key articles
Stem-cell-injection pilot study to treat stress urinary incontinence
Monday, 25 February 2008 - For treating stress urinary incontinence (SUI), the use of injectable bulking agents such as Teflon, bovine collagen, silicone particles, and carbon beads has yielded short-term success but with...
Authors: Carr et al.
Ten-year follow-up after conservative treatment of stress urinary incontinence
Friday, 15 February 2008 - Schiotz et al. (2008) did a follow-up study on 33 women 10 years after they had participated in a study on conservative treatment of stress urinary incontinence.
The evaluation included a 24-h pad...
Authors: Schiotz et al.
Complications and short-term results of two different transobturator techniques for surgical treatment of women with urinary incontinence: a randomized study
Wednesday, 13 February 2008 - But and Faganelj (2008) analysed peri-operative complications in women who were randomly assigned to receive two different techniques for the treatment of stress and mixed urinary incontinence.
The...
Authors: But & Faganelj
The use of polypropylene mesh as a transobturator sling for the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence (early experience with 40 cases)
Wednesday, 13 February 2008 - Elgamasy et al. (2008) evaluated the use of traditional polypropylene mesh, used in hernias repair, as a sling in the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence (SUI).
Forty patients diagnosed...
Authors: Elgamasy et al.
Chronic suprapubic catheterization in the management of patients with spinal cord injuries: analysis of upper and lower urinary tract complications
Tuesday, 12 February 2008 -Sugimura et al. (2008) assessed whether chronic suprapubic catheterization (SPC) in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) is associated with a higher incidence of significant urinary tract...
Authors: Sugimura et al.
Differences in urinary incontinence between Hispanic and non-Hispanic white women: a population-based study
Sunday, 10 February 2008 - Daneshgari et al. (2008) compared the prevalence of urinary incontinence (UI) between Hispanic and non-Hispanic White women in a population-based study.
The prevalence of moderate to severe UI, defined...
Authors: Daneshgari et al.
Female sexual dysfunction: a new urogynaecological research field
Sunday, 10 February 2008 - Women with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) or urinary incontinence (UI) complain of a deteriorating quality of life (QoL) in terms of social and psychological problems, and also of sexual...
Authors: Dalpiaz et al.
Ultrasonographic assessment of tape location following tension-free vaginal tape and transobturator tape procedure
Monday, 28 January 2008 - Long et al. (2008) ultrasonographically compared tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) and the TVT-obturator (TVT-O) procedure in women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI).
The authors retrospectively...
Authors: Long et al.
Cold-Knife Incision of Anastomotic Strictures after Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy with Bladder Neck Preservation: Efficacy and Impact on Urinary Continence Status
Monday, 28 January 2008 - Giannarini et al. (2007) evaluated the incidence and characteristics of anastomotic strictures (AS) after radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP) with bladder-neck preservation (BNP), the efficacy of...
Authors: Giannarini et al.
Where should bulking agents for female urodynamic stress incontinence be injected?
Monday, 28 January 2008 - For bulking agents used for female stress urinary incontinence, the recommendation for the anatomical placement varies because some injectables are to be placed close to the bladder neck and others...
Authors: Kuhn et al.
