OBJECTIVE Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the most common serious bacterial infection in infants. To use resources optimally, factors contributing to costs through length of stay (LOS) must be identified. This study sought to identify clinical and health system factors associated with long LOS in infants with UTI. METHODS Using a case-control design, we included infants <6 months old hospita...

BACKGROUND The management of posterior urethral valves (PUV) and its sequelae is still a challenge to most pediatric surgeons in our environment due to late presentation and inadequate facilities for long-term evaluation and treatment. Despite initial successful treatment about 40% would develop chronic renal failure. The aim is to describe the presentation, management and outcome of the initia...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy and complications of tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) versus tension-free transobturator vaginal tape (TVT-O) from inside to outside for the surgical treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in women. METHODS Retrospectively, 35 patients with SUI were recruited into this study; 18 patients were assigned to the TVT procedure and ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Continuous antibiotic prophylaxis (CAP) is recommended to prevent urinary tract infections (UTIs) in newborns with antenatal hydronephrosis (HN). However, there is a paucity of high-level evidence supporting this practice. The goal of this study was to conduct a systematic evaluation to determine the value of CAP in reducing the rate of UTIs in this patient population. ...

Two hundred and eighty-five children under 15 years old (169 boys and 116 girls) who had urinary tract infection (UTI) were admitted to our hospital during the period July 1995 to June 1998. Clinical presentation, laboratory data and image studies were recognized and analyzed. Most patients were younger than 2 years of age. Fever is the most common sign, especially in young children. With the u...

PATIENTS AND METHODS Thirty operated patients of myelodysplasia were clinically evaluated for the age at presentation, the extent of lesion and neurological deficit. Urological assessment was done with urine cultures, serum creatinine, radiological (ultrasound of kidney, ureters and bladder, voiding cystourethrogram) and urodynamic (water cystometry) parameters. An objective scoring for bladder...

PURPOSE We studied the results of urine cultures and antimicrobial sensitivity tests according to the voiding method used by spinal cord injury (SCI) patients over a recent 10-year period. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively analyzed 1,236 urine samples and their antimicrobial sensitivity tests for 112 patients who had used only one voiding method between January 2000 and December 2009. ...

BACKGROUND Urethral dilation has been recommended to treat voiding dysfunction that may occur after placement of tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence. We report on a case of urethral erosion by the tape secondary to repetitive urethral dilations after surgery. CASE A urethral erosion by the tape was diagnosed by cystoscopy after three urethral dilat...

OBJECTIVES To study after contractions in men with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) related to bladder outlet obstruction (BOO), in the absence of neuropathy, and to verify whether it is associated with the severity of symptoms or certain filling and voiding variables. PATIENTS AND METHODS Of 380 patients with LUTS and who were assessed using urodynamic studies, we retrospectively analysed...

The role of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) 1A (5-HT1A) receptors in lower urinary tract function was examined in urethane-anesthetized female Sprague-Dawley rats. Bladder pressure and the external urethral sphincter electromyogram (EUS EMG) activity were recorded during continuous-infusion transvesical cystometrograms (TV-CMGs) to allow voiding and during transurethral-CMGs (TU-CMGs) which prevente...