Cost Analysis of Bladder Catheterization After Pelvic Floor Surgery.

Importance: Approximately 15-45% of female patients develop transient postoperative urinary retention (POUR) following pelvic reconstructive surgery. Catheter options for bladder drainage include transurethral indwelling catheter (TIC), intermittent self-catheterization (ISC), and suprapubic tube (SPT). Each strategy has risks and benefits; none have been shown to be clinically superior, and to date, no comprehensive comparative economic analysis has been published.

Optimizing practices to prevent urinary tract infection after cystoscopy and urodynamics in women: A quality improvement study.

Objective: The objective of this study was to reduce the incidence of urinary tract infection (UTI) in women undergoing outpatient cystoscopy and/or urodynamic studies (UDS) at our centre by identifying and then altering modifiable risk factors through an analysis of incidence variability among physicians.

Methods: This was a quality improvement study involving adult women undergoing outpatient cystoscopy and/or UDS at an academic tertiary urogynecology practice. Prophylactic practices for cystoscopy/UDS were surveyed and division and physician-specific UTI rates following cystoscopy/UDS were established.

Robotic versus vaginal radical trachelectomy for reproductive-aged patients with early-stage cervical carcinoma: A multi-center cohort study.

Background: A randomized non-inferiority trial showed worse survival in women with early-stage cervical cancer treated with radical hysterectomy by minimally invasive approach compared to laparotomy; the impact of surgical approach on survival following radical trachelectomy is unknown.

Objective: To examine oncologic outcomes in women with early-stage cervical cancer who underwent robotic or vaginal radical trachelectomy at Canadian cancer centers with the highest volumes of radical trachelectomy procedures.

Study Design: Retrospective multi-centre cohort analysis which includes patients who had surgery between 2006 and 2019.

Use of Prophylactic Antibiotics to Prevent Urinary Tract Infection after Urodynamic Testing and Cystoscopy in Women: A Practice Pattern Study.

Objectives: The objective of the study was to determine practice patterns of prescribing prophylactic antibiotics against urinary tract infection (UTI) for urodynamic studies (UDS) and outpatient cystoscopy in women.

Design: A cross-sectional survey study was conducted of North American female pelvic medicine and reconstructive specialists (FPMRS).

Methods: An online survey was used to assess prophylactic prescribing patterns of FPMRS that perform UDS and outpatient cystoscopy.

Antibiotic prophylaxis for urodynamic testing in women: a systematic review.

Introduction And Hypothesis: Urinary tract infection is the most common complication after urodynamic studies (UDS). Practice guidelines recommend against antibiotic prophylaxis based on an outdated review of the literature, which advised on the premise of "a lack of good quality studies" and based on an assumed low incidence not consistently supported by the literature.

Objectives: This systematic review aims to update the assessment of the efficacy of antibiotic prophylaxis compared with placebo or no treatment for prevention of urinary tract infection in females over the age of 18 years undergoing UDS.

Evolution of Apparent Diffusion Coefficient and Fractional Anisotropy in the Cerebrum of Asphyxiated Newborns Treated with Hypothermia over the First Month of Life.

The objective of this study was to assess the evolution of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and diffusion-tensor imaging (DTI) over the first month of life in asphyxiated newborns treated with hypothermia and to compare it with that of healthy newborns. Asphyxiated newborns treated with hypothermia were enrolled prospectively; and the presence and extent of brain injury were scored on each MRI. Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) and fractional anisotropy (FA) values were measured in the basal ganglia, in the white matter and in the cortical grey matter.

Effect of equipment dead space on multiple breath washout measures.

Background And Objective: Multiple breath inert gas washout (MBW) systems are designed to minimize equipment dead space volume (Vd). Animal and infant studies have demonstrated the impact of increased Vd on MBW measurements. In this study, we investigate the effect of Vd of a nitrogen (N2 ) MBW system on MBW measurements in preschool children.