[POSITION STATEMENT ON OVERACTIVE BLADDER].

Bothersome urinary symptoms during the storage phase are common among women and men. These symptoms described as urinary urgency, frequency and nocturia with or without urge urinary incontinence may be caused by various pathologies including bladder overactivity. Diagnosis of an overactive bladder is based on the patient's clinical presentation after exclusion of other disorders that may cause these symptoms.

Low-dose oral desmopressin for treatment of nocturia and nocturnal enuresis in patients after radical cystectomy and orthotopic urinary diversion.

Objectives: To assess the effect of oral desmopressin on nocturia and nocturnal enuresis in patients after orthotopic neobladder reconstruction.

Patients And Methods: Of 55 patients who underwent radical cystectomy and orthotopic neobladder reconstruction at our medical centre in the period 2004-2011, 34 patients were deemed eligible for the present study. Inclusion criteria were estimated glomerular filtration rate >50 mL/min/1.

PSA levels of 4.0 - 10 ng/mL and negative digital rectal examination. Antibiotic therapy versus immediate prostate biopsy.

Purpose: The management of mildly elevated (4.0-10.0 ng/ml) prostate specific antigen (PSA) is uncertain.

A mathematical model of penile vascular dysfunction and its application to a new diagnostic technique.

A noninvasive diagnostic device was developed to assess the vascular origin and severity of penile dysfunction. It was designed and studied using both a mathematical model of penile hemodynamics and preliminary experiments on healthy young volunteers. The device is based on the application of an external pressure (or vacuum) perturbation to the penis following the induction of erection.

Urinary incontinence in women under 65: quality of life, stress related to incontinence and patterns of seeking health care.

Objective: We sought to describe quality of life, psychological stress and patterns of seeking health care (PSHC) among young and middle-aged women experiencing urinary stress incontinence (USI). Reasons and variables associated with delay in seeking care were also investigated.

Methods: A sample of 131 patients, aged 22-65, filled out a questionnaire consisted of: SF-36, stress related to incontinence, patterns of seeking health care questionnaires and a 10 cm visual analogue scale (VAS) measuring perceived suffering from USI (0 indicating absence of suffering while 10 indicating most severe suffering).

Continence and quality of life assessment after artificial urinary sphincter implantation.

Background: Sphincter-related incontinence after radical prostatectomy, benign prostatectomy or due to neurogenic disease has a considerable negative impact on quality of life. Artificial urinary sphincter implantation is a mainstay therapeutic option for these patients.

Objectives: To assess patient satisfaction, subjective long-term continence and complications after AMS 800 artificial urinary sphincter implantation.

Medical treatment for urinary retention in rehabilitating elderly women: is it necessary?

Background And Aims: It is unclear whether medical treatment of elderly women with acute urinary retention in geriatric rehabilitation centers affects the recovery rate. The aims of the present study were to assess the rate of spontaneous recovery from urinary retention in elderly women in rehabilitation centers and to determine whether medical treatment with a adrenergic receptor blockers (a blockers) is effective in resumption of urination in this population.

Methods: We surveyed 84 elderly women with urinary retention, admitted to a geriatric rehabilitation center between September 1998 and March 2000.

Erection mechanism of the penis: a model based analysis.

Purpose: We examined and elucidated the physical mechanism of penile erection in normal and pathological conditions of vascular origin.

Materials And Methods: A nonlinear lumped parameter mathematical model of penile hemodynamics was developed based on physical structure and physiological function. The model was applied to simulate the normal erectile mechanism and the pathological conditions of arterial insufficiency and venous leakage.