The advantages offered by lasers compared to older technologies for endoscopic surgery for symptomatic benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) are reviewed. Laser treatments for the endoscopic management of patients with bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) resulting from BPH can be divided into three basic techniques. These techniques are vaporisation (removal of tissue), resection of tissue (excision o...

Aims of course/workshop Detrusor underactivity has gained increasing scientific and clinical interest lately, as it became obvious that a substantial number of female or male patients suffer of this bladder condition. However, no consensus on the diagnosis or evaluation approach has been reached. The key speakers of this workshop are intensively involved in new research initiatives within this ...

OBJECTIVES Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is considered a frequent cause of bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), although the physiopathologic mechanism through which BPH causes LUTS is not clear. Several morphologic and functional modifications of the bladder detrusor have been described in patients with BPH and could play a direct role in determining s...

background: gastric outlet obstruction (goo) due to peptic stricture is one of three known complications of peptic ulcer disease and usually requires therapeutic intervention for symptoms relief. after benjamin sb who primarily used balloon dilation for treatment of goo in 1982, some series has been published investigating procedure efficacy with different results. the purpose of this study is ...

The prostatic cysts are uncommon lesions usually detected incidentally. The incidence is reported as less than 1% most often occurs as small and asymptomatic lesions located medially in the gland; when they get a big size causes different lower urinary tract symptoms. Only 5% are symptomatic. The symptoms depend on the size and location of the lesion. Minimal access surgery (endoscopic) is reco...

We hypothesized that the calcineurin-nuclear factor of activated T-cells (NFAT) pathway is activated following partial bladder outlet obstruction (pBOO), which would allow for pharmacologic treatment to prevent the ensuing bladder wall hypertrophy. Using a model of pBOO in male mice, we were able to demonstrate increased nuclear importation of the transcription factors NFAT and myocyte enhanchi...