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OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of lower urinary tract dysfunction (LUTD) in gynecologic cancer survivors after radical hysterectomy (RH) as compared to total abdominal hysterectomy (TAH). The impact on quality of life (QOL) was also evaluated. MATERIALS AND METHODS From January to April 2010, 108 gynecologic cancer survivors (52 cervical, 28 ovarian and 28 endometrial cancer patients) ...

Fourteen years after its Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI), Kosovo is not still an international legal personality. The major challenge that has neither recognition nor non-recognition but the withdrawal (WR) by countries hitherto recognised it UDI. Evidently, only stagnated retarding because WR some states. On 13 May 2022, Serbian Foreign Minister declared there four additional brin...

OBJECTIVES Urinary incontinence (UI) impacts all aspects of life activities. This study aims to characterize change in mobility within the community utilizing the Life Space Assessment (LSA) questionnaire in women undergoing non-surgical UI treatment. DESIGN Prospective cohort study, performed from July 2007 to March 2009, which followed women seeking non-surgical UI treatment and assessed th...

The urban moisture island (UMI) can aggravate the thermal stress due to heat (UHI) in subtropical and tropical cities. In this study, we investigated spatiotemporal variation patterns of UMI Hong Kong, a coastal city, using fine-resolution mesoscale Weather Research Forecasting (WRF) model by integrating local climate zone (LCZ) maps based on World Urban Database Access Portal Tools (WUDAPT). O...

AIMS The Questionnaire for Urinary Incontinence Diagnosis (QUID), a 6-item urinary incontinence (UI) symptom questionnaire, was developed and validated to distinguish stress and urge UI. This study's objective was to evaluate QUID validity and responsiveness when used as a clinical trial outcome measure. METHODS Participants enrolled in a multi-center trial of non-surgical therapy (continence...

OBJECTIVES The most recognized complications after urethral diverticulum repair are urethrovaginal fistula, diverticula recurrence, and de novo urinary incontinence. Our objective was to determine the rate of de novo stress urinary incontinence (SUI) after urethral diverticulum repair. METHODS We conducted a retrospective review of female patients who underwent urethral diverticulum repair wi...

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