PURPOSE In women who reported a weak urinary stream, the efficacy of treatment chosen according to the urodynamic findings on pressure-flow study was prospectively evaluated. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twelve female patients with maximum flow rates of 10 mL/sec or lower were analyzed in the present study. At baseline, all underwent pressure-flow study to determine the degree of bladder outlet obst...

INTRODUCTION Elderly men with multiple comorbidities may be unfit to undergo surgical management of benign prostatic obstruction (BPO). Permanent and temporary prostatic stents have been developed as an alternative to chronic indwelling catheters in men unfit for surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS Herein we review the past and present literature on the role and effectiveness of prostatic stents i...

The most common cause of acute dysuria is infection, especially cystitis. Other infectious causes include urethritis, sexually transmitted infections, and vaginitis. Noninfectious inflammatory causes include a foreign body in the urinary tract and dermatologic conditions. Noninflammatory causes of dysuria include medication use, urethral anatomic abnormalities, local trauma, and interstitial cy...

INTRODUCTION Acute urinary retention is a rare occurrence in women necessitating further investigation. Potential underlying causes may be broadly classified into obstructive, neurological, pharmacological, and psychogenic categories. CASE A 36-year-old nulliparous female presented to the Emergency Department with a two-day history of acute urinary retention. Point-of-care ultrasonography and...

Presence of posterior urethral valves (PUV) is the most common cause of urinary tract obstruction in the male neonate. Late presentation occurs in 10% of cases. We present a case of PUVs in an adult male who presented with history of obstructive lower urinary tract symptoms and hematuria. On evaluation, he was found to have raised serum creatinine level. A voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG) could ...

PURPOSE To report functional urethral obstruction (FUO) following the tubularised incised plate (TIP) procedure for hypospadias repair and its management. MATERIALS AND METHODS Between January 2003 and December 2010, 263 patients were referred with complications following TIP repair and who were reviewed on regular follow up after further correction. One hundred and twenty-nine of these patie...

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...

© 2003 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors A an uneventful pregnancy and delivery, a healthy male infant was born at 39 weeks’ gestation and circumcised by his family physician on the sixth day of life. In the subsequent 36 hours, the boy continued to wet diapers, but had progressive irritability and lethargy, and was brought back to the family physician for reassessment at the age of...

PATHOLOGY OF THE MALE GENITAL SYSTEM Objectives:  Describe the penile neoplasm.  Identify the histological features of testicular atrophy associated with infertility cases.  Identify the gross appearance of hydrocele and torsion of testis.  Describe the classification and the histogenesis of Testicular tumors.  Identify the gross and histological features of: Benign prostatic hyperplasia. ...

PURPOSE To evaluate the effectiveness of Otis urethrotomy combined with six weekly urethral dilations until 40 French (Fr) in the treatment of women with urodynamic diagnosis of bladder outlet obstruction (BOO). MATERIALS AND METHODS Women diagnosed with lower urinary tract symptoms underwent urodynamic evaluation. Severity of symptoms and quality of life were assessed with international pros...