Decreasing frequency pattern in patients with clean intermittent catheterization for bladder voiding dysfunction.

Objectives: To evaluate usefulness and morbidity of clean intermittent catheterization (CIC) using a decreasing pattern in patients with bladder voiding dysfunction (BVD) of varied etiology.

Methods: We performed a retrospective study of patients with BVD in whom CIC was indicated. We evaluated the clinical presentation, post-void residual urine (PVR), results of the urodynamic studies (UDS), and response to CIC in a decreasing pattern, complications espeand patient adherence.

[Physiotherapy and palliative management of urinary incontinence in prostate cancer. Start point and end of the road].

Urinary incontinente is an existent complication secondary to the treatment of prostate cancer. It has a difficult management when medical or surgical treatment have not been effective.The objective is to describe pelvic floor training and to explain palliative technics in male incontinence.

Quality of life in prostate cancer patients and controls: psychometric validation of the FACTP-4 in Spanish, and relation to urinary symptoms.

Objectives: To assess the feasibility and a validity of the Spanish version of the FACT-P and its relation to urinary symptoms.

Methods: The Spanish version of the FACT-P was self-administered to 60 Prostate Cancer patients (pts) waiting to undergo radical treatment and 20 age-matched controls (con) with a negative biopsy. Clinical stage for patients was T1c in 34 and T2 in 26.