Scholars@Duke
Zachary Dionise

Zachary Dionise

House Staff
Surgery

Selected Publications

Infection rates following urologic prosthetic revision without replacement of any device components compared to partial or complete device exchange: a single-center retrospective cohort study.

Journal Article Int J Impot Res · December 2023 Urologic implant revision carries a higher infection risk than virgin implantation. Historically, exchanging device components at the time of revision was performed to reduce infection risk. We hypothesize that revision without replacement of any parts of ... Full text Link to item Cite

Benchtop Evaluation of Miniature Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy Lithotrites.

Journal Article J Endourol · November 2022 Introduction: Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) is the preferred treatment for kidney stones >2 cm. While PCNL has traditionally been performed using 24F to 30F access sheaths, there is a trend toward smaller sheaths and scopes to perform mini-PCNL (mPCN ... Full text Link to item Cite

Framing the picture: Impact of radiographic imaging on parental vesicoureteral reflux management preferences.

Journal Article J Pediatr Urol · October 2022 INTRODUCTION/OBJECTIVE: Given the variety of treatment options for vesicoureteral reflux (VUR), shared decision making between clinicians and parents is essential. Despite its importance, shared decision making is limited by the framing effect - people pro ... Full text Link to item Cite

Parental preferences for vesicoureteral reflux treatment: Profile case best-worst scaling.

Journal Article J Pediatr Urol · February 2021 INTRODUCTION: Vesicoureteral reflux is a common pediatric urologic condition that often has several reasonable treatment options depending on condition severity. In order to choose the best treatment for their child, parents are expected to make judgements ... Full text Link to item Cite

Partial and radical nephrectomy in children, adolescents, and young adults: Equivalent readmissions and postoperative complications.

Journal Article J Pediatr Surg · November 2019 OBJECTIVES: To compare and contrast the use of partial nephrectomy (PN) and radical nephrectomy (RN) in pediatric malignant renal tumors using a nationally representative database. METHODS: The 2010-2014 Nationwide Readmissions Database (NRD) was used to o ... Full text Link to item Cite

National Imaging and Antibiotic Practice Patterns in Children Presenting With Urinary Tract Infection to Community Practices: Little Impact From the American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines?

Journal Article Clinical pediatrics · October 2019 Our objective was to use community-based, national databases to evaluate diagnostic imaging and antibiotic prophylaxis practice patterns before and after the release of the 2011 American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines for acute febrile urinary tract infe ... Full text Cite

Parental Preferences for Vesicoureteral Reflux Treatment: A Crowd-sourced, Best-worst Scaling Study.

Journal Article Urology · June 2019 OBJECTIVE: To quantitatively evaluate parental preferences for the various treatments for vesicoureteral reflux using crowd-sourced best-worst scaling, a novel technique in urologic preference estimation. METHODS: Preference data were collected from a comm ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite