[Comparison between autonomic nervous system cardiovascular tests (ANSCVT) and lacrymal and or salivary secretion tests (LSST) in overactive bladder syndrome and voiding dysfunction].

Purpose: To compare autonomic nervous system cardiovascular tests (ANSCVT) and lacrymal and or salivary secretion tests (LSST).

Method: One hundred and twenty-four patients (57 females, 67 males, mean age 45) with lower urinary tract symptoms (overactive bladder syndrome or voiding dysfunction) without neurogenic or urological causes, were included. Urodynamic was performed in all the patients with LSST (saliva flowmetry-sialometry [SFS], candy weight-loss test [CWT], Schirmer test [SchT]) and ANSCVT (ratio 30:15, orthostatic hypotension analysis, deep breath test [DBT], Valsalva maneuver [VM], cold pressor test [CPT] and hand grip test [HGT]).

[Evidence of pudendal neuropathy in Proctalgia Fugax: perineal neurophysiological assessment in 55 patients].

Objective: Proctalgia fugax (PF) is a very common condition especially in women. Causes and pathophysiological mechanisms of PF are unknown. Recently, a pudendal neuropathy was clinically suspected in women with PF.

[Recording expulsive forces during childbirth using intercostal muscle electromyogram: a pilot study].

Objective: The expulsive forces of childbirth can be included among the many potential risk factors implicated in the subsequent development of perineal disorders. The objective of this study was to devise a non-invasive way to measure abdominal pushing that would accurately represent the expulsive forces during childbirth.

Patients And Methods: By means of intravesical and intrauterine manometry, and electromyography (EMG) of intercostal muscles, we quantified these forces in 21 women during vaginal delivery.

[Botulinum toxin in headache].

Use of botulinum toxin in headache is a recent method. More and more studies are dedicated to this method. However, despite the large number of published studies, results are contradictory.