Multicenter randomized controlled trial of bacterial interference for prevention of urinary tract infection in patients with neurogenic bladder.

Objectives: To compare the effectiveness of bacterial interference versus placebo in preventing urinary tract infection (UTI).

Methods: The main outcome measure was the numbers of episodes of UTI/patient-year. Randomization was computer generated, with allocation concealment by visibly indistinguishable products distributed from a core facility.

Puboprostatic sling repair for treatment of urethral incompetence in adult neurogenic incontinence.

Purpose: An incompetent urethral sphincter can be a significant factor contributing to urinary incontinence in patients with neurogenic bladders. We review our experience with 12 men who underwent a puboprostatic sling.

Materials And Methods: The study included 12 men (mean age 37.

Clinical assessment of sildenafil in the treatment of neurogenic male sexual dysfunction: After the hype.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of sildenafil over a two-year period in patients with erectile dysfunction caused by spinal cord injury and multiple sclerosis in a clinical practice following FDA approval and release of the medication to the general healthcare community. Study design: 40 patients including 33 SCI (13 quadriplegics, 20 paraplegics; 14 complete, 19 incomplete) and 7 MS patients were prescribed sildenafil in varying dosages. The patients were asked to return to the clinic for additional prescriptions so that we could assess their clinical response and their incidence of side effects.