Near-infrared spectroscopy of the urinary bladder during voiding in men with lower urinary tract symptoms: a preliminary study.

Objectives: To determine the difference in response of NIRS of the bladder during voiding between men with and without BOO.LUTS.

Methods: A prospective, case series, study included 36 men with LUTS.

Decreasing operative time and incontinence rates in patients treated with radical cystectomy and urethral diversion: a prospective randomized trial using a new suturing device (CAPIO).

Purpose: Radical cystectomy and orthotopic urinary diversion has been associated with significant long surgery time and postoperative urinary incontinence. We undertook a prospective randomized study to investigate the potential decrease in surgery time and improvement in the continence rate using a new suturing device compared with the traditional suture ligation, which is used for urethro-ileal anastomosis after radical cystectomy and orthotopic diversion for invasive bladder carcinoma.

Materials And Methods: Between April 2005 and March 2010, 50 consecutive patients (37 men and 13 women) were recruited for the study.