This is a prospective study of seventy three patients with chronic prostatitis over a ten year period (1984-1994. The study was carried out at various hospitals in Lagos Nigeria and Nairobi Kenya. The mean age was 39.3 years. Chronic bacterial prostatitis was diagnosed in 15 patients (20.5%) of which 11 patients (73.3%) had Escherichia coli as the causative pathogen. Four of these patients (36....

To evaluate Overactive bladder (OAB) with detrusor overactivity (DOA) following oxybutynin or tolterodine treatment in recommended doses at a four-week course. A total of 100 Iranian women 45 years or older with urgency that also showed idiopathic detrusor overactivity (IDO) in the filling phase of their cystometry were included in the current study. In this double-blinded trial two parallel gr...

Urinary incontinence of the severity encountered in spina bifida and bladder exstrophy can deal a shattering blow to the fragile self esteem of children and young people. Patients stigmatised by incontinence in childhood are often underachievers at school and denied employment opportunities as young adults. Treatment is aimed at creating the degree of continence required to enable them to fulfi...

Sir, AN69-associated reactions in haemodialysed patients receiving angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) are well-documented [1]. The negatively charged AN69 membrane is thought to activate the bradykinin system. Moreover, ACEI reduces bradykinin inactivation. Surface-treated AN69 is considered to be safer in that regard. To our knowledge, only one case of anaphylactoid reaction induc...

to evaluate overactive bladder (oab) with detrusor overactivity (doa) following oxybutynin or tolterodine treatment in recommended doses at a four-week course. a total of 100 iranian women 45 years or older with urgency that also showed idiopathic detrusor overactivity (ido) in the filling phase of their cystometry were included in the current study. in this double-blinded trial two parallel gr...

BACKGROUND Urinary incontinence can affect 40-60% of people admitted to hospital after a stroke, with 25% still having problems on hospital discharge and 15% remaining incontinent at one year. OBJECTIVES To determine the optimal methods for treatment of urinary incontinence after stroke in adults. SEARCH STRATEGY We searched the Cochrane Incontinence and Stroke Groups specialised registers ...