conference reports
26th Annual EAU Congress: 3rd prize Best Abstract in Non-Oncology
Monday, 11 April 2011- R. S. Pickard and colleagues won the third prize for Best Abstract in Non-Oncology during the 26th Annual EAU Congress held recently in Vienna, Austria. Below is the winning abstract, unedited and without...
Edited by: JV
26th Annual EAU Congress: first prize Best Abstract in Non-Oncology category
Tuesday, 5 April 2011- A Portuguese group bagged the first prize for Best Abstract in Non-Oncology during the 26th Annual EAU Congress held recently in Vienna, Austria. Below is the winning abstract by T. Antunes-Lopes and...
Edited by: JV
Highlighted Congress Abstract: sexual activity before and after mid urethral sling- a prospective multicentre study
Tuesday, 29 March 2011- M.T. Filocamo and colleagues conducted a multi-centre study which evaluated sexual activity in a group of women with urodynamic stress incontinence (USI) before and after a Mid-Urethral Sling (MUS)...
Edited by: JV
Evaluating Adjustable Continence Therapy in treating recurrent SUI
Tuesday, 25 May 2010- A group of US researchers evaluated the safety and efficacy over time (1, 2 and 3 years) of a novel device (Adjustable Continence Therapy, ACT) for the treatment of recurrent Stress Urinary Incontinence...
Edited by: JV
Long-term outcome of anti-incontinence procedure during POP repair
Friday, 21 May 2010- Urologists and gynaecologists usually perform a anti-incontinence procedure concomitantly with pelvic floor prolapse (POP) repair in incontinent woman or as a prophylactic measure in continent ones.
In...
Edited by: JV
New tissue engineering approach creating prostheses to treat SUI
Tuesday, 18 May 2010- Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and pelvic organ prolapse (POP) affect nearly 40% of women and cause significant interference with quality of life. The aetiology is often due to a decline in levels of...
Edited by: JV
Adjustable Continence Therapy for recurrent female SUI
Monday, 26 Monday 2010- Recurrent stress urinary incontinence (SUI) after surgery presents a challenge to urologists. The Adjustable Continence Therapy (ACT) has been developed to treat recurrent SUI secondary to intrinsic...
Edited by: JV
Spiral sling techniques: a satisfactory option for SUI
Thursday, 22 April 2010- Spiral sling techniques in managing recurrent stress urinary incontinence amongst women may offer a satisfactory option, according to US researchers who presented their findings at the recently concluded...
Edited by: Joel Vega
HPV vaccine reduces postoperative recurrence of cancer precursors
Tuesday, 23 March 2010- Post-hoc analysis of two large, randomised clinical trials indicates that the HPV6/11/16/18 vaccine significantly reduces the likelihood of subsequent human papilloma virus (HPV)-related disease in women...
Edited by: JV
US researchers say robotic repair for vaginal prolapse has significant benefits
Thursday, 12 November 2009- Robotic surgery for vaginal prolapse dramatically reduces patient hospital stay and recovery time, according to researchers from the Mayo Clinic who will present their findings during the meeting of...
Edited by: JV
