Cystoscopic findings in women with minimal and maximal lower urinary tract symptoms.

Background: Glomerulations are not specific for interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS). Controversy exists about whether cystoscopic findings differ between patients with and without lower urinary tract symptoms. We sought to compare the prevalence of cystoscopic findings in women with "no or minimal" urinary symptoms to those with a "high" symptom burden.

Posterior tibial nerve stimulation in patients who have failed anticholinergic therapy: efficacy and time to response.

Objectives: : We sought to determine the efficacy of posterior tibial nerve stimulation in patients who had failed anticholinergic medications. A secondary outcome was to determine the time to response for different parameters of overactive bladder.

Study Design: : The medical records of all patients treated with posterior tibial nerve stimulation from 2000 to 2009 seen in a university urogynecology practice were abstracted.

Pharmacology and the elderly.

Unlabelled: This paper describes the impact of ageing on an individual's ability to process drugs. It considers adverse drug reactions in the elderly and discusses prescribing for the older dental patient.

Clinical Relevance: Many older dental patients will be suffering from medical conditions or taking prescribed or non-prescribed drugs.

The influence of national society annual scientific meetings on publication in general obstetrics and gynecology literature: a urogynecology perspective.

Introduction And Hypothesis: The objective of the study was to determine urogynecology publication rates in obstetrics and gynecology literature.

Methods: Original scientific articles from American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (AJOG) and Obstetrics and Gynecology (Obstet Gynecol) from 1996-2007 were reviewed.

Results: A total of 10,192 articles were evaluated.

Short-term efficacy and complications of posterior intravaginal slingplasty.

This study was performed to evaluate the efficacy and complications of the posterior intravaginal slingplasty (IVS). A retrospective chart review was performed. Ninety IVS procedures were performed from January 2004 to June 2005.

The painful bladder: urinary tract infection and interstitial cystitis in women.

Irritative voiding symptoms in women are most often due to uncomplicated urinary tract infection. A cost-effective approach to the treatment of urinary tract infections is a reasonable first step. However, in patients who have persistent or frequently recurrent symptoms, a more thorough evaluation is warranted.

Evaluation of urinary incontinence and voiding dysfunction in women.

Urinary incontinence currently affects 33 million American women. In the next 30 years the population over 60 years will increase by 80-90%. This will result in a tremendous increase in patients suffering this condition.

Further characterization of the supine empty stress test for predicting low valsalva leak point pressures.

The aim of this study is to determine if the diagnostic accuracy of the supine empty stress test (SEST) differs depending on the volume of residual urine. We performed a review of all patients who were diagnosed with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) via multi-channel urodynamics including valsalva leak point determinations (VLPP). A SEST was performed and the residual urine recorded via catheterization.