key articles
Dynamometric passive properties of the pelvic floor muscles in postmenopausal women with stress urinary incontinence
Tuesday, 15 July 2008 - The passive properties of the pelvic floor muscles (PFM) might play a role in stress urinary incontinence (SUI) pathophysiology.AIM: Morin et al. (2008) investigated the test-retest reliability of the...
Authors: Morin et al.
Suprapubic cystostomy for neuropathic bladder dysfunction in spinal cord injured patients
Monday, 14 July 2008 - The management of neuropathic bladder dysfunction secondary to spinal cord injury is controversial. With the introduction of clean intermittent catheterization (CIC) and anti-cholinergic medication, urinary...
Authors: Feifer et al.
Efficacy and safety of duloxetine in elderly women with stress urinary incontinence or stress-predominant mixed urinary incontinence
Monday, 14 July 2008 - Duloxetine is a serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor commonly used for major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, pain related to diabetic neuropathy and sometimes for stress urinary...
Authors: Schagen van Leeuwen et al.
Do women have realistic expectations of treatment for stress urinary incontinence?
Monday, 14 July 2008 - Langford et al. (2008) determined what women find acceptable regarding treatment and outcomes for treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI), and correlated this to age, distress and quality of life...
Authors: Langford et al.
The outcome of transobturator cystocele repair using biocompatible porcine dermis graft
Tuesday 8 July 2008. Mahdy et al. (2008) evaluateed the outcome of cystocele repair using Perigee® with biocompatible matrix (InteXen®).
After Institutional review Board approval, a retrospective chart review of patients who...
Authors: Mahdy, A., Elmissiry, M., Ghoniem, G.
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.
