Effect duration of the initial course of peroneal electrical Transcutaneous NeuroModulation in patients with overactive bladder.

Purpose: The aim of this prospective 12-month follow-up study is to evaluate the persistence of the treatment effect achieved during the initial course of peroneal electrical Transcutaneous NeuroModulation (peroneal eTNM) in patients with overactive bladder (OAB).

Methods: This study enrolled 21 female patients who participated in two previous clinical studies designed to assess the efficacy and safety of peroneal eTNM. The patients were left without subsequent OAB treatment and were invited to attend regular follow-up visits every 3 months.

Effect of severity of urinary incontinence on quality of life in women.

Aims: While the effect of different types of incontinence on the quality of life (QoL) has been clearly documented, the information about the impact of incontinence severity on QoL in women is lacking. Therefore, we investigated whether increasingly severe degrees of incontinence were linearly correlated with poorer QoL.

Methods: We included 391 incontinent women and 81 continent volunteers in the study and assessed them in accordance with routine clinical practice.

Evaluation of intra-individual test-re-test variability of uroflowmetry in healthy women and women suffering from stress, urge, and mixed urinary incontinence.

Introduction And Hypothesis: The objective was to evaluate the intra-individual variability of uroflowmetry (UFM) in healthy control subjects and women suffering from stress, urge, and mixed urinary incontinence.

Methods: A total of 35 healthy controls (group A) and 105 women suffering from urinary incontinence were enrolled in the study. Thirty-five women suffered from stress urinary incontinence (group B), 35 women suffered from mixed urinary incontinence (group C), and 35 women with overactive bladder both dry and wet (group D).

Validating of a Novel Method for Electronically Recording Overactive Bladder Symptoms in Men.

Objective: The goal of this study was to compare a novel wireless phone and web based technology to record and store overactive bladder symptoms (OAB-S) to a traditional pen and paper micturition chart.

Methods: Overactive bladder symptoms were recorded over a period of 3 days using both an electronic micturition chart (EMC) and the standard pen and paper micturition chart (MC). Twenty-nine men, with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), were included in the study.

Evaluation of Voiding Parameters in Healthy Women Using Sound Analysis.

Objectives: Sonouroflowmetry represents a novel method for estimating urinary flow parameters. The aim of this study was to compare the urinary flow parameters acquired using sonouroflowmetry with those of standard uroflowmetry in healthy female volunteers.

Methods: Thirty-six healthy female volunteers (aged 25-54 years) were subjected to standard uroflowmetry.

Intravesical instillation of onabotulinum toxin A embedded in inert hydrogel in the treatment of idiopathic overactive bladder: A double-blind randomized pilot study.

Objective: It was hypothesized that increasing the time for which onabotulinum toxin A (OnabotA) is exposed to the urothelium following intravesical instillation will augment its effect. TC-3 is an inert heat-sensitive hydrogel, which creates an intravesical bulk providing a slow release of the embedded drug after instillation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of OnabotA, embedded in inert TC-3 hydrogel, in patients with idiopathic overactive bladder (OAB).

Vacuum-assisted vaginal delivery and levator ani avulsion in primiparous women.

Objective: We compared the incidence and type of levator ani avulsion diagnosed by translabial ultrasound evaluation in primiparous women six months after vacuum-assisted or spontaneous vaginal delivery.

Material And Methods: This retrospective observational study was performed between January 2011 and December 2013. Primiparous women six months after vacuum-assisted vaginal delivery and after spontaneous vaginal delivery underwent translabial ultrasound evaluation.

Comparison between uroflowmetry and sonouroflowmetry in recording of urinary flow in healthy men.

Objectives: To evaluate the accuracy of sonouroflowmetry in recording urinary flow parameters and voided volume.

Methods: A total of 25 healthy male volunteers (age 18-63 years) were included in the study. All participants were asked to carry out uroflowmetry synchronous with recording of the sound generated by the urine stream hitting the water level in the urine collection receptacle, using a dedicated cell phone.

Systemic effects of intratympanic dexamethasone therapy.

Objective: The study aimed to assess the possible systemic effects of intratympanic dexamethasone (IT-Dex) on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, inflammation, and bone metabolism.

Design: A prospective cohort study including 30 adult patients of a tertiary referral ENT clinic treated with 9.6 mg IT-Dex over a period of 10 days was carried out.

Persistence with first line anticholinergic medication in treatment-naïve overactive bladder patients.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the persistence of first line anticholinergic medication use by patients with overactive bladder (OAB). Data from a hospital outpatient database were matched with information obtained by a telephone survey of patients to determine which patients discontinued use of anticholinergic medication and to identify the reasons underlying discontinuation.

Material And Methods: The study group included 377 OAB patients (52 men, 325 women) with a mean age of 60.

A superior semicircular canal dehiscence syndrome multicenter study: is there an association between size and symptoms?

Objective: The aim of this investigation was to determine if there is any association between the size of the canal dehiscences and the symptoms and signs of patients presenting with the superior semicircular canal dehiscence syndrome.

Study Design: Prospective multicenter study.

Setting: Tertiary referral center.