OBJECTIVES Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is considered a frequent cause of bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), although the physiopathologic mechanism through which BPH causes LUTS is not clear. Several morphologic and functional modifications of the bladder detrusor have been described in patients with BPH and could play a direct role in determining s...

OBJECTIVE Pressure-flow study is the gold standard for diagnosis of bladder outlet obstruction (BOO). A prospective study was carried out to compare urodynamic evaluation and measurement of intravesical protrusion of the prostate for diagnosing BOO. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients presenting with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia and suspected BOO...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this prospective study was to compare the diagnostic accuracy of detrusor wall thickness (DWT), free uroflowmetry, postvoid residual urine, and prostate volume (index tests) with pressure-flow studies (reference standard) to detect bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) in men. METHODS During a 2-yr period, men older than 40 yr with lower urinary tract symptoms and/or prostati...

PURPOSE The present study was done to define the degree of intravesical prostatic protrusion (IPP) causing bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)/lower urinary tract symptoms. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively evaluated 239 patients with BPH, analyzing age, IPP, prostate volume, International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS), and the results f...

Objective: Underactive bladder (UAB) is receiving increased attention as a contributor to urinary bother. An emerging definition of UAB focuses on voiding symptoms suggestive of urodynamic detrusor underactivity. However, while animal and tissue studies are useful to elucidate pathophysiologic mechanisms, they cannot directly address human symptoms. Objective dysfunctions associated with UAB sy...

12 Boötis is a spectroscopic binary whose visual orbit has been resolved by interferometry. Though the physical parameters of the system have been determined with an excellent precision, the theoretical modelling of the components is still uncertain. We study the capability of solar-like oscillations to distinguish between calibrated models of the system obtained by including in the stellar mod...

Introduction. Traditionally it is believed that the therapeutic effect of hexane extract Serenoa repens (HSRE) in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia realized due to its on prostate cells. However, literature there data about possible HSRE not only prostate, but also directly bladder. This paper summarizes and analyzes cellular mechanisms action bladder under development infravesical obs...

In the attempt to shed new light on the λ Boo phenomenon we analyzed the astrometric, photometric and spectroscopic characteristics of stars out of a list of recently selected λ Boo candidates. We show that the class is still ill-defined and discuss the possibility that some, if not most stars presently classified as λ Boo, are in fact binary pairs and that peculiar abundances may not correspon...

In the attempt to shed new light on the λ Boo phenomenon we analyzed the astrometric, photometric and spectroscopic characteristics of stars out of a list of recently selected λ Boo candidates. We show that the class is still ill-defined and discuss the possibility that some, if not most stars presently classified as λ Boo, are in fact binary pairs and that peculiar abundances may not correspon...

We consider the beam orientation optimization (BOO) problem for total marrow irradiation (TMI) treatment planning using intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT). Currently, IMRT is not widely used in TMI treatment delivery; furthermore, the effect of using non-coplanar beam orientations is not known. We propose and implement several variations of a single neighborhood search algorithm that ...