key articles
Urinary Incontinence and Urinary Tract Infection
Tuesday, 18 March 2008 - Urinary incontinence (UI) and urinary tract infection (UTI) are two common conditions affecting many women. Studies suggest that women with a history of UTI are more likely to have incontinence and vice...
Authors: Moore et al.
Reliability of the 24-h sensation-related bladder diary
Monday, 17 March 2008 - Increased bladder sensation is the most troublesome symptom of overactive bladder. In clinical practice, reliable noninvasive evaluation of bladder sensation is needed. Naoemova et al. (2008) determined...
Authors: Naoemova et al.
Autologous fascial slingplasty procedure for treating female urinary incontinence
Monday, 17 March 2008 - Tsui et al. (2008) compared the pre- and postoperative urodynamic findings of the suburethral autologous rectus fascial sling procedure and determined patient satisfaction with the procedure by telephone...
Authors: Tsui et al.
Development of Quality Indicators for the Antibiotic Treatment of Complicated Urinary Tract Infections
Wednesday, 12 March 2008 - Appropriateness of antibiotic treatment of urinary tract infection (UTI) is important. Hermanides et al. (2008) developed a set of valid, reliable, and applicable indicators to assess the quality of...
Authors: Hermanides et al.
Trans-obturator suburethral tape for female stress incontinence
Saturday, 8 March 2008 - The retropubic tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) has probably been the most revolutionary treatment for female stress incontinence. Although the TVT procedure is now considered by many surgeons as the gold...
Authors: Poza et al.
TVT-O versus TVT: a randomized trial in patients with different degrees of stress urinary incontinence
Wednesday, 5 March 2008 - Treating stress urinary incontinence (SUI) one can choose either tension-free vaginal procedure (TVT), a prolene tape placed anterior to the urethra through a minimal vaginal incision, or the...
Authors: Araco et al.
Physical activity and incident urinary incontinence in middle-aged women
Saturday, 1 March 2008 - Although strenuous, high impact activity may provoke urinary incontinence, little is known about the influence of moderate physical activity. Townsend et al. (2008) examined recreational activity and...
Authors: Townsend et al.
Behavioural therapies for overactive bladder: making sense of the evidence
Friday, 29 February 2008 - Overactive bladder (OAB) is a symptom-based syndrome characterized by the presence of urgency, which is defined as a sudden and compelling desire to void that cannot be postponed. OAB may significantly...
Author: Milne
Predictors of treatment failure two years after surgery for stress urinary incontinence
Thursday, 28 February 2008 - Voiding dysfunction is a potential postoperative complication of the mid urethral sling procedure for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence. Richter et al. (2008) identified baseline...
Authors: Richter et al.
Safety of the inside-out transobturator approach for transvaginal tape (TVT-O) treatment in stress urinary incontinence
Tuesday, 26 February 2008 - Collinet et al. (2008) examined the safety of the inside-out transobturator approach for transvaginal tape (TVT-OTM, Gynaecare) treatment in stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in women based on a French...
Authors: Collinet et al.
