key articles
Urinary incontinence in women: direct costs of routine care
Saturday, 1 December 2007 - Urinary incontinence is common in women and results in high economic costs, medical and psychological morbidity, and adverse effects on quality of life. Incontinence is associated with a 2-fold...
Authors: Subak et al.
Follow-up of TVT operations in 1,113 women with mixed urinary incontinence at 7 and 38 months
Friday, 30 November 2007 - Kulseng-Hanssen et al. (2007) did a follow-up 7 and 38 months after tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) operation in 1,113 women with mixed urinary incontinence. Mixed incontinence and predominant bother...
Author: Kulseng-Hanssen et al.
Familial transmission of urogenital prolapse and incontinence
Wednesday, 28 November 2007 - In a review article, Twiss et al. (2007) summarized recent evidence suggesting a genetic basis for the development of urogenital prolapse and stress urinary incontinence. Epidemiological evidence...
Authors: Twiss et al.
Surgical and nonsurgical approaches to treat voiding dysfunction following anti-incontinence surgery
Wednesday, 28 November 2007 - Siddighi and Karram (2007) reviewed conservative and operative approaches to treat voiding dysfunction after anti-incontinence operation. Voiding dysfunction is a complication of antiincontinence...
Authors: Siddighi and Karram
Effect of tension-free vaginal tape and TVT-obturator on lower urinary tract symptoms other than stress urinary incontinence
Tuesday, 20 November 2007 - Variable effects on lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) other than stress urinary incontinence (SUI) have been reported after tension-free vaginal tape (TVT). Ballert et al. (2007) measured the effect...
Authors: Ballert et al.
Pelvic floor muscle training improves sexual function of women with stress urinary incontinence
Tuesday, 20 November 2007 -Zahariou et al. (2007) assessed the effect of a program of supervised pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) on sexual function, in a group of women with urodynamically diagnosed stress urinary...
Authors: Zahariou et al.
Is proximal urethral mobility important for transobturator tape procedure in management of female patients with stress urinary incontinence?
Monday, 12 November 2007 - Paick et al. (2007) assessed the change in urethral mobility (UM) after the transobturator tape (TOT) procedure and evaluated the effect of UM on the outcome of the TOT procedure in women with stress...
Authors: Paick et al.
Abnormal pelvic response to cough in women with stress urinary incontinence
Thursday, 8 November 2007 - Deffieux et al. (2007) assessed how muscular fatigue deteriorates the modulation of pelvic contraction during increasing cough efforts. Furthermore, the authors studied the correlation between the...
Authors: Deffieux et al.
The Long Term (5-Years) Objective Tension-free Vaginal Tape Success Rate Does Not Depend on Predictive Factors at Multivariate Analysis - A Multicentre Retrospective Study
Wednesday, 7 November 2007 - The tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) procedure is an effective treatment for female stress urinary incontinence (SUI). However, little is known about demographic and clinical factors that might...
Authors: Lee et al.
Botulinum Toxin A Detrusor Injections in Patients with Neurogenic Detrusor Overactivity Significantly Decrease the Incidence of Symptomatic Urinary Tract Infections
Tuesday, 6 November 2007 - Game et al. (2007) studied the effect of botulinum toxin A (BoNTA) injections into the detrusor muscle on the incidence of symptomatic urinary infections in patients with neurogenic detrusor...
Authors: Game et al.
