Urologic surgeon, healthcare quality observer, self-admitted scifi and tech geek. Just saying.....all my opinions
Columbia SC
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Tim Averch retweeted
DEADLINE APPROACHING! Submit your best science to the World Congress of Endourology and Uro-Technology! Now accepting abstracts in basic science, stone disease, robotics, oncology, BPH, focal therapy, AI/imaging, and recon. Submit by July 1 at wcetmeeting.com/abstracts #WCET26
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Missing first #aua26 ever. Streak ends at 30! Enjoy everyone: I’ll be watching from X! @AmerUrological
Tim Averch retweeted
Join us on May 15 at #AUA26 for an engaging @young_endosoc Session and Fellowship Reception! This special program is especially for current & prospective fellows & early career endourologists. Come meet fellowship directors and Endo Society leaders! @jasonpjoseph @wissamabokhalid
Tim Averch retweeted
NEW FOR #WCET26! Secretary General @LiMingSu1 highlights live translation of the plenary program in 60+ languages using your personal device. Join us December 14-18 in Buenos Aires - no matter which language you speak, WCET 2026 and our international society welcome you!
Tim Averch retweeted
A special message from #WCET26 President @BernardoNor9 welcoming our global community to the 2026 World Congress of Endourology and Uro-Technology, December 14–18, in Buenos Aires, Argentina!
Registration is open: wcetmeeting.com/
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The Pitt is not complete until they have a difficult foley and the urologist they call grills them on which catheters they tried, who tried and say they’re not coming in until the doctor themselves try. And then they come in and place it in 3 seconds.
Tim Averch retweeted
A special message from #WCET26 President @BernardoNor9 welcoming our global community to the 2026 World Congress of Endourology and Uro-Technology, November 9–13, in Buenos Aires, Argentina!
Registration is open: wcetmeeting.com/
Yikes! We have to do better! But how….
💧 Kidney stone prevention… reality check 👇
👏Large RCT (n=1,658) testing hydration adherence strategies in @TheLancet
✔️Smart bottles + incentives + coaching = ↑ urine volume
📉But increase was modest and not sustained over time
❌ No reduction in stone recurrence (HR ~0.96)
🚨 What this really shows:
1⃣Adherence is HARD
2⃣Even well-designed behavioral interventions struggle long-term
3⃣Changing behavior ≠ changing outcomes
🤔 Takeaway:
Hydration still matters…
But “just drink more water” isn’t a scalable solution for most patients
@AmerUrological
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Advocating for patients at the New Jersey Senate. Bill S 1796 eliminates cost sharing for prostate cancer screening. Bill released from committee! @AmerUrological
Very neat! What size fiber and what settings? Holmium vs Thulium?
En Bloc TURBT in 100 seconds, unedited, 4x speed. Lower recurrence rates, lower perforation risk, no obturator reflex, and with practice it can be fast! This should be standard of care. #bladdercancer @CancerBetter
May the advocacy be with you! #AUASummit26
Armed with cystoscopes and sheer will, urologists will descend upon the Hill tomorrow to advocate for physician payment reform (H.R.6160) & to delay (and study) the efficiency adjustment (H.R.7520).
@JoshBroghammer pumped up the audience for the fight! 💪
#AUASummit26
Tim Averch retweeted
Dr Mark Edney, current AUA HP Chair, outlining this years’ AUA asks. Fair payment, Men’s Health office and reform to Prior Auth @AmerUrological #AUASUMMIT26
