Urologic Surgery Research & Clinical Trials

Prospective Randomized Study of Exercise in Patients Undergoing Urologic Surgery

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adult patients scheduled for operative procedure with an inpatient postoperative stay

• Willing and able to give blood samples, complete a questionnaire, fill out the step log, and return to clinic for 1st post-operative appointment

Exclusion Criteria:

• None

Treatment:

Patients are given a pedometer and asked to record their daily steps in a log. The purpose of this study is to determine if pedometers can aid in increasing patients' physical activity during the perioperative period.

Principal Investigator:

Kenneth Ogan, MD

Co-Investigators:

Viraj Master, MD, PhD, John Pattaras, MD

Frailty as a Predictor of Outcomes in Surgical Patients

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients already scheduled for major surgery requiring an overnight hospital stay that are willing to do the study's preoperative assessment tools

• Patients must be able to give informed consent and be 18 years and older

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients diagnosed with severe dementia, Parkinson's disease, or other functional motor disorders

• Patients diagnosed with a stroke and who have residual motor and/or cognitive deficits

• Patients taking carbidopa/levodopa, donepezil hydrochloride, or antidepressant medications

Principal Investigators:

Kenneth Ogan, MD

Co-Investigators & Collaborators:

John Pattaras, MD, and three surgeons from the Department of Surgery: John Sweeney, MD, David Kooby, MD, Shishir Maithel, MD

Urinary Microbiome in Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18 years of age

• Chronic catheter > 12 months

Exclusion Criteria:

• Calculus Disease

• Genitourinary anatomic abnormality or prior reconstruction procedure

• Immunosuppressed

• Current or chronic antibiotic treatment

Principal Investigator:

Brendan Browne, MD