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AUA 2009 - Urodynamics/Incontinence/Female Urology: Urodynamic Testing - Detection of Hypoxia and Ischemia within the Detrusor Using Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) - Session Highlights
Friday, 01 May 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Dr. Andrew Macnab presented the work of the University of British Columbia group on near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS).
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AUA 2009 - Urodynamics/Incontinence/Female Urology: Urodynamic Testing - Ultrasound Imaging and Female Urodynamics – Technique, Feasibility and Patient Acceptance - Session Highlights
Friday, 01 May 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Dr. Lewis Chan from Australia presented his experience with the use of translabial ultrasound imaging of the bladder and urethra during urodynamic studies.
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AUA 2009 - Urodynamics/Incontinence/Female Urology: Urodynamic Testing - Identification of Measures of Bladder Sensation in Patients with Overactive Bladder - Session Highlights
Friday, 01 May 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - In light of the current focus and work on defining the role of afferent signals in overactive bladder (OAB), it is important to consider methods by which the sensory aspect of OAB may be defined and quantified.
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AUA 2009 - Urodynamics/Incontinence/Female Urology: Non-Neurogenic Voiding Dysfunction - Patient-Selected Goals and Goal Achievement: A New Perspective on Outcome in Overactive Bladder Patients - Session Highlights
Friday, 01 May 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Dr. Soo Hyun Lim and her colleagues from Seoul, Korea explored the important concept of patient reported goal achievement (PGA) as it pertained to overactive bladder (OA) treatment.
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AUA 2009 - Urodynamics/Incontinence/Female Urology: Pelvic Prolapse - Complications Associated with Minimally Invasive Surgery for Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP) - Session Highlights
Friday, 01 May 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Two consecutive papers focused on complications related to mesh repairs of pelvic organ prolapse (POP).
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AUA 2009 - Urodynamics/Incontinence/Female Urology: Pelvic Prolapse - Cesarean Section Delays the Development of Pelvic Organ Prolapse when Compared to Spontaneous Vaginal Delivery in Lysyl Oxidase Like-1 Knockout (LOXL1 KO) Mice - Session Highlights
Friday, 01 May 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Using the lysyl oxidase-like 1 knockout (LOXL1 KO) mouse, known to have abnormal elastic fiber homeostasis and high risk of developing female pelvic floor disorders, Dr. Una Lee, et al., from the Cleveland Clinic evaluated 75 postpartum mice
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AUA 2009 - Urodynamics/Incontinence/Female Urology: Pelvic Prolapse - Association of MMP1 Promoter Variant with Stress Urinary Incontinence and Pelvic Organ Prolapse in Women - Session Highlights
Friday, 01 May 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Building on their previous demonstration of increased serum MMP-1 (matrix metallo proteinase 1) activity in patients with stress incontinence (SUI) and pelvic organ prolapse (POP),
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AUA 2009 - Urodynamics/Incontinence/Female Urology: Neurogenic Voiding Dysfunction - Combination Drug Therapy Improves Compliance in the Neurogenic Bladder - Session Highlights
Friday, 01 May 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Dr. Anne Cameron and colleagues from the University of Michigan suggested an improved positive effect of combination therapy using antimuscarinic agents with imipramine (relaxation of the bladder via unknown mechanisms) and/or α blockade over monotherapy with antimuscarinics alone in the neurogenic bladder.
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AUA 2009 - Urodynamics/Incontinence/Female Urology: Neurogenic Voiding Dysfunction - Nerve Growth Factor Levels is Correlated with Severity of Neurological Impairment in Patients with Cerebrovascular Accident - Session Highlights
Friday, 01 May 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Two other groups evaluated urinary biomarkers in the neurogenic patient population based on their study that found elevated urinary nerve growth factor (NGF) in patients who had suffered cerebrovascular accidents (CVA).
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AUA 2009 - Urodynamics/Incontinence/Female Urology: Neurogenic Voiding Dysfunction - Transplantation of Olfactory Mucosa Following Spinal Cord Injury Improves Voiding Efficiency in Rat - Session Highlights
Friday, 01 May 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - The best-of-session winner, the abstract presented by Dr. Jiro Nakayama and colleagues from Suita, Japan introduced the fascinating concept of olfactory mucosal transplantation for treatment of neurogenic bladder due to spinal cord injury.
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AUA 2009 - Urodynamics/Incontinence/Female Urology: Neurogenic Voiding Dysfunction - The Role of Sensory Pathways in the Development of Cross-Sensitization Between the Urinary and Gastrointestinal Systems - Session Highlights
Friday, 01 May 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - The pelvic floor medicine scientific session at the AUA covered a variety of interesting topics ranging from the emerging role of afferent pathways in overactive bladder (OAB) to follow-up on a variety of techniques for both male and female pelvic floor reconstruction to biomarkers in neurogenic an idiopathic bladder overactivity.
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AUA 2009 - Urodynamics/Incontinence/Female Urology: Brain Responses to Bladder Filling Measured by Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Reflect Clinical Severity of Urge Incontinence - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Urinary incontinence and its treatment continue to play a vital role in a urology practice.
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Verathon® Introduces BladderScan® BVI 9600 Bladder Volume Instrument with AortaScan™ Mode to Help Physicians Identify the Presence of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
BOTHELL, WA, USA (Press Release) - March 23, 2009
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Verathon® Introduces BladderScan® BVM 9500 Bladder Volume Instrument To Help Urologists Diagnose Bladder Dysfunction
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
BOTHELL, WA, USA (Press Release) - April 28, 2009
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Urodynamic Findings in Female Diabetic Patients With and Without Overactive Bladder Symptoms - Abstract
Friday, 24 April 2009
Department of Urology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
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World Continence Week 2009

Patient Guide - Controlling Your Bladder Symptoms

- Prepared by Diane K. Newman, MSN, CRNP, FAAN, BCIA-PMDM

Promoting Continence Worldwide

- Prepared by Diane K. Newman, MSN, CRNP, FAAN, BCIA-PMDM

Urinary Incontinence: Epidemiology and Disease Burden
- Prepared by Alan J. Wein, MD, PhD (hon)

Focus on Female Urology

Focus on Female Urology condenses a selection of compelling and relevant science - on topic and chosen by the UroToday.com editorial staff.

FDA Public Health Notification: Serious Complications Associated with Transvaginal Placement of Surgical Mesh in Repair of Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Stress Urinary Incontinence
- News Release
Overactive Bladder Management: Thinking Beyond Urgency and Frequency
- CME

- International Consultation on Incontinence - ICI 2008

- Session Abstracts, Pelvic Floor and Prolapse

Tension Free Vaginal Tape Underneath Bladder Base: Does it Prevent Cystocele Recurrence?
- Beyond the Abstract

Use of Transabdominal Ultrasound Imaging in Retraining the Pelvic-Floor Muscles of a Woman Postpartum
- Beyond the Abstract

Levator Trauma is Associated with Pelvic Organ Prolapse
- Beyond the Abstract

Female Sexual Dysfunction: A New Urogynaecological Research Field
- Beyond the Abstract

Female Urology in Conferences

Session Highlights from the Society for Urodynamics & Female Urology 2009 Winter Meeting

- Exclusive Coverage by UroToday.com Contributing Medical Writer, William Jaffe, MD

Surgery for Pelvic Organ Prolapse

- ICI 2008 - Presented by Linda Brubaker, MD

Surgery for Pelvic Organ Prolapse

- ICI 2008 - Highlights from the Committee Meeting, Reported by William Jaffe, MD

Pelvic Prolapse: What does the Urologist Contribute?
- Presented at the Masters in Urology by E. Ann Gormley, MD, FACS

Urodynamics/Incontinence/Female Urology: Pelvic Prolapse
- From the AUA 2008 - Session Highlights by Kathleen C. Kobashi, MD

Repair of Vesico-Vaginal Fistula: Lessons Learned in Africa
- From SUFU 2008 - Session Highlights by Kathleen C. Kobashi, MD