Evaluation of the effect of abdominal sacrocolpopexy (ASC) on urethral anatomy and continence mechanism using dynamic MRI.

Introduction: Treatment of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) associated with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is a surgical challenge. Surgeons may perform combined prolapse and incontinence surgery or may correct prolapse first and evaluate incontinence afterwards. We present a prospective study to evaluate the effect of abdominal sacrocolpopexy (ASC) on urethral anatomy and continence using dynamic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Remineralization potential of grape seed extract hydrogels on bleached enamel compared to fluoride gel: An study.

Background: Remineralizing of bleached enamel is a common procedure that aims to compensate enamel mineral lose. This study aimed to evaluate the remineralization effectiveness of experimentally prepared grape seed extract hydrogels (GSE) compared to fluoride gel on bleached enamel.

Material And Methods: Thirty extracted maxillary incisor were bleached using white smile bleaching agent.

Prospective evaluation of the management of bowel dysfunction in children with neuropathic lower urinary tract dysfunction and its effect on bladder dynamics.

Introduction And Aim: Children with neuropathic lower urinary tract dysfunction usually suffer from associated bowel dysfunction, urinary tract infection and vesicoureteral reflux. This work aimed to highlight the impact of bowel management on bladder dynamics.

Patients And Methods: In the period from January 2011 to January 2013, 30 patients, 21 girls and 9 boys with neuropathic lower urinary tract dysfunction were studied.

Outcome of rolled fortified vaginal flap operation on female patients with intrinsic sphincteric deficiency: 2-year follow-up.

Introduction And Hypothesis: We evaluate the 2-year outcome of the rolled fortified vaginal flap (RFVF) operation for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) due to intrinsic sphincteric deficiency (ISD).

Methods: A prospective study of 20 women suffering from SUI due to ISD was conducted. All patients were subjected to history-taking, clinical examination, cough stress test, and urodynamics.

Factors determining the amount of residual urine in men with bladder outlet obstruction: Could it be a predictor for bladder contractility?

Objective: To determine from urodynamic data what causes an increased postvoid residual urine volume (PVR) in men with bladder outlet obstruction (BOO), urethral resistance or bladder failure, and to determine how to predict bladder contractility from the PVR.

Patients And Methods: We analysed retrospectively the pressure-flow studies (PFS) of 90 men with BOO. Nine patients could not void and the remaining 81 were divided into three groups, i.

Different urodynamic patterns in female bladder outlet obstruction: Can urodynamics alone reach the diagnosis?

Objective: To define the different urodynamic patterns in female bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) and to assess whether urodynamics alone can be relied on for the diagnosis.

Patients And Methods: This prospective study included 60 clinically obstructed women and 27 with stress urinary incontinence as a control group. All patients had pressure-flow studies and were divided into four groups.

Lipophilic Constituents of Rumex vesicarius L. and Rumex dentatus L.

Rumex dentatus L. and Rumex vesicarius L., of the family Polygonaceae, are edible herbs growing wild in Egypt.

Refractory enuresis in children and adolescents: how can urodynamics affect management and what is the optimum test?

Objective: After failure of medical and behavioral therapy in enuresis, the usual next step is to investigate using urodynamics. The aim of this study was to determine the actual benefit and optimal method of urodynamics in the treatment of refractory enuresis.

Methods: This prospective randomized study included 56 patients: 17 males and 39 females with an age range of 7-16 years.

Treatment of female stress urinary incontinence: what women find acceptable and the impact of clinical and urodynamic evaluation on their final choice.

Objectives: The aim of this study was determine what women find acceptable regarding treatment modality for Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and to assess the impact of clinical and urodynamic evaluation on their final decision.

Material And Methods: This prospective, institutional review board-approved study included 100 consecutive women with primary SUI. All women were given a questionnaire that included the Urinary Distress Inventory (UDI-6) and the American Urologic Association Quality of Life questionnaire (AUA-QoL6).

Differential profile analysis of urinary cytokines in patients with overactive bladder.

Introduction And Hypothesis: We hypothesize that overactive bladder (OAB) can produce inflammatory cytokines due to afferent neural plasticity or urothelial dysfunction. This study aimed to detect abnormal cytokine levels in urine of patients with OAB compared to urinary tract infections (UTI) and controls.

Methods: This was a prospective, single blind study including 20 premenopausal women (control), 20 with OAB and 16 with UTI.

Isolation and characterization of antineoplastic alkaloids from Catharanthus roseus L. Don. cultivated in Egypt.

Vinblastine and vincristine (the antileukemic agents) were isolated, in a pure form, from Catharanthus roseus L. Don., cultivated in Egypt, by several chromatographic techniques.

Do women have realistic expectations of treatment for stress urinary incontinence?

Aims: Our objective was to determine what women find acceptable regarding treatment and outcomes for treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI), and correlate this to age, distress and quality of life (QOL).

Materials And Methods: This prospective cross-sectional IRB-approved study evaluated women with primary SUI. One hundred sequential women (mean age, 53.

The outcome of transobturator cystocele repair using biocompatible porcine dermis graft: our experience with 32 cases.

This study aims to evaluate the outcome of cystocele repair using Perigee with biocompatible matrix (InteXen). After IRB approval, a retrospective chart review of patients who underwent Perigee/InteXen repair was done. Success was defined as a postoperative anatomical stage 0 or I using POP-Q system.

Urethral diverticulum after tension-free vaginal tape procedure: case report.

This study presents the third case in the literature of a urethral diverticulum after the tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) procedure, with an additional finding of the diverticulum developing distal to the tape. A 54-year-old woman, with 3 years' status post-TVT, presented with urinary tract infection and infravesical obstruction. Urethrocystoscopy revealed a urethral diverticulum just distal to the sling site.

Transperineal repair of complex rectourethral fistula using gracilis muscle flap interposition--can urinary and bowel functions be preserved?

Purpose: Rectourethral fistula developing after prostate cancer treatment is usually complex and difficult to repair. We present our experience with 25 cases of complex rectourethral fistula using gracilis muscle interposition, addressing the efficacy of this technique as well as the postoperative urinary and fecal outcome.

Materials And Methods: After receiving institutional review board approval we performed a retrospective chart review of patients with prostate cancer who had undergone gracilis muscle interposition for complex rectourethral fistula.

Recurrent stress urinary incontinence after dislodged screws in patient with bone-anchored suburethral sling.

This is the first reported case of recurrent stress urinary incontinence secondary to dislodged bone-anchoring screws. A 71-year-old man who had undergone successful bone-anchored sling placement for post-prostatectomy incontinence, presented with recurrent stress urinary incontinence after a bout of coughing. Pelvic radiography revealed three screws had been dislodged.