key articles
26th Annual EAU Congress: efficacy and safety of mirabegron in OAB
Monday, 28 March 2011- At the 26th Annual EAU Congress in Vienna, selected abstracts were highlighted for presenting some remarkable findings. Below is an extract of Abstract 885 by V. Nitti and colleagues on improvement of OAB...
Edited by: JV
No link between overactive bladder and hyperlipidemia
Wednesday, 16 March 2011- S. Garnica and colleagues conducted a study to determine the relationship between overactive bladder (OAB), with or without urinary incontinence (UI), and hyperlipidemia. They published their...
Edited by: JV
Patient’s perception of intensity of urgency scale in OAB
Friday, 19 November 2010- A group of researchers conducted a study to assess the measurement characteristics of the Patient Perception of Intensity of Urgency Scale (PPIUS) in patients with overactive bladder (OAB).
R....
Edited by: JV
Botox-A injections in neurogenic OAB: to include or exclude the trigone?
Wednesday, 17 November 2010- Taha A. Abdel-Meguid conducted a study to examine the short-term outcomes of initial detrusor injections versus combined detrusor-trigone botulinum toxin-A injections in patients with spinal cord...
Edited by: JV
Timer may help kids' bladder control
Monday, 6 September 2010- Wearing a programmable wristwatch could help children manage their daytime bladder control problems, a new study suggests.
For children with urinary incontinence, the first approach to treatment is...
Edited by: ES
Treatment of recurrent urinary incontinence after artificial urinary sphincter placement
Friday, 20 August 2010- B. Christinea and L. Knoll conducted a study on the use of the AdVance male sling to treat men who had an artificial urinary sphincter placed and subsequently developed recurrent urinary...
Edited by: JV
UTI risk after detrusor BoNT-A injections for refractory neurogenic detrusor overactivity
Friday, 16 July 2010- A group of researchers conducted a prospective non-randomised study to determine if antibiotic prophylaxis is required for intradetrusor botulinum toxin A (BoNT-A) injections.
S.Mouttalib and colleagues...
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Study compares retropubic and transobturator midurethral slings for stress incontinence
Monday, 14 June 2010- Retropubic or transobturator midurethral slings may be equally effective for stress incontinence, according to the results of a large, multicenter, randomized equivalence trial reported in the June ...
Edited by: ES
Meta-analysis: intravesical botulinum toxin for idiopathic overactive bladder
Monday, 17 May 2010- According to the results of a meta-analysis reported in the Journal of Urology, intravesical botulinum toxin improves the symptoms of overactive bladder (OAB), but is associated with a significant risk of...
Edited by: ES
