Early endoscopic detection and subsequent removal of sphincter penetrating anastomotic sutures may prevent irreversible urinary incontinence after radical prostatectomy.

Background And Purpose: Iatrogenic sphincter lesions are possible reasons for sphincteric incompetence and postprostatectomy urinary incontinence. The aim of this study was to identify early possible sphincter injuries as causes for urinary incontinence after radical prostatectomy by endoscopic evaluation of the anastomotic region.

Patients And Methods: Among 374 patients who had undergone radical prostatectomy from 2005 to 2009 at our institution, we investigated patients with early postoperative urinary incontinence.

High frequency oscillations in the subthalamic nucleus: a neurophysiological marker of the motor state in Parkinson's disease.

Increasing evidence suggests that abnormal oscillatory activity in basal ganglia and cortex plays a pivotal role in the pathophysiology of Parkinson's disease. Recordings of local field potentials from subthalamic nucleus of patients undergoing deep brain stimulation have focused on oscillations occurring at frequencies below 100 Hz in the alpha, beta and gamma range and suggested that, in particular, an increase of beta band oscillations underlies slowing of movement in Parkinson's disease. Recent findings showing that the amplitude of high frequency oscillations (>200 Hz) couples with the phase of beta activity have raised the important question about the role of subthalamic high frequency oscillations in Parkinson's disease.