The relationship between serum testosterone levels and bladder storage symptoms in a female population with polycystic ovary syndrome.

Objectives: To examine the relationship between bladder symptoms and serum testosterone levels in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).

Materials And Methods: A total of 140 patients diagnosed with PCOS according to ESHRE/ASRM criteria in two clinics were evaluated for the effects of testosterone on bladder symptoms. The effect of testosterone on bladder symptoms was quantified by self-administered pelvic pain and urgency/frequency questionnaire (PUFq) and an extra special question performed for urge incontinence.

Effects of lumbar lordosis and pelvic inlet orientation on the outcome of the transobturator tape sling operation in women.

Purpose: To determine the association between changes in lumbar lordosis (LL) and/or pelvic inlet (PI) orientation and the outcome of a transobturator tape (TOT) sling procedure.

Methods: The study population consisted of 70 patients who underwent the TOT sling procedure for stress urinary incontinence, and were evaluated by a stress test at the sixth month after the surgery. The women were defined as continent on the absence of both subjective complaint of leakage and objective leakage as a result of the test.

Botulinum toxin-A to improve urethral wound healing: an experimental study in a rat model.

Objectives: Tensile distracting forces caused by elements such as a muscle pull can cause widening of scars in the tissue during the wound healing process. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether induced immobilization of the urethral muscle using botulinum toxin-A (BTX-A) enhances wound healing and also reduces the amount of scar formation in an experimentally induced urethral injury in a male rat model.

Methods: Prepubertal male albino rats were divided into 2 groups: 20 rats in the BTX-A group received BTX-A injection treatment during surgery and 10 rats in the control group received 0.