Prospective study of the Perigee™ system for treatment of cystocele - our five-year experience.

Objectives: The Perigee™ transobturator cystocoele repair system (AMS) was designed and first used in Townsville, Australia. In this study, we are reporting our five-year experience with the Perigee™ system in the management of cystocoele stage III and above.

Methods: Women who underwent surgery with the Perigee™ system between March 2004 and June 2008 were reviewed.

Leukoplakia of the bladder: a case report and literature review.

An 81-year-old woman presented with symptoms of recurrent urinary tract infections, urge incontinence and nocturia. Cystoscopy performed revealed a whitish plaque lesion on the fundus and right lateral wall of the bladder. The histology of the biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of leukoplakia vesicae of the bladder.

Maternal urological problems in pregnancy.

Urological conditions in pregnancy represent a major diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. During pregnancy the urinary tract undergoes some anatomical and physiological changes that may result in many symptoms and pathological conditions affecting both the mother and fetus. With prompt evaluation and expeditious treatment, the prognosis is good.

Prospective study of the Perigee system for the management of cystocoeles--medium-term follow up.

Objectives: The Perigee transobturator cystocoele repair system (AMS) was designed and first used in Townsville, Australia. This prospective study evaluates the efficacy and safety of this device for the management of cystocoeles.

Methods: Patients who underwent surgery with the Perigee system between March 2004 and December 2005 were reviewed.

Sling distress: a subanalysis of the IVS tapes from the SUSPEND trial.

Aim: To study the incidence of erosions and tape infections following the use of intravaginal slingplasty (IVS) treatment for stress urinary incontinence after the SUSPEND trial period of 30 months. This subanalysis was carried out because of concerns regarding high percentage of delayed sling erosions and infections during follow up of the patients who participated in the trial.

Materials And Methods: The subanalysis patient group consisted of all IVS patients drawn from the SUSPEND randomised control trial that compared the safety and efficacy of three types of suburethral slings, TVT, SPARC and IVS, for the treatment of urodynamic stress incontinence.