Indwelling urinary catheters are common in health care settings and can lead to catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI). Long-term catheterization causes polymicrobial colonization of the catheter and urine, for which the clinical significance is poorly understood.
To compare the effects of group-based and individual physiotherapy for stress or mixed urinary incontinence (UI) on pelvic floor morphometry, pelvic floor muscle (PFM) function, and related self-efficacy, immediately after treatment and at 1 year.
The aim of this study was to estimate the clinical effects of allogeneic acellular dermal matrix (ADM) in the surgical therapy of anterior urethral stricture (AUS). We retrospectively collected the clinical data of 49 patients with AUS who underwent urethral repair surgery with ADM in the Department of Urology of the Peking University People’s Hospital, […]
The aim of the study was to evaluate sexual function in women before and after tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) surgery for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI). Between August 2014 and August 2018, 105 sexually active patients with SUI who underwent TVT surgery were enrolled in this prospective cohort study.
To characterize the safety and practice patterns of artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) placement on a population level. Increasingly artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) implantation has shifted to be an outpatient surgery; however, there is a lack of large-scale research evaluating factors associated with early (≤24 hours) versus late (>24 hours) discharges and complications in men following […]
Objective: To investigate the characteristics of modified Oxford grading scale (MOS) and pelvic floor surface electromyography (sEMG) based on Glazer protocol in patients with stress urinary incontinence (SUI), and analyze the correlation between the two methods.
Female urinary incontinence is underdiagnosed and undertreated in primary care. There is little evidence on factors that determine whether women with urinary incontinence are referred to specialist services.
Evidence-based guidelines for the management of frail older persons with urinary incontinence are rare. Those produced by the International Consultation on Incontinence represent an authoritative set of recommendations spanning all aspects of management.
To investigate whether patients with overactive bladder syndrome (OAB) have brain volume changes using voxel-based morphometry (VBM) and correlations with clinical tests. With institutional review board approval and after obtaining written informed consent, structural magnetic resonance imaging data were prospectively acquired in 28 patients and 28 control subjects.
Around 15% of the Hong Kong population was found to suffer from overactive bladder (OAB), but the current available treatments, such as medication, behavioral therapy and physical therapy are unsatisfactory.
