Female stress urinary incontinence: What’s old is new again?

New concept for treating female stress urinary incontinence with radiofrequency

PURPOSE To evaluate the clinical response and adverse effects of radiofrequency on the urethral meatus in the treatment of stress urinary incontinence in women. MATERIALS AND METHODS This phase one study included ten women with Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI). The evaluation consisted of 1 hour Pad tests to quantify urine loss and to assess the degree of procedure satisfaction by using the ...

[Transobturator slings for female stress urinary incontinence].

INTRODUCTION Stress urinary incontinence affects about 20-40% of women. Treatment with transobturator mid-urethral slings is consensually accepted nowadays. The goal of this study was to evaluate the success rate and most frequent complications of surgical treatment with transobturator mid-urethral slings in stress urinary incontinence. MATERIAL AND METHODS This study evaluated 363 patients w...

Ketamine-What Is Old Is New Again.

AMPylation: Something Old is New Again

The post-translational modification AMPylation is emerging as a significant regulatory mechanism in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic biology. This process involves the covalent addition of an adenosine monophosphate to a protein resulting in a modified protein with altered activity. Proteins capable of catalyzing AMPylation, termed AMPylators, are comparable to kinases in that they both hydrolyz...

Surgical Treatment of Female Stress Urinary Incontinence: AUA/SUFU Guideline.

PURPOSE Stress urinary incontinence is a common problem experienced by many women that can have a significant negative impact on the quality of life of those who suffer from the condition and potentially those friends and family members whose lives and activities may also be limited. MATERIALS AND METHODS A comprehensive search of the literature was performed by ECRI Institute. This search in...