key articles
Long-term efficacy of tension-free vaginal tape for stress urinary incontinence
Tuesday 8 July 2008. Liapis et al. (2008) prospectively assessed the efficacy and the complications associated with the use of tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) for the management of urodynamic stress incontinence at 5- and 7-year...
Authors: Liapis, A., Bakas, P., Creatsas, G.
Eleven years prospective follow-up of the tension-free vaginal tape for stress urinary incontinence
Tuesday 8 July 2008. Nilsson et al. (2008) evaluated the long-term effectiveness and safety of the tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) procedure.
In a Nordic three-center prospective observational cohort study, 90 women with primary...
Authors: Nilsson, C. G., Palva, K., Rezapour, M., Falconer, C.
Why do stress and urge incontinence co-occur much more often than expected?
Tuesday 8 July 2008. Assuming stress and urge urinary incontinence (UI) are independent, mixed UI prevalence is 17 times higher than expected. By considering three explanatory models, Minassian et al.(2008) reviewed evidence from...
Authors: Minassian, V. A., Stewart, W. F., & Hirsch, A. G.
Clinically useful measures in women with mixed urinary incontinence
Friday, 4 July 2008 - Lowenstein et al. (2008) assessed clinically relevant relationships between urinary diary and quality of life, and reproducibility of validated questionnaires and urinary diaries in women with mixed urinary...
Authors: Lowenstein et al.
Immediate Postvoid Residual Volumes in Women With Symptoms of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
Thursday, 3 July 2008 - Haylen et al. (2008) estimated the prevalence and clinical and urodynamic associations of postvoid residual volumes (PVRs), measured immediately after micturition, in women with symptoms of pelvic floor...
Authors: Haylen et al.
Recent advances in the treatment of urinary incontinence in older women
Tuesday, 1 July 2008 - Urinary incontinence is a socially disabling condition with a negative impact on quality of life, which will become an increasingly important condition as the elderly population increases. The majority of...
Authors: Wagg
Urodynamics in the management of female stress incontinence - which test and when?
Tuesday, 1 July 2008 - Patel and Chapple (2008) reviewed the literature from the last 12 months in the context of our existing knowledge base and reviews the contentious issue of the role of preoperative urodynamics for stress...
Authors: Patel & Chapple
A critical overview of the evidence base for the contemporary surgical management of stress incontinence
Monday, 30 June 2008 - In a review, Koch & Zimmern (2008) evaluated the evidence base for surgical management of stress urinary incontinence in women between July 2006 and December 2007.
The Urinary Incontinence Treatment...
Authors: Koch & Zimmern
Current status of bladder neck reconstruction
Sunday, 29 June 2008 - Dave and Salle (2008) reviewed the literature over the last 3 years on bladder outlet procedures for children with urinary incontinence. The multitude of procedures and need for concomitant bladder...
Authors: Dave & Salle
Sacrocolpopexy without concomitant posterior repair improves posterior compartment defects
Wednesday, 25 June 2008 - The optimal approach for surgical correction of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) remains unclear. Guiahi et al. (2008) determined posterior compartment topography 1-year after sacrocolpopexy (SC).
Women who...
Authors: Guiahi et al.
