Inflatable penile prosthesis (IPP) has been around since the 1970's as a durable and one-time cure for erectile dysfunction (ED). For the past 40 years, many changes have been made to make the device better and currently IPP boasts a high percentage of long-term patient satisfaction. The next paradigm shift in IPP treatment for ED is upon us. Funding for ED related medications and devices has b...

The negative effects of intellectual property protection (IPP) on trade volume have been found in the literature when market power effects dominate market expansion effects. Because both effects will increase profits, IPP will induce entry without ambiguity. However, using product-level entry data, negative effects on market supply are found after controlling for country-specific effects. An ex...

PURPOSE Male overactive bladder (OAB) may be caused by prostatic pathologies such as bladder outlet obstruction (BOO). Intravesical prostatic protrusion (IPP) has been found to correlate with BOO and acute urinary retention. We investigated the interrelation between male OAB symptoms and IPP for estimating anatomical changes to the prostate. MATERIALS AND METHODS We assessed 179 consecutive m...

Statistical modeling of presence-only data has attracted much recent attention in the ecological literature, leading to a proliferation of methods, including the inhomogeneous poisson process (IPP) model [15], maximum entropy (Maxent) modeling of species distributions [12] [9] [10], and logistic regression models. Several recent articles have shown the close relationships between these methods ...

INTRODUCTION Interprofessional patient care is a well-recognized path that health care systems are striving toward. The Veteran's Affairs (VA) system initiated interprofessional practice (IPP) models with their Geriatric Evaluation and Management (GEM) programs. GEM programs incorporate a range of specialties, including but not limited to, medicine, nursing, social work, physical therapy and ph...

AIMS Intravesical prostatic protrusion (IPP) may be an underutilized modality for the assessment of bladder outlet obstruction (BOO). Pressure flow studies or urodynamics have long been the gold standard for the evaluation of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in men but are invasive, time-consuming and costly. Potentially, IPP may be a useful adjunct prior to performing urodynamics. METHODS...

OBJECTIVES Despite documented efficacy of injury prevention programs (IPPs) to reduce sport-related lower extremity injury risk, there is evidence of a lack of widespread IPP adoption by high school coaches. This study identified factors related to non-adoption of IPPs by assessing coaches' knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to prevention programs and comparing attitudes between adopte...

Tripeptides isoleucyl-prolyl-proline (IPP) and valyl-prolyl-proline (VPP) act as ACE inhibitors in vitro. Double transgenic rats (dTGR) harbouring human renin and human angiotensinogen genes develop malignant hypertension due to increased angiotensin II formation. The present study was aimed to evaluate possible antihypertensive effect of IPP and VPP in this severe model. Four-week-old dTGR wer...

Inflatable penile prostheses (IPP) have been utilized reliably as a definitive treatment for medically refractory erectile dysfunction (ED) over the last four decades. The device consists of two intra-corporal penile cylinders, a pump placed in the scrotum, and a fluidcontaining reservoir. However, placement of an IPP reservoir in a patient with multiple lower abdominal/ pelvic surgeries is tec...

Inflatable penile prostheses (IPP) have been utilized reliably as a definitive treatment for medically refractory erectile dysfunction (ED) over the last four decades. The device consists of two intra-corporal penile cylinders, a pump placed in the scrotum, and a fluidcontaining reservoir. However, placement of an IPP reservoir in a patient with multiple lower abdominal/ pelvic surgeries is tec...