Urinary Incontinence Medications: Patient-Initiated Concerns in Primary Care.

Importance: Guideline-recommended medications for overactive bladder and urge urinary incontinence (OAB/UUI) are effective but have high costs and side effects. Little is known about patient concerns regarding these medications when prescribed by their primary care providers (PCPs).

Objective: The aim of the study was to describe PCP-patient interactions when prescribing medications for OAB/UUI, specifically clinical concerns, cost and authorization issues, and mode of communication for these interactions.

Senior medical student opinions regarding the ideal urology interview day.

Introduction: Applicant interviews for urology residency positions are a stressful and costly process for students, faculty, and staff. We conducted a prospective survey to better determine what urology applicants perceive as an ideal interview process to gain sufficient knowledge about a training program.

Methods: A questionnaire was anonymously completed by all urology residency applicants interviewing at the Medical College of Wisconsin from 2007 to 2013.

Preoperative Valsalva voiding increases the risk of urinary retention after midurethral sling placement.

Introduction And Hypothesis: A subset of neurologically normal females void by efficient Valsalva, not detrusor contraction. We determined the incidence of urinary retention following midurethral sling (MUS) placement in women that void by detrusor contraction versus Valsalva.

Methods: Review of patients undergoing MUS insertion between 2002 and 2009 for urodynamic stress incontinence was performed.