Incidence of pubic osteomyelitis after bladder neck suspension using bone anchors.

Objectives: To determine the incidence of pubic osteomyelitis after bladder neck suspension using suprapubic bone anchors.

Methods: The target population consisted of 290 consecutive women who underwent bladder neck suspension using suprapubic bone anchors between June 1994 and November 1999 at two referral centers. A structured telephone questionnaire was designed to elicit any history of clinical symptoms suspicious for pubic osteomyelitis.

Baseline abdominal pressure and valsalva leak point pressures-correlation with clinical and urodynamic data.

Aims: To characterize the factors contributing to changes in baseline abdominal pressure (P(abd)) and the correlation between DeltaVLPP, VLPP(tot), and other clinical and urodynamic variables.

Methods: Two hundred sixty-four female patients who had undergone an anti-incontinence procedure between February 1994 and October 1999 were retrospectively reviewed. The urodynamics performed for each patient included abdominal and vesical pressures measured in a standardized manner with the patient sitting upright and the pressure sensors maintained at the level of the symphysis pubis.

Sodium pentosan polysulfate reduces urothelial responses to inflammatory stimuli via an indirect mechanism.

Purpose: Sodium pentosan polysulfate has been promoted as a urothelial cytoprotective agent for treating interstitial cystitis. The nuclear transcription factor nuclear factor kappaB is thought to have a role in mediating the urothelial inflammatory response of interstitial cystitis. We further defined a possible cytoprotective effect of sodium pentosan polysulfate by characterizing the effect of the drug on the expression of nuclear factor kappaB.

Laparoscopic ileovesicostomy.

Purpose: We present our initial experience with laparoscopic ileovesicostomy for managing neurogenic bladder.

Materials And Methods: A 5 port transperitoneal approach was used for laparoscopic ileovesicostomy. After bladder preparation a 17 cm.

Urethral erosion of tension-free vaginal tape.

Tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) is gaining popularity as a treatment of choice for women with stress urinary incontinence. It is a minimally invasive procedure with reported short operative and postoperative hospitalization times and low complication rates. We describe urethral erosion of a TVT sling material in a 55-year-old woman who presented with immediate postoperative urinary retention.