OBJECTIVES To assess the effects of saw palmetto on urinary symptoms, sexual function, and urinary flow rate in men with lower urinary tract symptoms using a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. METHODS The eligible patients were 45 years of age or older and had an International Prostate Symptom Score of 8 or greater. After a 1-month placebo run-in period, 85 men were randomize...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the use of a translated Chinese version of the pelvic pain and urgency/frequency symptom scale as an assessment and prognostic tool to evaluate the severity of street-ketamine-associated lower urinary tract symptoms and their reversibility after abstinence. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING A special designated out-patient clinic in a regional hospital in Hong K...

We performed a meta-analysis to compare treatment with a combination of solifenacin plus tamsulosin oral controlled absorption system (TOCAS) with placebo or TOCAS monotherapy. The aim of the meta-analysis was to clarify the efficacy and safety of the combination treatments method for lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). We searched for trials of men with LUTS that were randomized to combinatio...

OBJECTIVE Although diabetes is known to result in lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in men, it remains unclear if glycemic control can mitigate urinary symptoms. We studied how diabetic characteristics are related to LUTS in the men who completed the urological assessment component (UroEDIC) of the Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications (EDIC) follow-up study of the Diabetes...

OBJECTIVES To find the incidence of voiding dysfunction in Parkinson's disease and to examine the relation between the voiding dysfunction and various indices of the disease (disease severity, disease duration, age, sex, and treatment with antiparkisonian drugs), the presence of voiding dysfunction was quantitatively estimated in patients sampled on the unselected (consecutive) basis. METHODS...

PURPOSE We compared the prevalence and bother of lower urinary tract symptoms in adults treated for posterior urethral valves in childhood and population based controls. MATERIALS AND METHODS Questionnaires were mailed to patients 18 years and older treated at our institution for posterior urethral valves. Of the 124 patients 68 (64.2%) participated, 18 were unavailable and 38 did not partici...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to evaluate the individual change of International prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) and Overactive Bladder Symptom Score (OABSS) in each patient by temperature conditions. MATERIALS AND METHODS The severity of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) was explored using the IPSS and OABSS questionnaires that were completed by 2.486 subjects (923 males and 1.563 female...

PURPOSE The purpose of this research was to evaluate the effect of a specific fermented whey product on lower urinary tract symptoms, main prostate related indices and oxidative stress/inflammatory markers in urine and seminal plasma in men with moderate dysuric symptoms. An additional purpose was to clarify associations between different parameters with special emphasis on pain. METHODS This...