Ejaculation-preserving transurethral resection of prostate and bladder neck: short- and long-term results of a new innovative resection technique.

Introduction: Loss of antegrade ejaculation is a risk with conventional resection of the prostate (transurethral resection of the prostate [TURP]). The aim of this study was to determine the short- and long-term preservation of antegrade ejaculation and functional results with the novel ejaculation-preserving TURP (epTURP).

Patients And Methods: Prospective evaluation of 89 consecutive patients with bladder outlet obstructions aged 27 to 78 years, enrolled from June 2001 to January 2005.

Failure of monotherapy in primary monosymptomatic enuresis: a combined desmopressin and propiverine treatment regimen improves efficacy outcomes.

Objective: To evaluate, in a prospective study, the combination of the antimuscarinic propiverine and the antidiuretic hormone-agonist desmopressin in children and adolescents not responsive to previous monotherapy, as in primary monosymptomatic enuresis (PME), combined treatments are considered a second-line approach after the failure of monotherapy.

Patients And Methods: The study included 122 children and adolescents (mean age 10.8 years, range 5-21) with PME and so far unresponsive to single or multiple monotherapy.