Perry Xu

2 weeks ago | urologytimes.com | Perry Xu |Benjamin P. Saylor

In a recent interview with Urology Times®, endourologist Perry Xu, MD, was asked about how he goes about shared decision-making in his practice. “Coupled with all of these innovations, there are also all these discussions that you must have with the patients so that they best understand all the risks and all the benefits attached to each one. It really does depend on their current disease state.

3 weeks ago | urologytimes.com | Perry Xu |Benjamin P. Saylor

When it comes to performing percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL), Perry Xu, MD, told Urology Times® it’s “all about planning.”“You absolutely need to have a CT scan prior to the surgery to best identify and really intimately understand the kidney’s anatomy when you're deciding to do a PCNL…Something I like to highlight is that nowadays, in modern CT scans, we have this tool called multi planar reformation.

1 month ago | urologytimes.com | Perry Xu |Benjamin P. Saylor

In the endourology space, there is a “buzz” surrounding single-use ureteroscopes, according to Perry Xu, MD. “A lot of people are using them nowadays, and part of it is because it really enhances our ability to provide guaranteed care, because we don't have to rely on the reusability of scopes. We don't have to rely on sterile processing.

1 month ago | urologytimes.com | Perry Xu |Benjamin P. Saylor

In a recent interview with Urology Times®, Perry Xu, MD, spoke about artificial intelligence’s potential in the field of endourology. During the interview, Xu, assistant professor of urology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois, spoke about the increasing prevalence of kidney stones. “There's about a 10% chance of making kidney stones as an American, and that's in contrast in the past, where it used to be as low as 3% in the 1970s,” Xu commented.