Dr. Matthew K Tollefson M.D.
Urologist
200 1st St SW Rochester MN, 55905About
Dr. Matthew Tollefson is a urologist practicing in Rochester, MN. Dr. Tollefson specializes in diseases of the urinary tract and the male reproductive system. This includes areas of the bladder, urethra, kidneys, penis and prostate. Urology is a surgical specialty and requires knowledge in other areas of expertise such as gynecology and internal medicine due to the variety of clinical problems that are involved.
Education and Training
Mayo Med Sch, Rochester Mn 2003
Florida International University, Miami, FL 2003
Board Certification
UrologyAmerican Board of UrologyABU
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Peering through the microscope lens into the future.
- Contemporary trends of in-hospital complications and mortality for radical cystectomy.
- Hospitalization costs for radical prostatectomy attributable to robotic surgery.
- Natural history of biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy with adjuvant radiation therapy.
- Anatomic basis of radical cystectomy and orthotopic urinary diversion in female patients.
- Non-O blood type is associated with an increased risk of venous thromboembolism after radical cystectomy.
- Adjuvant chemotherapy is associated with decreased mortality after radical cystectomy for locally advanced bladder cancer.
- Pretreatment neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio is associated with advanced pathologic tumor stage and increased cancer-specific mortality among patients with urothelial carcinoma of the bladder undergoing radical cystectomy.
- Urologic manifestations of Erdheim-Chester disease.
- Cancer-specific mortality following radical cystectomy for bladder cancer with lymph node involvement: impact of pathologic disease features and adjuvant chemotherapy.
- Sarcopenia in patients with bladder cancer undergoing radical cystectomy: impact on cancer-specific and all-cause mortality.
- Preoperative neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio predicts death among patients with localized clear cell renal carcinoma undergoing nephrectomy.
- Re: Sarcopenia as a predictor of complications and survival following radical cystectomy: A. B. Smith, A. M. Deal, H. Yu, B. Boyd, J. Matthews, E. M. Wallen, R. S. Pruthi, M. E. Woods, H. Muss and M. E. Nielsen. J Urol 2014; 191: 1714-1720.
- Mortality after radical cystectomy: impact of obesity versus adiposity after adjusting for skeletal muscle wasting.
- Robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery of urachal anomalies: a single-center experience.
Treatments
- Laparoscopic Surgery
- Prostate Cancer
- Bladder Cancer
- Kidney Cancer
- Aerolase® Technologies
Professional Memberships
- Member Minnesota Medical Association/Zumbro Valley
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