key articles
Prevalence of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in stroke patients
Tuesday, 15 July 2008 - Tibaek et al. (2008) investigated the prevalence, severity and impact on daily life of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) in a clinical sample of stroke patients and secondly to identify factors...
Authors: Tibaek et al.
Functional outcome following photoselective vaporisation of the prostate: urodynamic findings of 12 months follow-up
Monday, 23 June 2008 - Hamann et al. (2008) determined the impact of potassium-titanyl-phosphate (KTP) laser therapy of the prostate on urodynamic results, voiding function, quality of life, and sexual function.
Forty-five...
Authors: Hamann et al.
Effect of tolterodine extended release on overactive bladder and related symptoms
Thursday, 19 June 2008 - Tolterodine is a drug to treat urinary incontinence. Coyne et al. (2008) evaluated the relationships between treatment-related improvements in overactive bladder (OAB) symptoms as recorded in bladder...
Authors: Coyne et al.
High-power potassium-titanyl-phosphate laser photoselective vaporization prostatectomy
Tuesday, 17 June 2008 - Potassium-titanyl-phosphate (KTP) laser photoselective vaporization prostatectomy (PVP) is a relatively new technology for the management of lower urinary-tract symptoms (LUTS) secondary to benign...
Authors: Araki et al.
Guide to risk factors and options for management of benign prostatic hyperplasia
Tuesday, 17 June 2008 - In a review, Emberton et al. (2008) discussed current knowledge of the progressive nature of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and how the risk of BPH progression can be evaluated toguide therapeutic...
Authors: Emberton et al.
GreenLight laser vaporization of the prostate: single-center experience and long-term results
Monday, 16 June 2008 - Long-term data of photoselective vaporization of the prostate (PVP) for treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is scanty. Ruszat et al. (2008)...
Authors: Ruszat et al.
Lower urinary tract symptoms revisited: a broader clinical perspective
Monday, 2 June 2008 - The term "lower urinary tract symptoms" (LUTS) was introduced to dissociate male urinary symptoms from any implied site of symptom origin, such as the prostate. To consider a more expansive view of LUTS,...
Authors: Chapple et al.
Understanding the elements of overactive bladder
Wednesday, 14 May 2008 - Irwin et al. (2008) compared the prevalence of frequency and nocturia and the bother they impose in a population-based sample of men and women using current International Continence Society (ICS)...
Authors: Irwin et al.
Examining lower urinary tract symptom constellations by cluster analysis
Tuesday, 13 May 2008 - Coyne et al. (2008) analyzed how patients experience lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and determined whether particular symptoms cluster together, as LUTS seldom occur alone.
A secondary analysis of a...
Authors: Coyne et al.
Relationship of Age and Bladder Outlet Obstruction with Detrusor Overactivity
Thursday, 8 May 2008 - Detrusor overactivity is a known cause of lower urinary tract symptoms and linked to bladder storage symptoms (urgency, frequency, or urge incontinence). Oelke et al. (2008) determined clinical and...
Authors: Oelke et al.
