A cross-sectional study of the international prostate symptom scores related to age and gender in Dutch adults reporting no voiding complaints.

Objective: To determine the IPSS in a selected population reporting no voiding complaints.

Subjects And Methods: 1143 adults without voiding complaints were included. They were divided over both sexes and all decades.

The 24-h frequency-volume chart in adults reporting no voiding complaints: defining reference values and analysing variables.

Objective: To determine the variables (e.g. voiding frequency, voided volumes, urine production) and their mutual relationships and differences between age groups and genders, using a frequency-volume chart (FVC) in an adult population (representing all age groups) who denied having any voiding complaints.

Evaluation of the diagnostic workup in young women referred for recurrent lower urinary tract infections.

Objectives: To evaluate the current practice of the diagnostic workup in The Netherlands and the clinical relevancy of the outcome of various diagnostic procedures in young women referred for recurrent lower urinary tract infections (UTIs).

Methods: A questionnaire was sent to all urologic departments in The Netherlands (n = 104) inquiring about the diagnostic procedures used for recurrent lower UTIs. Furthermore, we performed a prospective study in 100 consecutive young female patients (18 to 40 years old) referred for evaluation of recurrent lower UTIs.

Value of diagnostic ultrasound in patients with chronic scrotal pain and normal findings on clinical examination.

Objectives: Chronic scrotal pain is a frequent complaint. In many patients with scrotal pain, scrotal ultrasound is performed when the physical examination reveals no abnormalities. We evaluated the yield of scrotal ultrasound in patients with chronic scrotal pain and a normal physical examination.

[Benign prostatic hyperplasia; recommendations for transmural care. Working Group, Dutch College of General Practitioners and Netherlands College of Urologists].

Both the Netherlands College of Urologists (NVU) and the Dutch General Practice College (NHG) in recent years published guidelines for the management of benign hypertrophy of the prostate (BPH). The two differ in a number of respects and are not always consistent. The differences between the GP's and urologists' guidelines are mostly to be attributed to the difference in the patient populations visiting the GP and the urologist, respectively.