Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in a prospective cohort of COVID-19 survivors.

Purpose: To analyze the prevalence of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in patients who survived moderate and severe forms of COVID-19 and the risk factors for LUTS six months after hospitalization.

Materials And Methods: In this prospective cohort study, patients were evaluated six months after hospitalization due to COVID-19. LUTS were assessed using the International Prostate Symptom Score.

Association of physical therapy techniques can improve pain and urinary symptoms outcomes in women with bladder pain syndrome. A randomized controlled trial.

Purpose: to verify the effects of biofeedback (BF) and manual therapy (MT) associated with transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) or postural exercises (PE) in the treatment of bladder pain syndrome (BPS) in women regarding pain and urinary symptoms.

Materials And Methods: a parallel-randomized controlled trial was conducted in BPS patients diagnosed according to NIH clinical criteria. Two specialized physiotherapists applied demographic and validated questionnaires of perineal and suprapubic pain (VAS), urinary symptoms and problems (ICSI and ICPI) and sexual function (FSFI) and a physical assessment was made to identify myofascial trigger points.

Severe urinary tract damage secondary to primary bladder neck obstruction in women.

Objective: To present the clinical and radiological characteristics of women with severe structural deterioration of the bladder and upper urinary tract secondary to Primary Bladder Neck Obstruction (PBNO), and their outcomes after bladder neck incision (BNI).

Methods: Retrospective evaluation of adult women who underwent BNI for PBNO at one institution. Patients were assessed for symptoms, renal function, structural abnormalities of the urinary tract and video-urodynamics.

Longitudinal Improvement of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Williams-Beuren Syndrome.

Purpose: Williams-Beuren syndrome is a chromosomal disorder caused by a deletion at region 7q11.23. Lower urinary tract symptoms are highly prevalent and significantly affect quality of life.

Impact of a 1-day urodynamic course on knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes of urology residents.

Aims: No evidence-informed educational curriculum is available for designing urodynamics (UDS) courses. We evaluated the learning outcomes of a short-lasting urodynamic course for urology residents.

Methods: Urology residents of postgraduate years 4 and 5 (n = 13 and n = 1316, respectively) attended a 1-day urodynamic course.

Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the neurogenic bladder symptom score questionnaire for Brazilian Portuguese.

Objective: To cross-culturally adapt and check for the reliability and validity of the neurogenic bladder symptom score questionnaire to Brazilian portuguese, in patients with spinal cord injury and multiple sclerosis.

Materials And Methods: The questionnaire was culturally adapted according to international guidelines. The Brazilian version was applied in patients diagnosed with neurogenic bladder due to spinal cord injury or multiple sclerosis, twice in a range of 7 to 14 days.

Single nucleotide polymorphism analysis in interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome.

Introduction: Interstitial Cystitis (IC) is a chronic condition diagnosed based on the presence of symptoms, such as suprapubic/ pelvic pain, pressure or discomfort in association with urgency and increased urinary frequency. Confusable diseases must be excluded. However, there is no objective test or marker to establish the presence of the disease.

Surgical treatment of post-prostatectomy stress urinary incontinence in adult men: Report from the 6th International Consultation on Incontinence.

Aims: To report the recommendations of the 6th International Consultation on Incontinence (ICI) on post-prostatectomy urinary incontinence.

Methods: The 6th ICI committee on surgical treatment of urinary incontinence in men assessed and reviewed the outcomes of surgical therapy and updated the prior recommendations published in 2013. Articles from peer-reviewed journals, abstracts from scientific meetings, and literature searches by hand and electronically formed the basis of this review.

Impact of the route of clean intermittent catheterization on quality of life in children with lower urinary tract dysfunction.

Aims: To compare the impact of the different routes for clean intermittent catheterization on the quality of life of children with lower urinary tract dysfunction.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, all children and adolescents under treatment in our clinic from August 2011 to May 2012 who were on CIC for bladder dysfunction were included. To evaluate the technical difficulty and the discomfort associated with the procedure we used a standard visual analog scale.

Scaffolds for Pelvic Floor Prolapse: Logical Pathways.

Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) has borrowed principles of treatment from hernia repair and in the last two decades we saw reinforcement materials to treat POP with good outcomes in terms of anatomy but with alarming complication rates. Polypropylene meshes to specifically treat POP have been withdrawn from market by manufactures and a blank space was left to be filled with new materials. Macroporous monofilament meshes are ideal candidates and electrospinning emerged as a reliable method capable of delivering production reproducibility and customization.

Fluoroquinolones and the Risk of Achilles Tendon Disorders: Update on a Neglected Complication.

Objective: To evaluate the current evidence and to identify associated risk factors that increase the incidence of this complication. Fluoroquinolone (FQ) has been considered the first-line therapy for uncomplicated urinary infections. FQ has been associated with Achilles tendon disorders, especially during the first month of treatment.

Erectile Function Predicts Sexual Satisfaction in Men With Spinal Cord Injury.

Introduction: Spinal cord injury (SCI) is usually a sudden traumatic event and has a negative effect on sexual function.

Aim: To evaluate the characteristics of sexual activity in men with SCI and identify predictors of being sexually active and having a satisfactory sex life.

Methods: We assessed sexual activity profiles of men with SCI from a Brazilian tertiary rehabilitation center from February to August 2012.

Traditional suburethral sling operations for urinary incontinence in women.

Background: Stress urinary incontinence constitutes a significant health and economic burden to society. Traditional suburethral slings are one of the surgical operations used to treat women with symptoms of stress urinary incontinence.

Objectives: To determine the effects of traditional suburethral slings on stress or mixed incontinence in comparison with other management options.

Increased detrusor collagen is associated with detrusor overactivity and decreased bladder compliance in men with benign prostatic obstruction.

Background: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between detrusor collagen content and urodynamic parameters in men with benign prostatic obstruction.

Material And Methods: Nineteen consecutive patients undergoing open prostatectomy for bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) due to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) were evaluated. Urodynamic tests were performed in all patients.

Periurethral muscle-derived mononuclear cell injection improves urethral sphincter restoration in rats.

Aims: Investigate the effect of a novel cell-based therapy with skeletal muscle-derived mononuclear cells (SMDMCs) in a rat model of stress urinary incontinence.

Methods: Male Wistar-Kyoto rats' hind limb muscles were enzymatically dissociated, and SMDMCs were isolated without needing expansion. The cell population was characterized.

Update on complications of synthetic suburethral slings.

Synthetic suburethral slings have become the most widely used technique for the surgical treatment of stress urinary incontinence. Despite its high success rates, significant complications have been reported including bleeding, urethral or bladder injury, urethral or bladder mesh erosion, intestinal perforation, vaginal extrusion of mesh, urinary tract infection, pain, urinary urgency and bladder outlet obstruction. Recent warnings from important regulatory agencies worldwide concerning safety issues of the use of mesh for urogynecological reconstruction have had a strong impact on patients as well as surgeons and manufacturers.

Evaluation of Sexual Dysfunction in Men With Spinal Cord Injury Using the Male Sexual Quotient.

Objective: To assess different aspects of sexual function in men with spinal cord injury (SCI) using the Male Sexual Quotient (MSQ), a newly developed tool to assess sexual function and satisfaction.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting: Tertiary rehabilitation center.

The Bacterial Spectrum and Antimicrobial Susceptibility in Female Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection: How Different They Are From Sporadic Single Episodes?

Objective: To analyze and compare the etiological uropathogens and the susceptibility profile findings on urine culture between sporadic cases of community-acquired, uncomplicated urinary tract infection (UTI) and recurrent UTI cases in women.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of 1629 women with uncomplicated UTI evaluated at our hospital between January 2007 and December 2012. Patients were divided into 2 groups: (1) no recurrent UTI and (2) recurrent UTI.

A guideline for the management of bladder dysfunction in Parkinson's disease and other gait disorders.

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder, and lower urinary tract (LUT) dysfunction is one of the most common autonomic disorders with an estimated incidence rate of 27-80%. Studies have shown that bladder dysfunction significantly influences quality-of-life (QOL) measures, early institutionalisation, and health economics. We review the pathophysiology of bladder dysfunction in PD, lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), objective assessment, and treatment options.

Contemporary trends in the epidemiology of traumatic spinal cord injury: changes in age and etiology.

Background: Epidemiological features of spinal cord injury (SCI) have been changing over the last decades. We evaluated the contemporary trends in the epidemiology of traumatic SCI patients from a rehabilitation center.

Methods: In a cross-sectional study, a consecutive series of 348 patients with traumatic SCI were evaluated.

Neurological status predicts response to alpha-blockers in men with voiding dysfunction and Parkinson's disease.

Objectives: To evaluate predictors of the response to doxazosin, a selective alpha-adrenoceptor antagonist, when used for the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms in men with Parkinson's disease.

Methods: In a prospective study, 33 consecutive men (mean age 59.2 ± 7.

Voiding dysfunction in patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders.

Aims: We assessed the lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and urodynamic findings in patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMO-SD), a recently defined neurological disease.

Methods: We prospectively evaluated seven men and 23 women (mean age 41.1 ± 13.

Nocturia is the Lower Urinary Tract Symptom With Greatest Impact on Quality of Life of Men From a Community Setting.

Purpose: Lower urinary tract symptoms are numerous, but the specific impact of each of these symptoms on the quality of life (QoL) has not been evaluated in community-dwelling men. An assessment of these symptoms and their effects on QoL was the focus of this study.

Methods: We performed a cross-sectional study with 373 men aged >50 years from a community setting.