney (PublishedPublished)." In Surgical Management of Urolithiasis: Percutaneous, Shockwave and Ureteroscopy, 31-46. January 1, 2013.  Full Text
    • Lipkin, ME, and Preminger, GM. "Imaging." In Clinical Management of Urolithiasis, 9-18. January 1, 2013.  Full Text
    • Lipkin, ME, Scales, CD, and Preminger, GM. "Video Imaging and Documentation." In Smith's Textbook of Endourology: 3rd Edition, 19-37. January 5, 2012.  Full Text
    • Lipkin, ME, and Preminger, GM. "Shock wave lithotripsy: Present indications and future prospects." In Urolithiasis: Basic Science and Clinical Practice, 375-382. January 1, 2012.  Full Text
    • Lipkin, M, and Shah, O. "Complications of percutaneous renal surgery." In Complications of Urologic Surgery: Prevention and Management, Fourth Edition, 317-329. January 1, 2009.

  • Conference Papers

    • Hobbs, KT, Hammill, B, Wollin, D, Preminger, GM, Lipkin, ME, Schmader, KE, Scales, and Jr., CD. "MP95-05 INCREASING UTILIZATION OF CARE FOR URINARY STONE DISEASE IN OLDER ADULTS." April 2017.  Full Text
    • Youssef, RF, Martin, JW, Sakhaee, K, Poindexter, J, Vernez, SL, Dutta, R, Scales, CD, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "MP01-19 RECENT EPIDEMIOLOGICAL AND METABOLIC TRENDS IN STONE DISEASE: RISING HYPOCITRATURIA AND HYPEROXALURIA." April 2017.  Full Text
    • Malalla, NA, Sun, P, Chen, Y, Lipkin, ME, Preminger, GM, and Qin, J. "C-arm technique with distance driven for nephrolithiasis and kidney stones detection: Preliminary study." April 18, 2016.  Full Text
    • Chen, TT, Webster, W, Shahsahebi, M, Lipkin, ME, Preminger, GM, Hull, SK, and Scales, CD. "PD10-07 FASTER CARE FOR LESS? COST MODEL OF HEMATURIA CARE REDESIGN." April 2016.  Full Text
    • Cone, EB, Hammill, B, Kaplan, AG, Dale, J, Routh, JC, Lipkin, ME, Preminger, GM, Schmader, K, and Scales, CD. "PD47-06 DISPROPORTIONATE USE OF INPATIENT CARE BY OLDER ADULTS WITH URINARY STONE DISEASE." April 2016.  Full Text
    • Youssef, RF, Neisius, A, Suarez, M, Vernez, SL, Astroza, GM, Goldsmith, ZG, Ghaffar, M, Tsivian, M, Preminger, G, and Lipkin, ME. "MP51-14 PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY AFTER RECENT UROLITHIASIS RELATED SEPSIS: WHAT SHOULD PATIENTS EXPECT? ANSWERS FROM A MATCHED PAIR ANALYSIS." April 2016.  Full Text
    • Malalla, N, Sun, P, Chen, Y, Lipkin, ME, Preminger, GM, and Qin, J. "C-arm technique using distance driven method for nephrolithiasis and kidney stones detection." January 1, 2016.  Full Text
    • Malalla, N, Sun, P, Chen, Y, Lipkin, ME, Preminger, GM, and Qin, J. "Preliminary study on C-arm technique for nephrolithiasis and kidney stones detection." December 16, 2015.  Full Text
    • Goldsmith, ZG, Rai, S, Neisius, A, Astroza, GM, Wang, AJ, Iqbal, MW, Simmons, WN, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "Effects of holmium: YAG laser energy settings on fiber tip degradation." May 2013.  Link to Item
    • Neisius, A, Astroza, GM, Kuntz, NJ, Wang, AJ, Nguyen, G, Wang, C, Januzis, N, Neville, AM, Toncheva, G, Youssef, R, Iqbal, MW, Ferrandino, MN, Yoshizumi, TT, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "SPECIFIC ORGAN DOSES UTILIZING A NEW TECHNIQUE FOR IMAGING NEPHROLITHIASIS: DIGITAL TOMOSYNTHESIS." April 2013.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Neisius, A, Smith, N, Kuntz, NJ, Schykowski, T, Astroza, GM, Youssef, R, Iqbal, MW, Lipkin, ME, Ferrandino, MN, Gustafson, MR, Simmons, WN, Preminger, GM, and Zhong, P. "ENERGY AND PULSE REPETITION FREQUENCY DEPENDENT TISSUE INJURY PRODUCED BY A MODIFIED ACOUSTIC LENS FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC LITHOTRIPTERS." April 2013.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Neisius, A, Smith, N, Kuntz, NJ, Schykowski, T, Astroza, GM, Youssef, R, Iqbal, MW, Lipkin, ME, Ferrandino, MN, Simmons, WN, Preminger, GM, and Zhong, P. "IN VIVO STONE COMMINUTION PRODUCED BY A MODIFIED ACOUSTIC LENS FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC LITHOTRIPTERS." April 2013.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Astroza, GM, Neisius, A, Wang, AJ, Goldsmith, ZG, Iqbal, MW, Banez, LL, Gerber, L, Ferrandino, MN, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "IMPACT OF NEPHROSTOMY TRACT LENGTH ON PNL OUTCOMES." September 2012.  Link to Item
    • Astroza, GM, Neisius, A, Wang, AJ, Iqbal, MW, Banez, LL, Gerber, L, Goldsmith, ZG, Ferrandino, MN, Lipkin, ME, and Preminger, GM. "STONE FACTORS PREDICTING STONE FREE RATES IN PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY." September 2012.  Link to Item
    • Goldsmith, ZG, Astroza, GM, Wang, AJ, Simmons, WN, Iqbal, MW, Lipkin, ME, Preminger, GM, Ferrandino, MN, and Neisius, A. "OPTICAL PERFORMANCE COMPARISON OF DEFLECTABLE LAPAROSCOPES FOR LAPAROENDOSCOPIC SINGLE-SITE SURGERY." September 2012.  Link to Item
    • Goldsmith, ZG, Lipkin, ME, Wang, AJ, Ferrandino, MN, Ross, SS, Wiener, JS, Kokorowski, PJ, Preminger, GM, Routh, JC, and Neisius, A. "COST- AND RADIATION DOSE-AWARENESS AMONG UROLOGY RESIDENTS: A SURVEY OF ATTITUDES AND EDUCATIONAL NEEDS." September 2012.  Link to Item
    • Goldsmith, ZG, Mccoy, OO, Gerber, L, Banez, LL, Wang, AJ, Iqbal, MW, Astroza, GM, Neisius, A, Sopko, DR, Miller, MJ, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "EMERGENT URETERAL STENT VERSUS NEPHROSTOMY FOR UROSEPTIC CALCULI: UTILIZATION AND OUTCOMES OVER 15 YEARS." September 2012.  Link to Item
    • Goldsmith, ZG, Mccoy, OO, Gerber, L, Wang, AJ, Iqbal, MW, Astroza, GM, Neisius, A, Chen, LF, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "WHAT IS THE ANTIBIOTIC OF CHOICE FOR OBSTRUCTING STONE PATIENTS WITH SEPSIS? A CONDITION-SPECIFIC ANTIBIOGRAM." September 2012.  Link to Item
    • Goldsmith, ZG, Rai, S, Neisius, A, Astroza, GM, Wang, AJ, Iqbal, MW, Simmons, WN, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "EFFECTS OF HOLMIUM: YAG LASER ENERGY SETTINGS ON FIBER TIP DEGRADATION." September 2012.  Link to Item
    • Masko, EM, Lipkin, ME, Abern, MR, Allott, EH, Gaines, AR, Routh, JC, Wiener, JS, Preminger, GM, and Ross, SS. "EFFECTS OF SODIUM AND FRUCTOSE INTAKE ON PEDIATRIC STONE FORMATION." September 2012.  Link to Item
    • Neisius, A, Astroza, GM, Goldsmith, ZG, Wang, AJ, Iqbal, MW, Banez, LL, Gerber, L, Ferrandino, MN, Lipkin, ME, and Preminger, GM. "DOES THE MODALITY OF PREOPERATIVE IMAGING AFFECT THE OUTCOME OF PNL?." September 2012.  Link to Item
    • Wang, AJ, Goldsmith, ZG, Wang, C, Nguyen, G, Iqbal, MW, Ferrandino, ME, Ding, L, Belley, MD, Lowry, C, Yoshizumi, TT, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "OBESITY TRIPLES THE RADIATION EXPOSURE OF STONE PROTOCOL CT." September 2012.  Link to Item
    • Iqbal, MW, Wang, AJ, Nguyen, G, Astroza, GM, Toncheva, G, Januzis, N, Lowry, C, Neville, AM, Ferrandino, MN, Yoshizumi, TT, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "ORGAN SPECIFIC RADIATION DOSE AND EFFECTIVE DOSE FOR RENAL STONE PROTOCOL COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY (CT)." April 2012.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Iqbal, MW, Wang, AJ, Smith, NB, Baldwin, GT, Astroza, GM, Goldsmith, ZG, Cocks, FH, Lipkin, ME, Ferrandino, MN, Simmons, WN, Preminger, GM, and Zhong, P. "ASSESSING THE EFFECTS OF RESPIRATORY MOTION ON STONE COMMINUTION DURING SHOCK WAVE LITHOTRIPSY (SWL) IN AN IN VITRO MODEL." April 2012.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Wang, AJ, Astroza, G, Palmeri, M, Simmons, WN, Ferrandino, MN, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE ULTRASOUND IMAGING FOR THE EVALUATION OF DISTAL URETERAL STONES IN A PHANTOM MODEL." November 2011.  Link to Item
    • Wang, AJ, Astroza, G, Toncheva, G, Ferrandino, MN, Yoshizumi, TT, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "DETERMINATION OF PATIENT RADIATION DOSE DURING URETEROSCOPIC TREATMENT OF UROLITHIASIS USING A VALIDATED MODEL." November 2011.  Link to Item
    • Wang, AJ, Baldwin, GT, McAlister, G, Gabriel, JC, Cocks, FH, Simmons, WN, Lipkin, ME, Ferrandino, MN, Preminger, GM, and Zhong, P. "IN-VITRO ASSESSMENT OF A NEW PORTABLE BALLISTIC LITHOTRIPTER WITH PERCUTANEOUS AND URETEROSCOPIC MODELS." November 2011.  Link to Item
    • Wang, AJ, Chu, DI, Lipkin, ME, Iqbal, M, Ferrandino, MN, Preminger, GM, Kijvikai, K, Gupta, NP, Melekos, MD, and de la Rosette, JJMCH. "LITHOTRITES AND POST-OPERATIVE FEVER: RESULTS FROM THE CLINICAL RESEARCH OFFICE OF THE ENDOUROLOGICAL SOCIETY PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY GLOBAL STUDY." November 2011.  Link to Item
    • Wang, AJ, Chu, DI, Lipkin, ME, Iqbal, M, Ferrandino, MN, Preminger, GM, Olbert, PJ, Kapoor, R, Vijverberg, PLM, and de la Rosette, JJMCH. "IMAGING MODALITIES AND STONE-FREE RATES: RESULTS FROM THE CLINICAL RESEARCH OFFICE OF THE ENDOUROLOGICAL SOCIETY PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY GLOBAL STUDY." November 2011.  Link to Item
    • Wang, AJ, Lipkin, ME, Scales, CD, Ferrandino, MN, and Preminger, GM. "USE OF A NOVEL ANTI-RETROPULSION DEVICE FOR URETEROSCOPIC TREATMENT OF URETERAL STONES." November 2011.  Link to Item
    • Wang, AJ, Lipkin, ME, and Ferrandino, MN. "LESS PYELOPLASTY: A COMBINED LAPAROSCOPIC AND ROBOTIC APPROACH." November 2011.  Link to Item
    • Wang, AJ, Nguyen, G, Astroza, G, Toncheva, G, Januzis, N, Lowery, C, Neville, A, Ferrandino, MN, Yoshizumi, TT, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "ORGAN SPECIFIC RADIATION DOSE AND EFFECTIVE DOSE FOR RENAL STONE PROTOCOL CT." November 2011.  Link to Item
    • Wang, AJ, Nguyen, G, Toncheva, G, Wang, C, Januzis, N, Lowry, C, Goldsmith, ZG, Astroza, GM, Iqbal, M, Ferrrandino, MN, Neville, AM, Lipkin, ME, Yoshizumi, TT, and Preminger, GM. "RADIATION EXPOSURE FROM NON-CONTRAST CT, DIGITAL TOMOSYNTHESIS, AND STANDARD KUB AND TOMOGRAMS." November 2011.  Link to Item
    • Wang, AJ, Smith, NB, Baldwin, GT, Astroza, GM, Iqbal, M, Goldsmith, ZG, Cocks, FH, Lipkin, ME, Ferrandino, MN, Simmons, WN, Preminger, G, and Zhong, P. "ASSESSING THE EFFECTS OF RESPIRATORY MOTION ON STONE COMMINUTION DURING SWL IN AN IN VITRO MODEL." November 2011.  Link to Item
    • Wang, AJ, Lipkin, ME, Palmeri, ML, Anderson, PG, Simmons, WN, Neville, AM, Dobbins, JT, Preminger, GM, and Ferrandino, MN. "2227 IMAGING NEPHROLITHIASIS: AN PHANTOM MODEL COMPARING DIGITAL TOMOSYNTHESIS TO NON-CONTRAST CT." April 2011.  Full Text
    • Wang, AJ, Lipkin, ME, Preminger, GM, Neville, AM, and Ferrandino, MN. "586 COMPARING RADIATION EXPOSURE OF TESTICULAR CANCER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES." April 2011.  Full Text
    • Wang, AJ, McAlister, G, Gabriel, J, Simmons, WN, Lipkin, ME, Ferrandino, MN, Preminger, GM, and Zhong, P. "1552 IN-VITRO ASSESSMENT OF TIP DYNAMICS IN A NEW PORTABLE BALLISTIC LITHOTRIPTER." April 2011.  Full Text
    • Yong, DZ, Lipkin, ME, Mancini, JG, Simmons, WN, Wang, AJ, Raymundo, EM, Ferrandino, MN, Albala, DM, Zhong, P, and Preminger, GM. "2156 OPTIMIZATION OF TREATMENT STRATEGY EMPLOYED DURING SWL TO MAXIMIZE STONE FRAGMENTATION EFFICIENCY." April 2011.  Full Text
    • Hyams, ES, Ross, A, Lipkin, ME, Shah, O, and Matlaga, B. "STONE DISEASE PRACTICE PATTERNS IN TWO TERTIARY CARE REFERRAL CENTERS." September 2010.  Link to Item
    • Lipkin, ME, Mancini, JG, Raymundo, MEM, Yong, DZ, Zilberman, DE, Wang, A, Toncheva, G, Ferrandino, MN, Yoshizumi, TT, and Preminger, GM. "ORGAN SPECIFIC RADIATION DOSE RATE FOR PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY IN A VALIDATED MODEL." September 2010.  Link to Item
    • Lipkin, ME, Mancini, JG, Zilberman, DE, Raymundo, MEM, Yong, DZ, Wang, A, Simmons, WN, Ferrandino, MN, Albala, DM, and Preminger, GM. "USE OF HEMOSTATIC AGENTS IN PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY TRACTS REDUCES URINE LEAK RATE IN A PORCINE MODEL." September 2010.  Link to Item
    • Lipkin, ME, Mancini, JG, Zilberman, DE, Raymundo, MEM, Yong, DZ, Wang, A, Toncheva, G, Yoshizumi, TT, Ferrandino, MN, and Preminger, GM. "ORGAN SPECIFIC RADIATION DOSE DURING PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY." September 2010.  Link to Item
    • Lipkin, ME, Mancini, JG, Zilberman, DE, Wang, A, Ferrandino, MN, and Preminger, GM. "FACTORS AFFECTING RADIATION EXPOSURE DURING URETEROSCOPY." September 2010.  Link to Item
    • Lipkin, ME, Mancini, JG, Zilberman, DE, Wang, A, Raymundo, MEM, Yong, DZ, Miller, MJ, Ferrandino, MN, and Preminger, GM. "REDUCED RADIATION EXPOSURE WITH THE USE OF AN AIR RETROGRADE PYELOGRAM DURING FLUOROSCOPIC ACCESS FOR PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY." September 2010.  Link to Item
    • Mancini, JG, Raymundo, MEM, Lipkin, ME, Ferrandino, MN, Scales, CD, Gerardo, C, and Preminger, GM. "WHAT FACTORS CAN BETTER PREDICT THE INCIDENCE OF UROSEPSIS FOLLOWING AN ACUTE STONE EPISODE?." September 2010.  Link to Item
    • Mancini, JG, Raymundo, MEM, Shin, RH, Lipkin, ME, Banez, LL, Miller, MJ, Preminger, GM, and Ferrandino, MN. "FACTORS AFFECTING PATIENT RADIATION EXPOSURE DURING PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY." September 2010.  Link to Item
    • Mancini, JG, Simmons, WN, Raymundo, MEM, Yong, DZ, Lipkin, ME, Wang, A, Ferrandino, MN, Zhong, P, and Preminger, GM. "IN VIVO STONE FRAGMENTATION AND TISSUE INJURY PRODUCED BY A NEW ACOUSTIC LENS FOR A SIEMENS LITHOTRIPTER." September 2010.  Link to Item
    • Raymundo, MEM, Lipkin, ME, Banez, LL, Mancini, JG, Yong, DZ, Zilberman, DE, Preminger, GM, and Inman, BA. "THE ROLE OF ENDOSCOPIC NEPHRON-SPARING SUREGY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF UPPER TRACT UROTHELIAL CARCINOMA." September 2010.  Link to Item
    • Raymundo, MEM, Mancini, JG, Simmons, WN, Ferrandino, MN, Lipkin, ME, Yong, DZ, and Preminger, GM. "IN VITRO ASSESSMENT OF FRAGMENTATION AND RETROPULSION IN A NEW PNEUMATIC LITHOTRIPSY DEVICE." September 2010.  Link to Item
    • Yong, DZ, Mancini, JG, Raymundo, MEM, Lipkin, ME, Zilberman, DE, Ferrandino, MN, Wang, A, Simmons, WN, Zhong, P, and Preminger, GM. "OPTIMIZATION OF TREATMENT STRATEGY EMPLOYED DURING SWL TO MAXIMIZE STONE FRAGMENTATION EFFICIENCY." September 2010.  Link to Item
    • Zilberman, DE, Tsivian, M, Yong, DZ, Wang, A, Lipkin, ME, Ferrandino, MN, and Albala, DM. "SURGICAL STEPS ELONGATING OPERATIVE TIME IN ROBOTIC ASSISTED RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY AMONG THE OBESE POPULATION." September 2010.  Link to Item
    • Hyams, ES, Lipkin, ME, Mufarrij, PW, and Stifelman, MD. "A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED EVALUATION OF LAPAROSCOPIC DOPPLER TECHNOLOGY FOR HILAR DISSECTION DURING LAPAROSCOPIC PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY." April 2009.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Lipkin, ME, and Stifelman, MD. "COMPLEX ROBOTIC PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY: DEALING WITH DILEMMAS." April 2009.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Wang, AJ, Rogers, CG, Dulabon, LM, Bhayani, SB, Patel, MN, Lipkin, ME, Benway, BM, and Stifelman, MD. "A MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL COMPARISON OF ROBOTIC PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY AND LAPAROSCOPIC PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY." April 2009.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Lipkin, ME, Shah, OD, and Stifelman, MD. "Robotic-assisted ureteral re-implant and psoas hitch in the treatment of distal ureteral stricture." April 2008.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Mufarrij, PW, Berger, AD, Perlmutter, MA, Lipkin, ME, Shah, OD, and Stifelman, MD. "What are the differences between robotic dismembered pyeloplasty for primary or secondary ureteropelvic junction obstruction?." April 2008.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Mufarrij, PW, Shah, OD, Tareen, B, Lipkin, ME, Perlmutter, MA, and Stifelman, MD. "Robotic reconstruction of the urinary tract." April 2008.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Lipkin, ME, Shah, O, and Stifelman, M. "Laparoscopic ureterolysis for management of retroperitoneal fibrosis." August 2006.  Link to Item

  • Journal Articles

    • Carlos, EC, Li, J, Young, BJ, Radvak, D, Wollin, DA, Winship, BB, Simmons, WN, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "Let's Get to the Point: Comparing Insertion Characteristics and Scope Damage of Flat-Tip and Ball-Tip Holmium Laser Fibers." Journal of Endourology (July 31, 2018).  Full Text
    • Wollin, DA, Gupta, RT, Young, B, Cone, E, Kaplan, A, Marin, D, Patel, BN, Mazurowski, MA, Scales, CD, Ferrandino, MN, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "Abdominal Radiography with Digital Tomosynthesis: an Alternative to Computed Tomography for Identification of Urinary Calculi?." Urology (July 10, 2018).  Full Text
    • Cone, EB, Hammill, BG, Routh, JC, Lipkin, ME, Preminger, GM, Schmader, KE, and Scales, CD. "Disproportionate Use of Inpatient Care by Older Adults with Kidney Stones." Urology (June 22, 2018).  Full Text
    • Wollin, DA, Tom, WR, Jiang, R, Simmons, WN, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "An in vitro evaluation of laser settings and location in the efficiency of the popcorn effect." Urolithiasis (June 15, 2018).  Full Text
    • Carlos, EC, Wollin, DA, Winship, BB, Jiang, R, Radvak, D, Chew, BH, Gustafson, MR, Simmons, WN, Zhong, P, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "In Vitro Comparison of a Novel Single Probe Dual-Energy Lithotripter to Current Devices." Journal of endourology (May 2018).  Full Text
    • Matlaga, BR, Chew, B, Eisner, B, Humphreys, M, Knudsen, B, Krambeck, A, Lange, D, Lipkin, M, Miller, NL, Monga, M, Pais, V, Sur, RL, and Shah, O. "Ureteroscopic Laser Lithotripsy: A Review of Dusting vs Fragmentation with Extraction." Journal of Endourology 32, no. 1 (January 2018): 1-6.  Full Text
    • Wollin, DA, Carlos, EC, Tom, WR, Simmons, WN, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "Effect of Laser Settings and Irrigation Rates on Ureteral Temperature During Holmium Laser Lithotripsy, an In Vitro Model." Journal of Endourology 32, no. 1 (January 2018): 59-63.  Full Text
    • Tom, WR, Wollin, DA, Jiang, R, Radvak, D, Simmons, WN, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "Next-Generation Single-Use Ureteroscopes: An In Vitro Comparison." Journal of Endourology 31, no. 12 (December 2017): 1301-1306.  Full Text
    • Cabrera, FJ, Shin, RH, Waisanen, KM, Nguyen, G, Wang, C, Scales, CD, Ferrandino, MN, Preminger, GM, Yoshizumi, TT, and Lipkin, ME. "Comparison of Radiation Exposure from Fixed Table Fluoroscopy to a Portable C-Arm During Ureteroscopy." Journal of Endourology 31, no. 9 (September 2017): 835-840.  Full Text
    • Canvasser, NE, Alken, P, Lipkin, M, Nakada, SY, Sodha, HS, Tepeler, A, and Lotan, Y. "The economics of stone disease." World Journal of Urology 35, no. 9 (September 2017): 1321-1329.  Full Text
    • Dale, J, Gupta, RT, Marin, D, Lipkin, M, and Preminger, G. "Imaging Advances in Urolithiasis." Journal of endourology 31, no. 7 (July 2017): 623-629. (Review)  Full Text
    • Wollin, DA, Ackerman, A, Yang, C, Chen, T, Simmons, WN, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "Variable Pulse Duration From a New Holmium:YAG Laser: The Effect on Stone Comminution, Fiber Tip Degradation, and Retropulsion in a Dusting Model." Urology 103 (May 2017): 47-51.  Full Text
    • Xing, Y, Chen, TT, Simmons, WN, Sankin, G, Cocks, FH, Lipkin, ME, Preminger, GM, and Zhong, P. "Comparison of Broad vs Narrow Focal Width Lithotripter Fields." Journal of endourology 31, no. 5 (May 2017): 502-509.  Full Text
    • Iqbal, MW, Shin, RH, Youssef, RF, Kaplan, AG, Cabrera, FJ, Hanna, J, Scales, CD, Ferrandino, MN, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "Should metabolic evaluation be performed in patients with struvite stones?." Urolithiasis 45, no. 2 (April 2017): 185-192.  Full Text
    • Dale, J, Kaplan, AG, Radvak, D, Shin, R, Ackerman, A, Chen, T, Scales, CD, Ferrandino, MN, Simmons, WN, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "Evaluation of a Novel Single-Use Flexible Ureteroscope." Journal of endourology (March 2017).  Full Text
    • Chew, BH, Matteliano, AA, de Los Reyes, T, Lipkin, ME, Paterson, RF, and Lange, D. "Benchtop and Initial Clinical Evaluation of the ShockPulse Stone Eliminator in Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy." Journal of endourology 31, no. 2 (February 2017): 191-197.  Full Text
    • Mozafarpour, S, Hernandez, N, Lipkin, M, and Eisner, BH. "Outcomes of ureteroscopy." Minerva urologica e nefrologica = The Italian journal of urology and nephrology 68, no. 6 (December 2016): 560-569. (Review)
    • Kaplan, AG, Chen, TT, Sankin, G, Yang, C, Dale, JA, Simmons, WN, Zhong, P, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "Comparison of the Nanopulse Lithotripter to the Holmium Laser: Stone Fragmentation Efficiency and Impact on Flexible Ureteroscope Deflection and Flow." Journal of endourology 30, no. 11 (November 2016): 1150-1154.  Full Text
    • Cabrera, FJ, Kaplan, AG, Youssef, RF, Tsivian, M, Shin, RH, Scales, CD, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "Digital Tomosynthesis: A Viable Alternative to Noncontrast Computed Tomography for the Follow-Up of Nephrolithiasis?." Journal of endourology 30, no. 4 (April 2016): 366-370.  Full Text
    • Spradling, K, Vernez, SL, Khoyliar, C, Morgan, JB, Okhunov, Z, Preminger, GM, Lipkin, ME, Landman, J, and Youssef, RF. "Prevalence of Hyperoxaluria in Urinary Stone Formers: Chronological and Geographical Trends and a Literature Review." Journal of endourology 30, no. 4 (April 2016): 469-475. (Review)  Full Text
    • Astroza, GM, Neisius, A, Tsivian, M, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "Treatment Response in Patients with Stones, and Low Urinary pH and Hypocitraturia Stratified by Body Mass Index." The Journal of urology 195, no. 3 (March 2016): 653-657.  Full Text
    • Kaplan, AG, Lipkin, ME, Scales, CD, and Preminger, GM. "Use of ureteral access sheaths in ureteroscopy." Nature Reviews. Urology 13, no. 3 (March 2016): 135-140. (Review)  Full Text
    • Shin, RH, Lautz, JM, Cabrera, FJ, Shami, CJ, Goldsmith, ZG, Kuntz, NJ, Kaplan, AG, Neisius, A, Simmons, WN, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "Evaluation of Novel Ball-Tip Holmium Laser Fiber: Impact on Ureteroscope Performance and Fragmentation Efficiency." Journal of endourology 30, no. 2 (February 2016): 189-194.  Full Text
    • Lipkin, M, and Ackerman, A. "Imaging for urolithiasis: standards, trends, and radiation exposure." Current opinion in urology 26, no. 1 (January 2016): 56-62. (Review)  Full Text
    • Shin, RH, Cabrera, FJ, Nguyen, G, Wang, C, Youssef, RF, Scales, CD, Ferrandino, MN, Preminger, GM, Yoshizumi, TT, and Lipkin, ME. "Radiation Dosimetry for Ureteroscopy Patients: A Phantom Study Comparing the Standard and Obese Patient Models." Journal of Endourology 30, no. 1 (January 2016): 57-62.  Full Text
    • Chen, TT, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "Minimizing radiation exposure during percutaneous nephrolithotomy." Minerva urologica e nefrologica = The Italian journal of urology and nephrology 67, no. 4 (December 2015): 347-354. (Review)
    • Velázquez, N, Zapata, D, Wang, H-HS, Wiener, JS, Lipkin, ME, and Routh, JC. "Medical expulsive therapy for pediatric urolithiasis: Systematic review and meta-analysis." Journal of Pediatric Urology 11, no. 6 (December 2015): 321-327. (Review)  Full Text
    • Chen, TT, Wang, C, Ferrandino, MN, Scales, CD, Yoshizumi, TT, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "Radiation Exposure during the Evaluation and Management of Nephrolithiasis." The Journal of Urology 194, no. 4 (October 2015): 878-885. (Review)  Full Text
    • Kuntz, NJ, Neisius, A, Tsivian, M, Ghaffar, M, Patel, N, Ferrandino, MN, Sur, RL, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "Balloon Dilation of the Ureter: A Contemporary Review of Outcomes and Complications." The Journal of Urology 194, no. 2 (August 2015): 413-417.  Full Text
    • Wang, H-HS, Wiener, JS, Lipkin, ME, Scales, CD, Ross, SS, and Routh, JC. "Estimating the nationwide, hospital based economic impact of pediatric urolithiasis." The Journal of urology 193, no. 5 Suppl (May 2015): 1855-1859.  Full Text
    • Wang, H-HS, Wiener, JS, Ferrandino, MN, Lipkin, ME, and Routh, JC. "Complications of surgical management of upper tract calculi in spina bifida patients: analysis of nationwide data." The Journal of urology 193, no. 4 (April 2015): 1270-1274.  Full Text
    • Neisius, A, Lipkin, ME, Rassweiler, JJ, Zhong, P, Preminger, GM, and Knoll, T. "Shock wave lithotripsy: the new phoenix?." World Journal of Urology 33, no. 2 (February 2015): 213-221. (Review)  Full Text
    • Shin, RH, Lipkin, ME, and Preminger, GM. "Disposable devices for RIRS: where do we stand in 2013? What do we need in the future?." World Journal of Urology 33, no. 2 (February 2015): 241-246. (Review)  Full Text
    • Hyams, ES, Monga, M, Pearle, MS, Antonelli, JA, Semins, MJ, Assimos, DG, Lingeman, JE, Pais, VM, Preminger, GM, Lipkin, ME, Eisner, BH, Shah, O, Sur, RL, Mufarrij, PW, and Matlaga, BR. "A prospective, multi-institutional study of flexible ureteroscopy for proximal ureteral stones smaller than 2 cm." The Journal of urology 193, no. 1 (January 2015): 165-169.  Full Text
    • Kaplan, AG, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "Combined Endoscopic and Percutaneous Retrieval of a Retained 4-Wire Ureteral Stone Basket." Journal of endourology case reports 1, no. 1 (January 2015): 3-5.  Full Text
    • Astroza, GM, Neisius, A, Tsivian, M, Wang, AJ, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "Does the nephrostomy tract length impact the outcomes of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL)?." International urology and nephrology 46, no. 12 (December 2014): 2285-2290.  Full Text
    • Youssef, RF, Neisius, A, Goldsmith, ZG, Ghaffar, M, Tsivian, M, Shin, RH, Cabrera, F, Ferrandino, MN, Scales, CD, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "Clinical outcomes after ureteroscopic lithotripsy in patients who initially presented with urosepsis: matched pair comparison with elective ureteroscopy." Journal of Endourology 28, no. 12 (December 2014): 1439-1443.  Full Text
    • Kuntz, NJ, Neisius, A, Astroza, GM, Tsivian, M, Iqbal, MW, Youssef, R, Ferrandino, MN, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "Does body mass index impact the outcomes of tubeless percutaneous nephrolithotomy?." BJU international 114, no. 3 (September 2014): 404-411.  Full Text
    • Patel, N, Chew, B, Knudsen, B, Lipkin, M, Wenzler, D, and Sur, RL. "Accuracy of endoscopic intraoperative assessment of urologic stone size." J Endourol 28, no. 5 (May 2014): 582-586.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Neisius, A, Smith, NB, Sankin, G, Kuntz, NJ, Madden, JF, Fovargue, DE, Mitran, S, Lipkin, ME, Simmons, WN, Preminger, GM, and Zhong, P. "Improving the lens design and performance of a contemporary electromagnetic shock wave lithotripter." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 111, no. 13 (April 2014): E1167-E1175.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Cabrera, FJ, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "Antiretropulsion devices." Curr Opin Urol 24, no. 2 (March 2014): 173-178. (Review)  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Neisius, A, Astroza, GM, Wang, C, Nguyen, G, Kuntz, NJ, Januzis, N, Ferrandino, MN, Yoshizumi, TT, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "Digital tomosynthesis: a new technique for imaging nephrolithiasis. Specific organ doses and effective doses compared with renal stone protocol noncontrast computed tomography." Urology 83, no. 2 (February 2014): 282-287.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Cabrera, F, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "As low as reasonably achievable: Methods for reducing radiation exposure during the management of renal and ureteral stones." Indian journal of urology : IJU : journal of the Urological Society of India 30, no. 1 (January 2014): 55-59.  Full Text
    • Kuntz, NJ, Neisius, A, Astroza, GM, Tsivian, M, Iqbal, MW, Youssef, R, Ferrandino, MN, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "Does body mass index impact the outcomes of tubeless percutaneous nephrolithotomy?." BJU International 114, no. 3 (January 1, 2014): 404-411.  Full Text
    • Neisius, A, Wang, AJ, Wang, C, Nguyen, G, Tsivian, M, Kuntz, NJ, Astroza, GM, Lowry, C, Toncheva, G, Yoshizumi, TT, Preminger, GM, Ferrandino, MN, and Lipkin, ME. "Radiation exposure in urology: a genitourinary catalogue for diagnostic imaging." J Urol 190, no. 6 (December 2013): 2117-2123.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Astroza, GM, Neisius, A, Wang, AJ, Nguyen, G, Toncheva, G, Wang, C, Januzis, N, Lowry, C, Ferrandino, MN, Neville, AN, Yoshizumi, TT, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "Radiation exposure in the follow-up of patients with urolithiasis comparing digital tomosynthesis, non-contrast CT, standard KUB, and IVU." J Endourol 27, no. 10 (October 2013): 1187-1191.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Ross, SS, Masko, EM, Abern, MR, Allott, EH, Routh, JC, Wiener, JS, Preminger, GM, Freedland, SJ, and Lipkin, ME. "The effect of dietary sodium and fructose intake on urine and serum parameters of stone formation in a pediatric mouse model: a pilot study." J Urol 190, no. 4 Suppl (October 2013): 1484-1489.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Mancini, JG, Neisius, A, Smith, N, Sankin, G, Astroza, GM, Lipkin, ME, Simmons, WN, Preminger, GM, and Zhong, P. "Assessment of a modified acoustic lens for electromagnetic shock wave lithotripters in a swine model." J Urol 190, no. 3 (September 2013): 1096-1101.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Tsivian, M, Abern, MR, Yoo, JJ, Evans, P, Qi, P, Kim, CY, Lipkin, ME, Polascik, TJ, and Ferrandino, MN. "Radiation exposure associated with dedicated renal mass computed tomography protocol: impact of patient characteristics." J Endourol 27, no. 9 (September 2013): 1102-1106.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Goldsmith, ZG, Oredein-McCoy, O, Gerber, L, Bañez, LL, Sopko, DR, Miller, MJ, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "Emergent ureteric stent vs percutaneous nephrostomy for obstructive urolithiasis with sepsis: patterns of use and outcomes from a 15-year experience." Bju International 112, no. 2 (July 2013): E122-E128.  Full Text
    • Wang, AJ, Goldsmith, ZG, Wang, C, Nguyen, G, Astroza, GM, Neisius, A, Iqbal, MW, Neville, AM, Lowry, C, Toncheva, G, Yoshizumi, TT, Preminger, GM, Ferrandino, MN, and Lipkin, ME. "Obesity triples the radiation dose of stone protocol computerized tomography." J Urol 189, no. 6 (June 2013): 2142-2146.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Wang, AJ, Goldsmith, ZG, Neisius, A, Astroza, GM, Oredein-McCoy, O, Iqbal, MW, Simmons, WN, Madden, JF, Preminger, GM, Inman, BA, Lipkin, ME, and Ferrandino, MN. "Increasing dwell time of mitomycin C in the upper tract with a reverse thermosensitive polymer." J Endourol 27, no. 3 (March 2013): 288-293.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Lipkin, ME, and Preminger, GM. "Imaging techniques for stone disease and methods for reducing radiation exposure." Urol Clin North Am 40, no. 1 (February 2013): 47-57. (Review)  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Astroza, G, Lipkin, M, Neisius, A, Preminger, G, Sio, MD, Sodha, H, Saussine, C, and Rosette, JDL. "Effect of supine vs prone position on outcomes of percutaneous nephrolithotomy in staghorn calculi: Results from the clinical research office of the endourology society study." Urology 82, no. 6 (2013): 1240-1244.  Full Text
    • Astroza, G, Lipkin, M, Neisius, A, Preminger, G, Sio, MD, Sodha, H, Saussine, C, and Rosette, JDL. "Effect of Supine vs Prone Position on Outcomes of Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy in Staghorn Calculi: Results From the Clinical Research Office of the Endourology Society Study." Urology (2013).  Full Text
    • Chu, DI, Lipkin, ME, Wang, AJ, Ferrandino, MN, Preminger, GM, Kijvikai, K, Gupta, NP, Melekos, MD, de la Rosette, JJMCH, and Grp, CROESGPCNLS. "Lithotrites and Postoperative Fever: Does Lithotrite Type Matter? Results from the Clinical Research Office of the Endourological Society Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy Global Study." UROLOGIA INTERNATIONALIS 91, no. 3 (2013): 340-344.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Wang, AJ, Baldwin, GT, Gabriel, JC, Cocks, FH, Goldsmith, ZG, Iqbal, MW, Astroza, GM, Simmons, WN, Zhong, P, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "In-vitro assessment of a new portable ballistic lithotripter with percutaneous and ureteroscopic models." J Endourol 26, no. 11 (November 2012): 1500-1505.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Goldsmith, ZG, Astroza, GM, Wang, AJ, Simmons, WN, Iqbal, MW, Lipkin, ME, Preminger, GM, and Ferrandino, MN. "Optical performance comparison of deflectable laparoscopes for laparoendoscopic single-site surgery." J Endourol 26, no. 10 (October 2012): 1340-1345.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Goldsmith, ZG, Wang, AJ, Bañez, LL, Lipkin, ME, Ferrandino, MN, Preminger, GM, and Inman, BA. "Outcomes of metallic stents for malignant ureteral obstruction." The Journal of Urology 188, no. 3 (September 2012): 851-855.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Goldsmith, ZG, and Lipkin, ME. "When (and how) to surgically treat asymptomatic renal stones." Nature Reviews. Urology 9, no. 6 (June 2012): 315-320. (Review)  Full Text
    • Lipkin, ME, Mancini, JG, Toncheva, G, Wang, AJ, Anderson-Evans, C, Simmons, WN, Ferrandino, MN, Yoshizumi, TT, and Preminger, GM. "Organ-specific radiation dose rates and effective dose rates during percutaneous nephrolithotomy." J Endourol 26, no. 5 (May 2012): 439-443.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Lipkin, ME, Mancini, JG, Toncheva, G, Wang, AJ, Anderson-Evans, C, Simmons, WN, Ferrandino, MN, Yoshizumi, TT, and Preminger, GM. "Organ-Specific Radiation Dose Rates and Effective Dose Rates During Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy." JOURNAL OF ENDOUROLOGY 26, no. 5 (May 2012): 439-443.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Lipkin, ME, Wang, AJ, Toncheva, G, Ferrandino, MN, Yoshizumi, TT, and Preminger, GM. "Determination of patient radiation dose during ureteroscopic treatment of urolithiasis using a validated model." J Urol 187, no. 3 (March 2012): 920-924.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Lipkin, ME, and Preminger, GM. "Risk reduction strategy for radiation exposure during percutaneous nephrolithotomy." Curr Opin Urol 22, no. 2 (March 2012): 139-143. (Review)  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Yong, DZ, Lipkin, ME, Simmons, WN, Sankin, G, Albala, DM, Zhong, P, and Preminger, GM. "Optimization of treatment strategy used during shockwave lithotripsy to maximize stone fragmentation efficiency." J Endourol 25, no. 9 (September 2011): 1507-1511.  Full Text  Open Access Copy  Link to Item
    • Lipkin, ME, Mancini, JG, Simmons, WN, Raymundo, ME, Yong, DZ, Wang, AJ, Ferrandino, MN, Albala, DM, and Preminger, GM. "Pathologic evaluation of hemostatic agents in percutaneous nephrolithotomy tracts in a porcine model." J Endourol 25, no. 8 (August 2011): 1353-1357.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Lipkin, ME, Mancini, JG, Zilberman, DE, Raymundo, ME, Yong, D, Ferrandino, MN, Miller, MJ, Yoshizumi, TT, and Preminger, GM. "Reduced radiation exposure with the use of an air retrograde pyelogram during fluoroscopic access for percutaneous nephrolithotomy." J Endourol 25, no. 4 (April 2011): 563-567.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Raymundo, EM, Lipkin, ME, Bañez, LB, Mancini, JG, Zilberman, DE, Preminger, GM, and Inman, BA. "Third prize: the role of endoscopic nephron-sparing surgery in the management of upper tract urothelial carcinoma." Journal of Endourology 25, no. 3 (March 2011): 377-384.  Full Text
    • Zilberman, DE, Lipkin, ME, Ferrandino, MN, Simmons, WN, Mancini, JG, Raymundo, ME, Zhong, P, and Preminger, GM. "The digital flexible ureteroscope: in vitro assessment of optical characteristics." J Endourol 25, no. 3 (March 2011): 519-522.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Zilberman, DE, Tsivian, M, Lipkin, ME, Ferrandino, MN, Frush, DP, Paulson, EK, and Preminger, GM. "Low dose computerized tomography for detection of urolithiasis--its effectiveness in the setting of the urology clinic." J Urol 185, no. 3 (March 2011): 910-914.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Lipkin, ME, and Preminger, GM. "Demystifying the medical management of nephrolithiasis." Rev Urol 13, no. 1 (2011): 34-38.  Link to Item
    • Mancini, JG, Raymundo, EM, Lipkin, M, Zilberman, D, Yong, D, Bañez, LL, Miller, MJ, Preminger, GM, and Ferrandino, MN. "Factors affecting patient radiation exposure during percutaneous nephrolithotomy." J Urol 184, no. 6 (December 2010): 2373-2377.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Zilberman, DE, Ferrandino, MN, Preminger, GM, Paulson, EK, Lipkin, ME, and Boll, DT. "In vivo determination of urinary stone composition using dual energy computerized tomography with advanced post-acquisition processing." J Urol 184, no. 6 (December 2010): 2354-2359.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Zilberman, DE, Lipkin, ME, de la Rosette, JJ, Ferrandino, MN, Mamoulakis, C, Laguna, MP, and Preminger, GM. "Tubeless percutaneous nephrolithotomy--the new standard of care?." J Urol 184, no. 4 (October 2010): 1261-1266. (Review)  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Raymundo, EM, Mancini, JG, Simmons, WN, Ferrandino, MN, Lipkin, ME, Zilberman, DE, Yong, DZ, Zhong, P, and Preminger, GM. "2111 IN VITRO ASSESSMENT OF FRAGMENTATION AND RETROPULSION IN A NEW PNEUMATIC LITHOTRIPSY DEVICE." The Journal of Urology 183, no. 4 (April 2010): e820-e821.  Full Text
    • Hyams, ES, Bruhn, A, Lipkin, M, and Shah, O. "Heterogeneity in the reporting of disease characteristics and treatment outcomes in studies evaluating treatments for nephrolithiasis." Journal of Endourology 24, no. 9 (2010): 1411-1414.  Full Text
    • Lepor, H, Lipkin, M, and Slova, D. "The Preoperative Use of Erythropoietin Stimulating Proteins Prior to Radical Prostatectomy Is Not Associated With Increased Cardiovascular or Thromboembolic Morbidity or Mortality." Urology 75, no. 6 (2010): 1424-1428.  Full Text
    • Benway, BM, Bhayani, SB, Rogers, CG, Dulabon, LM, Patel, MN, Lipkin, M, Wang, AJ, and Stifelman, MD. "Robot Assisted Partial Nephrectomy Versus Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy for Renal Tumors: A Multi-Institutional Analysis of Perioperative Outcomes." Journal of Urology 182, no. 3 (2009): 866-873.  Full Text
    • Lipkin, M, and Shah, O. "Medical therapy of stone disease: From prevention to promotion of passage options." Current Urology Reports 10, no. 1 (2009): 29-34.  Full Text
    • Mufarrij, PW, Lipkin, ME, and Stifelman, MD. "Robot-assisted ureterolysis, retroperitoneal biopsy, and omental wrap: pilot series for the treatment of idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis." J Endourol 22, no. 8 (August 2008): 1669-1675.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Stifelman, MD, Shah, O, Mufarrij, P, and Lipkin, M. "Minimally Invasive Management of Retroperitoneal Fibrosis." Urology 71, no. 2 (2008): 201-204.  Full Text
    • Boorjian, S, Lipkin, M, and Goldstein, M. "The impact of obstructive interval and sperm granuloma on outcome of vasectomy reversal." Journal of Urology 171, no. 1 (2004): 304-306.  Full Text
    • Iqbal, MW, Youssef, RF, Neisius, A, Kuntz, N, Hanna, J, Ferrandino, MN, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "Contemporary Management of Struvite Stones Using Combined Endourologic and Medical Treatment: Predictors of Unfavorable Clinical Outcome." J Endourol 30, no. 7: 771-777.  Full Text  Link to Item

  • Other Articles

    • Lipkin, ME, Miller, MJ, and Preminger, GM. "'Authors' response to the letter to the editor by Goel et al: Re: Reduced radiation exposure with the use of an air retrograde pyelogram during fluoroscopic access for percutaneous nephrolithotomy: (From: Lipkin ME, Mancini JG, Zilberman DE, et al. J Endourol 2011;25:563-567)." Journal of Endourology 26, no. 2 (2012): 198--.  Full Text

Some information on this profile has been compiled automatically from Duke databases and external sources. (Our About page explains how this works.) If you see a problem with the information, please write to Scholars@Duke and let us know. We will reply promptly.