OBJECTIVES To investigate the urothelial dysfunction and inflammation of urinary bladder in patients with upper urinary tract (UUT) urolithiasis through the results of cystoscopic hydrodistension and immunohistochemistry study. METHODS Ninety-one patients with UUT urolithiasis underwent cystoscopic hydrodistension before the stone surgery. Immunofluorescence staining of E-cadherin, zonula occ...

BACKGROUND Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) have been reported amongst the side effects of calcium antagonists (CA). CAs act on the bladder by affecting the ability of the detrusor muscle to create enough contractile force to overcome obstruction to normal voiding. We aimed to determine the relationship between CA use and LUTS in general medical inpatients. METHODS AND FINDINGS In this cro...

www.trendsinmenshealth.com TRENDS IN UROLOGY & MEN’S HEALTH SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2017 Bladder pain syndrome (BPS), also referred to as interstitial cystitis (IC), is a chronic and debilitating condition. It presents with lower urinary tract symptoms in the form of urinary frequency, urgency, nocturia, and suprapubic and pelvic pain. The severity of the symptoms varies from person to person. It is ...

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE Dysfunctional voiding (DV) is an abnormality of bladder emptying in neurologically normal individuals where the external sphincter activity increases during voiding. This study investigated the clinical presentations and videourodynamic characteristics of adult women with DV. METHODS A total of 1605 women with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) were investigated with video...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate whether urodynamic investigation (UDI), the gold standard to assess refractory lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), is appropriate to select healthy volunteers with apparent normal lower urinary tract function as control subjects for comparative studies. SUBJECTS AND METHODS 42 healthy subjects (22 women, mean age 32±10 years; 20 men, mean age 37±12 years) without LUTS ...

• Offer a urine dipstick test to detect blood, glucose, protein, leucocytes, and nitrites. • Offer the patient information and advice, and give him the time to decide whether he wishes to have prostate specific antigen testing if: -His symptoms suggest bladder outlet obstruction secondary to benign prostatic enlargement or -His prostate feels abnormal on digital rectal examination or -He is con...

BACKGROUND Most disorders of the lower urinary tract are functional, so diagnoses are typically based on urodynamic findings. Treatment is likely to fail if the pathology is not correctly diagnosed. OBJECTIVES There are various diagnostic tests for lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). In this study, we evaluated the value of urodynamic testing to diagnose the causes of lower urinary symptoms ...

This study investigated the relationship of personality, depression, somatization, anxiety with lower urinary tract symptoms suggestive of benign prostatic hyperplasia (LUTS/BPH). The LUTS/BPH patients were evaluated with the International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS), 44-item Big Five Inventory (BFI), the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), the PHQ-15, and 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disor...

This review assesses lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) due to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) with or without erectile dysfunction (ED) and related therapies focusing on tadalafil. A literature search was obtained and reviewed for the epidemiology, treatment therapies, pathophysiology, and efficacy and safety of phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor (PDE5i) tadalafil in patients with LUTS/BPH...

Purpose: This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of LUTS in women and influencing risk factors. 
 Materials Methods: cross-sectional with 377 who presented internal medicine outpatient departments a training research hospital for examination. The data were collected questionnaire form “Bristol Female Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms-Short Form (BFLUTS-SF)”. Results: at least one 9...