(UroToday.com) In the second Hot Topics session of the 2021 SIU Annual Congress focused on the role of prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) and theranostics in prostate cancer, Dr. Fleshner closed the session discussing the role of PSMA-PET imaging in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) and PSMA-radioligand therapy (RLT).
To investigate the effect of the use of a small-size resectoscope for enucleation during holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) on the prevention of transient urinary leakage (TUL) and urethral stricture (US).
Few prospective studies have examined the effect of pregnancy and childbirth on stress and urgency urinary incontinence separately. The aim of the present study was to assess the extent to which pregnancy, vaginal delivery, and vaginal delivery characteristics affect the risk of significant stress and urgency incontinence 1 year after delivery.
Over the last two decades synthetic mid-urethral slings (MUS) have become established as the main surgical method for correcting stress urinary incontinence (SUI). However, transurethral injections with polyacrylamide hydrogel are gaining popularity.
To summarize the available literature regarding telehealth interventions in the management of pelvic floor disorders. Most Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery (FPMRS) patients own and feel comfortable operating the technology required to participate in telehealth interventions and would be willing to interact remotely with their providers.
Changes in surgical technique and postoperative care that target improvements in functional outcomes are widespread in the literature. Radical prostatectomy (RP) is one such procedure that has seen multiple advances over the past decade.
Objectives: Urinary incontinence (UI) is a highly prevalent burdensome condition among adult females in the United States, yet rates of care-seeking, evaluation, and treatment are nonoptimal. Components of evaluation and treatment are informed by research and professional society guidelines; however, a visual representation of this guidance does not exist.
The main objective of this retrospective study is to determine the efficacy of transcutaneous posterior tibial nerve stimulation (TPTNS) in older patients with overactive bladder (OAB) syndrome. The secondary objective is to look for predictive factors of efficacy of this treatment.
To investigate whether women with overactive bladder (OAB) symptoms and no evidence of clinical infection by conventional clean-catch midstream urine cultures have alternative indicators of sub-clinical infection.
Background: The UK National Health Service (NHS) propose the use of oxybutynin prior to onabotulinumtoxinA (Botox) in the management of overactive bladder syndrome (OAB). Oxybutynin is costly and associated with poor adherence, which may not occur with Botox.
