To cite: Saha B, Sinha RK, Mukherjee S, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2014207816 DESCRIPTION A 35-year-old man presented with a 1-year history of increased urinary frequency, poor urinary flow, incomplete voiding sensation and dysuria. He was subjected to repeated urine culture and antibiotics, but his symptoms persisted. Digital rectal ex...

The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness a single 5 mg daily dose Tadalafil in patients with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) due benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) accompanied by erectile dysfunction (ED). data who applied urology outpatient clinic between 2014 and 2019 were diagnosed BPH ED retrospectively analysed. Before after treatment tadalafil for 12 weeks; maximum fl...

INTRODUCTION Scant data are available concerning the relationship between lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS)/benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and total serum testosterone level (TT) in eugonadal state. AIM We performed this study to evaluate the relationship between LUTS/BPH and TT in eugonadal men. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted that included a total of 2,308 eugonadal (T...

Objective To investigate voiding functions and assess the relationships of voiding parameters to overactive bladder symptoms and postvoiding residue volumes. Materials and Methods This is a retrospective study analyzing urodynamic parameters in patients who were diagnosed as having overactive in our urogynecology clinic between April 2014 and April 2016. A total of 290 women who met the selec...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Diabetic cystopathy is a frequent complication of diabetes mellitus. This study assessed the association between the post-voiding residual (PVR) urine volume and diabetic nephropathy in type 2 diabetics with no voiding symptoms. METHODS This study investigated 42 patients with type 2 diabetes who were followed regularly at our outpatient clinic between July 1, 2008 and June 30...

OBJECTIVE A visual prostate symptom score (VPSS) compared with the international prostate symptom score (IPSS) for evaluation of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) can be completed without physician assistance by a significantly larger proportion of men with limited education. We aimed to evaluate the correlation of the VPSS and IPSS with uroflowmetry parameters. METHODS Men with LUTS were r...

INTRODUCTION Aponeurotic sling surgeries can evolve with obstruction or voiding dysfunction in 5 to 20% of patients. There are few studies on factors that could possibly predispose to voiding difficulties or urinary retention. The objective of this work is to identify these potential clinical or urodynamic factors. MATERIALS AND METHODS Records from 130 patients who underwent aponeurotic slin...

BACKGROUND The International Continence Society has defined overactive bladder syndrome (OABS) by the following set of symptoms: 'urgency, with or without urge incontinence, usually with urinary frequency and nocturia'. OABS and cystocele often coexist. AIM This study aimed to analyse the changes in the overactive bladder symptom score (OABSS) of women followed up for one year after anterior ...

PURPOSE Most men with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) have bothersome lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). This study aimed to investigate the safety and efficacy of high-performance system (HPS) laser photoselective vaporization of the prostate (PVP) for the treatment of BPH in men with detrusor underactivity (DU). MATERIALS AND METHODS From March 2009, 371 patients with BPH were divided ...

The present study aimed to evaluate the effects of transurethral dividing vaporesection of the prostate in the management of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). From October 2006 to June 2012, a total of 377 patients who met the inclusion criteria with low urinary tract symptom secondary to BPH were treated transurethrally under epidural or sacral anesthesia using the dividing vaporesection tec...