The Location and Distribution of Transurethral Bulking Agent: 3-Dimensional Ultrasound Study.

Objectives: To use 3-dimensional endovaginal ultrasound to describe the location and distribution of bulking agent after an uncomplicated transurethral injection.

Methods: Endovaginal ultrasound was performed in 24 treatment-naive patients immediately after bulking agent was injected. The distance between the center of the hyperechoic density of bulking agent and the urethrovesical junction (UVJ) was measured in the sagittal and axial views.

Perceptions and practice patterns of general gynecologists regarding urogynecology and pelvic reconstructive surgery.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to describe the current practice patterns of general gynecologists regarding management of various urogynecologic conditions.

Methods: A 15-item Web-based survey was sent to obstetrician and gynecologists in 2011. Subjects who chose to participate answered questions about their comfort level with management of various urogynecologic conditions, their perceptions of the need for a pelvic reconstructive surgeon in their community, and when they feel it is appropriate to refer to a specialist.

Sperm hyperactivation as quality control for sperm penetration assay.

The sperm penetration assay (SPA) is subject to considerable variation, and controls are needed to verify the accuracy of the results. It is proposed that sperm hyperactivation (HA) can serve as a quality control check for the SPA. The objective was to determine if there was an association between the SPA outcome and sperm HA measured at various times during the SPA procedure.