key articles
Dutch study: cranberries not as effective as antibiotics in women with UTI
Wednesday, 27 July 2011- Cranberry extract was not as effective as trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) in preventing urinary tract infections in women, according to a double-blind study conducted by Dutch researchers.
During...
Edited by: JV
Prolapse follow-up beyond five years: myth or reality?
Monday, 25 July 2011- A group of researchers conducted a study to examine the loss to follow-up (LTF) rate in level I/II evidence-based studies related to the surgical management of pelvic organ prolapse (POP). R. Ou and...
Edited by: JV
Surgically managing mesh-related complications after prior pelvic floor reconstructive surgery
Thursday, 14 July 2011- M. Tijdink and colleagues conducted a study to evaluate the complications and anatomical and functional outcomes of the surgical treatment of mesh-related complications. They published their findings...
Edited by: JV
Mesh is riskier but higher success rates for treating pelvic organ prolapse
Friday, 13 May 2011- For women with pelvic-organ prolapse, a transvaginal mesh kit improves treatment success rates compared with traditional colporrhaphy. However, the treatment comes at a cost of more surgical complications and...
Edited by: JV
Hormone therapy shrinks endometriosis lesions
Monday, 1 November 2010- Hormone therapy appears to reduce the size of rectovaginal endometriotic nodules infiltrating the rectum, according to a nonrandomized, uncontrolled study showed.
Through one year, five different hormone...
Edited by: JV
Effects of pelvic organ prolapse on sexual function in women
Friday, 30 July 2010- E. Tok and colleagues conducted a study examining the effects of pelvic organ prolapse on sexual function in women. They published their findings in an online issue of the Journal of Sexual...
Edited by: JV
Patient-selected goals in OAB: transdermal oxybutynin for treating female incontinence
Tuesday, 20 July 2010- A group of researchers conducted a study to assess patient selected goal improvement with transdermal oxybutynin, in a representative population of adult women with overactive bladder (OAB).
R. Cartwright...
Edited by: JV
Retropubic vs transobturator midurethral give equal results
Thursday, 20 May 2010- Two treatments for stress incontinence in women have objectively equivalent success rates, but differences in adverse events, according to researchers.
In a randomised controlled trial, retropubic and...
Edited by: JV
Effect on sexual function is crucial in prolapse surgery
Sunday, 18 April 2010- Conservative and operative aspects in female pelvic floor disorders were closely examined during the a course organised by the European School of Urology (ESU) on the third day of the 25th Anniversary...
Edited by: Joel Vega
