To assess the influence of gut microbiome on overactive bladder (OAB) symptoms progression. This was a 3-year longitudinal study, Hirosaki in Japan. We assessed OAB symptoms and reviewed the medication records of each subject in 2016.
Urinary tract infection (UTI) in patients with neurogenic bladder causes significant morbidity and mortality. UTI in neurogenic bladder causes atypical symptomatology. Urine tests are pivotal in confirming or excluding UTI, and in guiding appropriate antibiotic treatment.
This study aimed to evaluate the clinical significance of urinary bladder wall thickening on computed tomography (CT) among patients with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS). Patients with IC/BPS were prospectively enrolled and classified into three groups according to bladder CT finding: smooth bladder wall, focal bladder thickening, and diffuse bladder thickening.
Patients with neurological disorders often have lower urinary tract dysfunction, manifesting as urinary retention or urinary incontinence, and so commonly use catheters. Neurologists should therefore be aware of the different types of catheters and appliances and their risks, benefits and complications.
Background: Tadalafil has been approved for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) for nearly 10 years. However, there are insufficient evidence-based studies of the efficacy and safety of tadalafil in treating lower urinary tract symptoms of BPH (LUTS/BPH).
(UroToday.com) The Société Internationale D’Urologie (SIU) 2021 annual meeting included a hot topics session on PSMA theranostics with a presentation by Dr. Tobias Maurer discussing the role of targeted salvage surgery in biochemical recurrence. Dr. Maurer started by highlighting from the EAU guidelines that salvage lymph node dissection is not a standard treatment, specifically that “high-level […]
(UroToday.com) In the second Hot Topics session of the Société Internationale D’Urologie (SIU) 2021 annual meeting focused on the role of prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) and theranostics in prostate cancer, Dr. Robert Reiter began with a presentation on the role of PSMA-based imaging as a diagnostic tool in the initial staging of patients with prostate […]
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(UroToday.com) The Société Internationale D’Urologie (SIU) 2021 annual meeting included a master class on advanced kidney cancer with a presentation by Dr. Ozcan Yildiz discussing new systemic therapies in advanced RCC. Dr. Yildiz started by highlighting that in 2000, the survival of metastatic RCC was quite poor, with a median OS of 5 months for those […]
(UroToday.com) The Société Internationale D’Urologie (SIU) 2021 annual meeting included a master class on advanced kidney cancer with a presentation by Dr. Kevin Lu discussing nephrectomy as part of the sequencing options in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) with the primary in place. Dr. Lu notes that we are in a rapidly evolving treatment landscape for […]
