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Publications - Matthew T . Gettman, M.D.

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  1. Umbreit EC, Childs MA, Patterson DE, Torres VE, LeRoy AJ, Gettman MT. Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy for Large or Multiple Upper Tract Calculi and Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease. J Urol 2009 Nov 12. [Epub ahead of print]
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  2. Childs MA, Umbreit EC, Krambeck AE, Sebo TJ, Patterson DE, Gettman MT. Fibroepithelial polyps of the ureter: a single-institutional experience. J Endourol 2009 Sep; 23(9):1415-9.
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  3. Zorn KC, Gautam G, Shalhav AL, Clayman RV, Ahlering TE, Albala DM, Lee DI, Sundaram CP, Matin SF, Castle EP, Winfield HN, Gettman MT, Lee BR, Thomas R, Patel VR, Leveillee RJ, Wong C, Badlani GH, Rha KH, Eggener SE, Wiklund P, Mottrie A, Atug F, Kural Training, credentialing, proctoring and medicolegal risks of robotic urological surgery: recommendations of the society of urologic robotic surgeons. J Urol 2009 Sep; 182(3):1126-32.
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  4. Childs MA, Umbreit EC, Krambeck AE, Sebo TJ, Patterson DE, Gettman MT. Fibroepithelial Polyps of the Ureter: A Single-Institutional Experience. J Endourol 2009 Sep; 23(9):1415-9.
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  5. Hoffmann NE, Siddiqui SA, Agarwal S, McKellar SH, Kurtz HJ, Gettman MT, Ereth MH. Choice of hemostatic agent influences adhesion formation in a rat cecal adhesion model. J Surg Res 2009 Jul; 155(1):77-81. Epub 2008 Nov 12.
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  6. Gettman MT, Le CQ, Rangel LJ, Slezak JM, Bergstralh EJ, Krambeck AE. Development of a standardized curriculum for teaching cystoscopic skills using a computer-based endourologic simulator. Simul Healthc 2009 Summer; 4(2):92-7.
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  7. Sumiyama K, Gostout CJ, Gettman MT. Status of access and closure techniques for NOTES. J Endourol 2009 May; 23(5):765-71.
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  8. Granberg CF, Frank I, Gettman MT. Transvesical NOTES: Current experience and potential implications for urologic applications. J Endourol 2009 May; 23(5):747-52.
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  9. Gettman MT, Swain P. Initial experimental evaluation of wireless capsule endoscopes in the bladder: implications for capsule cystoscopy. Eur Urol 2009 May; 55(5):1207-12. Epub 2009 Feb 04.
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  10. White WM, Haber GP, Doerr MJ, Gettman M. Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery. Urol Clin North Am 2009 May; 36(2):147-55.
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  11. Gettman MT, Swain P. Initial experimental evaluation of wireless capsule endoscopes in the bladder: implications for capsule cystoscopy. Eur Urol 2009 May; 55(5):1207-12.
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  12. McGee SM, Routh JC, Pereira CW, Gettman MT. Minimal contamination of the human peritoneum after transvesical incision. J Endourol 2009 Apr; 23(4):659-63.
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  13. Gettman MT, Pereira CW, Lipsky K, Wilson T, Arnold JJ, Leibovich BC, Karnes RJ, Dong Y. Use of high fidelity operating room simulation to assess and teach communication, teamwork and laparoscopic skills: initial experience. J Urol 2009 Mar; 181(3):1289-96. Epub 2009 Jan 18.
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  14. Krambeck AE, DiMarco DS, Rangel LJ, Bergstralh EJ, Myers RP, Blute ML, Gettman MT. Radical prostatectomy for prostatic adenocarcinoma: a matched comparison of open retropubic and robot-assisted techniques. BJU Int 2009 Feb; 103(4):448-53. Epub 2008 Sep 03.
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  15. Krambeck AE, LeRoy AJ, Patterson DE, Gettman MT. Percutaneous nephrolithotomy success in the transplant kidney. J Urol 2008 Dec; 180(6):2545-9. Epub 2008 Oct 19.
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  16. Gettman MT. Editorial Comment on: Assessment of Laparoscopic Suturing Skills of Urology Residents: A Pan-European Study. Eur Urol 2008 Oct 01. [Epub ahead of print]
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  17. ASGE Technology Committee, Kantsevoy SV, Adler DG, Chand B, Conway JD, Diehl DL, Kwon RS, Mamula P, Rodriguez SA, Shah RJ, Song LM, Tierney WM. Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery. Gastrointest Endosc 2008 Oct; 68(4):617-20.
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  18. Canes D, Berger A, Gettman MT, Desai MM. Minimally invasive approaches to ureteropelvic junction obstruction. Urol Clin North Am 2008 Aug; 35(3):425-39.
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  19. Boorjian SA, Crispen PL, Carlson RE, Rangel LJ, Karnes RJ, Frank I, Gettman MT. Impact of obesity on clinicopathologic outcomes after robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy. J Endourol 2008 Jul; 22(7):1471-6.
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  20. Gettman MT, Karnes RJ, Arnold JJ, Klipfel JM, Vierstraete HT, Johnson ME, Johnson DR, Leibovich BC. Urology resident training with an unexpected patient death scenario: experiential learning with high fidelity simulation. J Urol 2008 Jul; 180(1):283-8; discussion 288. Epub 2008 May 21.
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  21. Krambeck AE, LeRoy AJ, Patterson DE, Gettman MT. Long-term outcomes of percutaneous nephrolithotomy compared to shock wave lithotripsy and conservative management. J Urol 2008 Jun; 179(6):2233-7. Epub 2008 Apr 18.
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  22. Humphreys MR, Lingeman JE, Terry C, Castle EP, Andrews PE, Gettman MT, Ereth MH. Renal injury and the application of polysaccharide hemospheres: a laparoscopic experimental model. J Endourol 2008 Jun; 22(6):1375-81.
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  23. Ashley RA, Inman BA, Routh JC, Mynderse LA, Gettman MT, Blute ML. Reassessing the diagnostic yield of saturation biopsy of the prostate. Eur Urol 2008 May; 53(5):976-81. Epub 2007 Nov 05.
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  24. Boorjian SA, Gettman MT. Advances in robotic prostatectomy. Curr Urol Rep 2008 May; 9(3):250-6.
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  25. Gettman MT, Cadeddu JA. Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) in urology: initial experience. J Endourol 2008 Apr; 22(4):783-8.
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  26. Humphreys MR, Castle EP, Andrews PE, Gettman MT, Ereth MH. Microporous polysaccharide hemospheres for management of laparoscopic trocar injury to the spleen. Am J Surg 2008 Jan; 195(1):99-103.
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  27. Granberg CF, Humphreys MR, Castle E, Slezak J, Gettman MT, Andrews PE. Thermal effects of laparoscopic saline-enhanced radiofrequency cautery on renal parenchyma in a porcine model. J Endourol 2008 Jan; 22(1):139-44.
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  28. Gettman MT, Le CQ, Rangel LJ, Slezak JM, Bergstralh EJ, Krambeck AE. Analysis of a computer based simulator as an educational tool for cystoscopy: subjective and objective results. J Urol 2008 Jan; 179(1):267-71. Epub 2007 Nov 14.
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  29. Ashley RA, Inman BA, Routh JC, Krambeck AE, Siddiqui SA, Mynderse LA, Gettman MT, Blute ML. Preventing pain during office biopsy of the prostate: a single center, prospective, double-blind, 3-arm, parallel group, randomized clinical trial. Cancer 2007 Oct 15; 110(8):1708-14.
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  30. Granberg CF, Krambeck AE, Leibovich BC, Frank I, Lohse CM, Gettman MT, Blute ML, Chow GC. Potential underdetection of pT(3a) renal-cell carcinoma with laparoscopic morcellation. J Endourol 2007 Oct; 21(10):1183-6.
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  31. Gettman MT, Blute ML. Transvesical peritoneoscopy: initial clinical evaluation of the bladder as a portal for natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery. Mayo Clin Proc 2007 Jul; 82(7):843-5.
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  32. Trost LW, Siddiqui SA, Gettman M. Cystolithiasis with concentric mural calcification following transurethral microwave thermotherapy. J Urol 2007 Jun; 177(6):2339.
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  33. Krambeck AE, Gettman MT. [Robotic renal surgery: radical and partial nephrectomy]. Arch Esp Urol 2007 May; 60(4):462-70.
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  34. Krambeck AE, Gettman MT, BaniHani AH, Husmann DA, Kramer SA, Segura JW. Management of nephrolithiasis after Cohen cross-trigonal and Glenn-Anderson advancement ureteroneocystostomy. J Urol 2007 Jan; 177(1):174-8.
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  35. Le CQ, Lightner DJ, VanderLei L, Segura JW, Gettman MT. The current role of medical simulation in American urological residency training programs: An assessment by program directors. J Urol 2007 Jan; 177(1):288-91.
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  36. Lieske JC, de la Vega LS, Gettman MT, Slezak JM, Bergstralh EJ, Melton LJ 3rd, Leibson CL. Diabetes mellitus and the risk of urinary tract stones: a population-based case-control study. Am J Kidney Dis 2006 Dec; 48(6):897-904.
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  37. Dimarco DS, Gettman MT, McGee SM, Chow GK, LeRoy AJ, Slezak J, Patterson DE, Segura JW. Long-term success of antegrade endopyelotomy compared with pyeloplasty at a single institution. J Endourol 2006 Oct; 20(10):707-12.
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  38. Humphreys MR, Ereth MH, Sebo TJ, Slezak JM, Dong Y, Blute ML, Gettman MT. Can the kidney function as a lung? Systemic oxygenation and renal preservation during retrograde perfusion of the ischaemic kidney in rabbits. BJU Int 2006 Sep; 98(3):674-9.
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  39. Murat FJ, Le CQ, Ereth MH, Piedra MP, Dong Y, Gettman MT. Evaluation of microporous polysaccharide hemospheres for parenchymal hemostasis during laparoscopic partial nephrectomy in the porcine model. JSLS 2006 Jul-Sep; 10(3):302-6.
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  40. Le CQ, Gettman MT. Laparoscopic and robotic radical prostatectomy. Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 2006 Jul; 6(7):1003-11.
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  41. Elliott DS, Chow GK, Gettman M. Current status of robotics in female urology and gynecology. World J Urol 2006 Jun; 24(2):188-92. Epub 2006 Mar 24.
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  42. Gettman MT, Blute ML. Critical comparison of laparoscopic, robotic, and open radical prostatectomy: techniques, outcomes, and cost. Curr Urol Rep 2006 May; 7(3):193-9.
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  43. Krambeck AE, Gettman MT, Rohlinger AL, Lohse CM, Patterson DE, Segura JW. Diabetes mellitus and hypertension associated with shock wave lithotripsy of renal and proximal ureteral stones at 19 years of followup. J Urol 2006 May; 175(5):1742-7.
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  44. Krambeck AE, Murat FJ, Gettman MT, Chow GK, Patterson DE, Segura JW. The evolution of ureteroscopy: A modern single-institution series. Mayo Clin Proc 2006 Apr; 81(4):468-73.
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  45. Lieske JC, Pena de la Vega LS, Slezak JM, Bergstralh EJ, Leibson CL, Ho KL, Gettman MT. Renal stone epidemiology in Rochester, Minnesota: an update. Kidney Int 2006 Feb; 69(4):760-4.
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  46. Lieske JC, de la Vega LSP, Slezak JM, Bergstralh EJ, Leibson CL, Ho KL, Gettman MT. Renal stone epidemiology in Rochester, Minnesota: An update. Kidney Int 2006 Feb; 69(4):760-4.
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  47. Krambeck AE, DiMarco DS, Gettman MT, Segura JW. Ureteroiliac artery fistula: Diagnosis and treatment algorithm. Urology 2005 Nov; 66(5):990-4.
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  48. Bani-Hani AH, Gettman MT. Specimen extraction with a surgical glove during laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. Canadian Journal of Urology 2005 Oct; 12(5):2843-5.
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  49. Gettman MT, Ogan K, Brinkley LJ, Adams-Huet B, Pak CY, Pearle MS. Effect of cranberry juice consumption on urinary stone risk factors. Journal of Urology 2005 Aug; 174(2):590-4; quiz 801.
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  50. Dimarco DS, Chow GK, Gettman MT, Segura JW. Ureteroscopic treatment of upper tract urinary calculi. Minerva Urol Nefrol 2005 Mar; 57(1):17-22.
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  51. Gettman MT, Segura JW. Management of ureteric stones: issues and controversies. BJU Int 2005 Mar; 95(Suppl 2):85-93.
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  52. Gettman MT, Segura JW. Laparoscopic nephrectomy. Operative Techniques in General Surgery 2005; 7(1 Spec Iss):39-49.
  53. Gillett MD, Gettman MT, Zincke H, Blute ML. Tissue ablation technologies for localized prostate cancer. Mayo Clin Proc 2004 Dec; 79(12):1547-55.
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  54. Gettman MT, Blute ML, Chow GK, Neururer R, Bartsch G, Peschel R. Robotic-assisted laparoscopic partial nephrectomy: Technique and initial clinical experience with daVinci robotic system. Urology 2004 Nov; 64(5):914-8.
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  55. Hoznek A, Hubert J, Antiphon P, Gettman MT, Hemal AK, Abbou CC. Robotic renal surgery. Urol Clin North Am 2004 Nov; 31(4):731-6.
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  56. Peschel R, Neururer R, Bartsch G, Gettman MT. Robotic pyeloplasty: technique and results. Urol Clin North Am 2004 Nov; 31(4):737-41.
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  57. Lotan Y, Cadeddu JA, Gettman MT. The new economics of radical prostatectomy: cost comparison of open, laparoscopic and robot assisted techniques. J Urol 2004 Oct; 172(4 Part 1):1431-5.
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  58. Loprinzi CL, Barton DL, Carpenter LA, Sloan JA, Novotny PJ, Gettman MT, Christensen BJ. Pilot evaluation of paroxetine for treating hot flashes in men. Mayo Clin Proc 2004 Oct; 79(10):1247-51.
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  59. Murat FJ, Ereth MH, Dong Y, Piedra MP, Gettman MT. Evaluation of microporous polysaccharide hemospheres as a novel hemostatic agent in open partial nephrectomy: favorable experimental results in the porcine model. J Urol 2004 Sep; 172(3):1119-22.
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  60. Humphreys MR, Gettman MT, Chow GK, Zincke H, Blute ML. Minimally invasive radical prostatectomy. Mayo Clin Proc 2004 Sep; 79(9):1169-80.
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  61. DiMarco DS, Chow GK, Gettman MT, Elliott DS. Robotic-assisted laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy for treatment of vaginal vault prolapse. Urology 2004 Feb; 63(2):373-6.
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  62. Murat FJL, Gettman MT. Free-floating organized fat necrosis: Rare presentation of pelvic mass managed with laparoscopic techniques. Urology 2004 Jan; 63(1):176-7.
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  63. Gettman MT, Segura JW. Endourological management of upper tract transitional cell carcinoma. BJU Int 2003 Dec; 92(9):881-5.
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  64. Peschel R, Gettman MT, Steiner H, Neururer R, Bartsch G. Management of adult Leydig-cell testicular tumors: Assessing the role of laparoscopic retroperitoneal lymph node dissection. J Endourol 2003 Nov; 17(9):777-80.
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  65. Gettman MT, Boelter CW, Cheville JC, Zincke H, Bryant SC, Blute ML. Charlson co-morbidity index as a predictor of outcome after surgery for renal cell carcinoma with renal vein, vena cava or right atrium extension. J Urol 2003 Apr; 169(4):1282-6.
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  66. Gettman MT, Blute ML, Peschel R, Bartsch G. Current status of robotics in urologic laparoscopy. Eur Urol 2003 Feb; 43(2):106-12.
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  67. Gettman MT, Segura JW. Percutaneous management of ureteropelvic junction obstruction. Atlas of the Urologic Clinics of North America 2003; 11(2):165-75.
  68. Gettman MT, Boelter CW, Cheville JC, Blute ML, Bryant SC, Zincke H. Analysis of Charlson comorbidity index as a predictor of outcome following surgery for renal cell carcinoma with renal vein, vena cava and right atrial extension. J Urol 2003; 167:1282-6.
  69. Gettman MT, Peschel R, Neururer R, Bartsch G. A comparison of laparoscopic pyeloplasty performed with the daVinci robotic system versus standard laparoscopic techniques: Initial clinical results. Eur Urol 2002 Nov; 42(5):453-7.
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  70. Gettman MT, Blute ML. Update on pathologic staging of renal cell carcinoma. Urology 2002 Aug; 60(2):209-17.
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  71. Peschel R, Gettman MT, Neururer R, Hobisch A, Bartsch G. Laparoscopic retroperitoneal lymph node dissection: Description of the nerve-sparing technique. Urology 2002 Aug; 60(2):339-43.
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  72. Knight MK, DiMarco DS, Myers RP, Gettman MT, Baghai M, Engen D, Segura JW. Subjective and objective comparison of critical care pathways for open donor nephrectomy. J Urol 2002 Jun; 167(6):2368-71.
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  73. Lotan Y, Gettman MT, Pearle MS, Cadeddu JA. Cost comparison for laparoscopic nephrectomy and open nephrectomy: analysis of individual parameters. Urology 2002; 59:821-5.
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  74. Gettman MT, Lotan Y, Napper C, Cadeddu JA. Transvaginal laparoscopic nephrectomy: development in the porcine model. Urology 2002; 59:446-50.
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  75. Gettman MT, Napper C, Corwin TS, Pearle MS, Cadeddu JA. Laparoscopic radical nephrectomy: prospective assessment of impact of intact versus fragmented specimen removal on postoperative quality of life. Journal of Endourology 2002; 16:23-6.
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  76. Gettman MT, Lotan Y, Corwin TS, Smith TG, Napper CA, Lindberg G, Cadeddu JA. Radiofrequency coagulation of renal parenchyma: comparison of effects of energy generators on treatment efficacy. Journal of Endourology 2002; 16:83-8.
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  77. Lotan Y, Gettman MT, Roehrborn CG, Pearle MS, Cadeddu A. Management of ureteral stones: a cost comparison and decision making analysis. Journal of Urology 2002; 167:1621-9.
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  78. Malysz J, Gibbons SJ, Miller SM, Gettman M, Nehra A, Szurszewski JH, Farrugia G. Potassium outward currents in freshly dissociated rabbit corpus cavernosum myocytes. J Urol 2001 Sep; 166(3):1167-77.
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  79. Gettman MT, Segura JW. Current evaluation and management of renal and ureteral stones. Saudi Med J 2001 Apr; 22(4):306-14.
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  80. Gettman MT, Blute ML, Spotts B, Bryant SC, Zincke H. Pathologic staging of renal cell carcinoma: significance of tumor classification with the 1997 TNM staging system. Cancer 2001 Jan 15; 91(2):354-61.
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  81. Traxer O, Gettman MT, Napper C, Jones D, Scott D, Roehrborn CG, Pearle MS, Cadeddu JA. Impact of intense laparoscopic skills training on operative performance of urology residents. Journal of Urology 2001; 166:1658-61.
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  82. Gettman MT, Bishoff JT, Su LM, Chan D, Kavoussi LR, Jarrett TJ, Cadeddu JA. Hemostatic laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (LPN): initial experience with a radiofrequency coagulation (RFC) assisted technique. Urology 2001; 58:8-11.
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  83. Gettman MT, Segura JW. Contemporary management of renal and ureteral stones. Saudi Medical Journal 2001; 22:306-14.
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  84. Corwin TS, Lindberg G, Traxer O, Gettman MT, Smith TG, Pearle MS, Cadeddu JA. Laparoscopic radiofrequency thermal ablation of renal tissue with and without hilar occlusion. Journal of Urology 2001; 166:281-4.
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  85. Karnes RJ, Gettman MT, Anderson PM, Lager DJ, Blute ML. Primitive neuroectodermal tumor (extraskeletal Ewing's sarcoma) of the kidney with vena caval tumor thrombus. J Urol 2000 Sep; 164(3 Pt 1):772.
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  86. Gettman MT, Segura JW. Technique of percutaneous endopyelotomy. Brazilian Journal of Urology 26 2000.
  87. Karnes RJ, Gettman MT, Anderson P, Blute ML. Extraskeletal Ewing's Sarcoma of the kidney with tumor extension into the inferior vena cava. Journal of Urology 2000; 164(3Pt1):772.
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  88. Gettman MT, Segura JW. Struvite stones: diagnosis and current treatment concepts. J Endourol 1999 Nov; 13(9):653-8.
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  89. Nehra A, Gettman MT, Nugent M, Bostwick DG, Barrett DM, Goldstein I, Krane RJ, Moreland RB. Transforming growth factor-beta(1) (TGF-beta(1)) is sufficient to induce fibrosis of rabbit corpus cavernosum in vivo. J Urol 1999 Sep; 162(3 Part 1):910-915.
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  90. Gettman MT, Pacelli A, Slezak J, Bergstralh EJ, Blute M, Zincke H, Bostwick DG. Role of microvessel density in predicting recurrence in pathologic Stage T3 prostatic adenocarcinoma. Urology 1999 Sep; 54(3):479-85.
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  91. Gettman MT, Segura JW. An unusual case of multilocular cystic nephroma with prominent renal pelvis involvement treated with nephron sparing techniques. J Urol 1999 Aug; 162(2):482.
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  92. Gettman MT, Barrett DM, Nehra A. Androgen replacement therapy: fact or folly. AUA Update Series 1999; 18:10-5.
  93. Gettman MT, Blute ML, Zincke H. Renal cell carcinoma with vena cava involvement: surgical approaches and outcome. Contemporary Urology 1999; 11:44-61.
  94. Nehra A, Gettman MT, Bostwick DG, Nugent M, Barrett DM, Moreland RB. Dose and time dependent TGF-01 induced corporal fibrosis: in vivo implications for penile ischemia - associated fibrosis. Journal of Urology 1999; 162:910-15.
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  95. Russell ST, Gettman MT, Arndt CA, Nascimento AG, Kramer SA. Inguinal lipoblastomatosis in a male infant. J Urol 1998 Dec; 160(6 Pt 1):2204.
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  96. Gettman MT, Levy JB, Engen DE, Nehra A. Urological complications after kidney-pancreas transplantation. J Urol 1998 Jan; 159(1):38-42; discussion 42-3.
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  97. Gettman MT, Bergstralh EJ, Blute M, Zincke H, Bostwick DG. Prediction of patient outcome in pathologic stage T2 adenocarcinoma of the prostate: lack of significance for microvessel density analysis. Urology 1998 Jan; 51(1):79-85.
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