Purpose: Children with no obvious anatomic or neurological abnormalities who present with various urinary symptoms such as urgency, frequency, incontinence or urinary tract infection (UTI) are often diagnosed as having dysfunctional voiding. However, it is likely that dysfunction voiding represents a spectrum of abnormalities with different etiologies. The purpose of this study is to correlate ...

OBJECTIVE To describe the results of urodynamic study in women with pure stress urinary incontinence symptoms, including the characteristics of the overactive detrusor. No other clinical assessments were taken into account. MATERIAL AND METHODS A retrospective study in women with urinary incontinence consecutively evaluated by urodynamic study. From a total of 710 women, only 108 (15%) with p...

Advances in technology and gains in modern medicine are intertwined. Development of medicine through comprehensive application of advanced technology is a principal condition for their mutual progress. However, they also serve as an important limiting factor to each other. The clearly established need for improved medicine cannot be satisfied by the limitation in technology. For example, curren...

DOI: 10.21276/sjams.2017.5.9.36 Abstract: The diagnosis and management of bladder outlet obstruction among postmenopausal patients is a complex process with various modalities available for its diagnosis. Cystourethroscopy is an important tool for the same and we intend to study if it is enough in the diagnosis of the presence and degree of bladder outlet obstruction in post-menopausal female p...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the association between early treatment and urodynamic improvement in pediatric and adolescent patients with neurogenic bladder. METHODOLOGY Retrospective longitudinal and observational study (between 1990 and 2013) including patients with neurogenic bladder and myelomeningocele treated based on urodynamic results. The authors evaluated the urodynamic follow-up (bladder ...

BACKGROUND In this study, we compared the differences in dynamic changes of the bladder neck between women with and without urodynamic stress incontinence by computer-aided vector-based perineal ultrasound. METHODS The function and morphology of the lower urinary tract were assessed in 48 women with or without urodynamic stress incontinence by urodynamic study and computer-aided vector-based ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate urodynamic alterations after sub-urethral sling surgery (SSU) in patients with post-prostatectomy urinary incontinence (PPUI). MATERIALS AND METHODS We evaluated data of 22 patients submitted to radical prostatectomy (RP) or transurethral resection of prostate (TURP) that presented post-surgical urinary incontinence and were treated with SSU implant in a pilot study prev...