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- Lammers, Rianne J. M., et al.
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"What should be next in lifelong posterior hypospadias: Conclusions from the 2023 ERN eUROGEN and EJP-RD networking meeting"
- 2024
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In: NEUROUROLOGY AND URODYNAMICS. - 0733-2467 .- 1520-6777.
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Research review (peer-reviewed)abstract
- BackgroundA congenital disease is for life. Posterior hypospadias, the severe form of hypospadias with a penoscrotal, scrotal, or perineal meatus, is a challenging condition with a major impact on lifelong quality of life.AimOur network meeting is aimed to identify what is currently missing in the lifelong treatment of posterior hypospadias, to improve care, quality of life, and awareness for these patients.MethodsThe network meeting "Lifelong Posterior Hypospadias" in Utrecht, The Netherlands was granted by the European Joint Programme on Rare Diseases-Networking Support Scheme. There was a combination of interactive sessions (hackathons) and lectures. This paper can be regarded as the last phase of the hackathon.ResultsSurgery for hypospadias remains challenging and complications may occur until adulthood. Posterior hypospadias affects sexual function, fertility, and hormonal status. Transitional care from childhood into adulthood is currently insufficiently established. Patients should be more involved in defining desired treatment approach and outcome measures. For optimal outcome evaluation standardization of data collection and registration at European level is necessary. Tissue engineering may provide a solution to the shortage of healthy tissue in posterior hypospadias. For optimal results, cooperation between basic researchers from different centers, as well as involving clinicians and patients is necessary.ConclusionsTo improve outcomes for patients with posterior hypospadias, patient voices should be included and lifelong care by dedicated healthcare professionals guaranteed. Other requirements are joining forces at European level in uniform registration of outcome data and cooperation in basic research.
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- Lee, Tack, et al.
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Simultaneous registration of intraabdominal and intravesical pressures during cystometry in conscious rats-effects of bladder outlet obstruction and intravesical PGE(2)
- 2008
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In: Neurourology and Urodynamics. - : John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. - 0733-2467 .- 1520-6777. ; 27:1, s. 88-95
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- AIMS: A method was developed and evaluated to simultaneously register intraabdominal pressure (IAP) and intravesical pressure (IVP) during cystometry in conscious rats. In addition, IAP and IVP were recorded in rats with experimental detrusor overactivity (DO).METHODS: Sprague Dawley rats (n = 24) were used. Six female rats were subjected to partial bladder outlet obstruction for 2 weeks. A catheter was implanted into the bladder to record the IVP, and a balloon-fitted catheter was positioned in the abdominal cavity to record the IAP. PGE(2) was given intravesically to induce DO. Detrusor pressure (DP) was defined as the IVP corrected for IAP.RESULTS: Recorded as increases in IAP, all rats of both sexes exhibited abdominal straining during every void. In controls, a maximal IAP of 6.0 +/- 1.4 cmH(2)O (range 3-15 cmH(2)O) was registered (n = 12) at the time of the flow pressure (FP). Intravesical administration of PGE(2) or BOO did not affect the IAP at basal pressure, FP or micturition pressure. Changes in IAP due to movement or non-voiding-related straining were subtracted from IVP to generate DP and to visualize DO after BOO or intravesical PGE(2).CONCLUSIONS: The conscious rat uses abdominal straining during voiding, and maximal IAP is recorded at the onset of urinary flow. Simultaneous registration of IAP and IVP during the micturition cycle in conscious rats is a convenient method for accurate quantification of pressures inside the bladder and for studying "true" DO without interference from movement artifacts
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- Li, Longkun, et al.
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Changes in T-type calcium channel and its subtypes in overactive detrusor of the rats with partial bladder outflow obstruction
- 2007
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In: Neurourology and Urodynamics. - : Wiley. - 0733-2467 .- 1520-6777. ; 26:6, s. 870-878
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- AimsTo investigate the activity of the T-type calcium channel (TCC) and the expression of its subtypes in overactive detrusor (OD) myocytes in rats after partial bladder outflow obstruction (PBOO).MethodsThirteen male Wistar rats with OD after PBOO (OD group) and eight sham-operated rats (control group) were studied. The two groups were compared regarding the expression of TCC subtype genes by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and the TCC kinetics and cell action potential by whole-cell patch-clamp.ResultsThe time course and density of the current were significantly higher in the OD cells than those in the control detrusor. Whole-cell patch-clamp analysis showed that the activation of TCCs in detrusor myocytes in the OD group was faster than the control group, but inactivation was almost the same in both groups, suggesting a significant enhancement of the Ca2+ window current in the OD group. Patch-clamp recording of action potentials in the OD cells indicated an increase in excitability and a decrease in the repolarization interval. RT-PCR assay showed an abnormal expression of 1G subtype in the OD cells.ConclusionsTCCs could be one of the crucial factors for the abnormal excitation in OD cells. The development of OD after PBOO presumably relates to the increase in TCC current in the bladder cells, the enhancement of the Ca2+ window current for Ca2+ inflow, the prolongation of the intracellular calcium oscillations, and the acceleration of the cell depolarization.
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- Lindh, Anna, et al.
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Non-face-to-face treatment of stress urinary incontinence : predictors of success after 1 year
- 2016
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In: International Urogynecology Journal. - : Springer London. - 0937-3462 .- 1433-3023. ; 34:S3, s. S443-S444
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS: The objective was to determine predictors of long-term success in women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) treated with a 3-month pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) program delivered via the Internet or a brochure.METHODS: We included 169 women with SUI ≥1 time/week who completed the 1-year follow-up (n = 169, mean age 50.3, SD 10.1 years). Three outcome variables defined success after 1 year: Patient Global Impression of Improvement (PGI-I), International Consultation on Incontinence Modular Questionnaire Urinary Incontinence Short Form (ICIQ-UI SF), and sufficient treatment. Using logistic regression, we analyzed data from the baseline, and from the 4-month and 1-year follow-ups, for potential predictors of success.RESULTS: Of the participants, 77 % (129 out of 169) were successful in ≥1 of the outcomes, 23 % (37 out of 160) were successful in all 3. Participants with successful short-term results were more likely to succeed in the corresponding outcome at 1 year than those without successful short-term results (adjusted odds ratios [ORs]: PGI 5.15, 95 % confidence interval [CI] 2.40-11.03), ICIQ-UI SF 6.85 (95 % CI 2.83-16.58), and sufficient treatment 3.78 (95 % CI 1.58-9.08). Increasing age predicted success in PGI-I and sufficient treatment (adjusted OR 1.06, 95 % CI 1.02-1.10, and 1.08, 95 % CI, 1.03-1.13 respectively). Compared with not training regularly, regular PFMT at 1 year predicted success for PGI and sufficient treatment (adjusted OR 2.32, 95 % CI 1.04-5.20, and 2.99, 95 % CI 1.23-7.27 respectively).CONCLUSION: The long-term success of a non-face-to-face treatment program for SUI with a focus on PFMT can be predicted by successful short-term results, increasing age, and the performance of regular PFMT after 1 year.
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- Margareta, Nilsson, et al.
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The impact of female urinary incontinence and urgency on quality of life and partner relationship
- 2009
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In: Neurourology and Urodynamics. - : Wiley. - 0733-2467 .- 1520-6777. ; 28:8, s. 976-981
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- AIMS: To examine the impact of female urinary incontinence, urgency and frequency on quality of life, and partner relationship in women (18-74 years) and their partners, and make comparisons with the corresponding age groups in a Swedish population-based study.METHODS: Women with urinary incontinence, urgency and frequency (n = 206) completed specific questionnaires concerning medical history and the Bristol Female Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms questionnaire. Women who had a stable relationship (n = 170) also answered a questionnaire regarding psychosocial situation, partner relationship and sexual life, and were asked to give a similar questionnaire to their partner. Totally, 109 partners participated.RESULTS: The vast majority of the women considered that their urinary problems affected their physical activities negatively and almost half reported negative consequences for social life and joint activities. One third of both women and men experienced a negative impact on their relationship and about every fifth felt it had a harmful influence on physical proximity, intimacy, affection, and warmth. Compared to the older women, the younger were less satisfied with their psychological health, sexual life, leisure and financial situation, and compared to the younger men, the young women were less content with their somatic health. Overall, women with urinary problems and their partners were less satisfied with their somatic health than the corresponding age groups in the national population-based study.CONCLUSIONS: Female urinary incontinence, urgency and frequency significantly impair the quality of life in both younger and older women, and also have negative effects on the partner relationship and the partner's life.
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- Mattiasson, Anders, et al.
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Abnormal urethral motor function is common in female stress, mixed, and urge incontinence.
- 2006
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In: Neurourology and Urodynamics. - : Wiley. - 0733-2467 .- 1520-6777. ; 25:7, s. 703-708
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Aim: To investigate the urethral motor function in incontinent women. Materials and Methods: The intraurethral pressure was measured continuously in the high-pressure zone of the urethra at rest and during repeated short squeezes around the microtip transducer catheter in a group of 205 women with clinically manifest urinary incontinence (severe), and compared with the findings of investigations in 87 middle-aged women (53-63 years) with treatment naive incontinence (mild-to-mode rate) and healthy controls. Results: Women with established incontinence significantly (P < 0.001) more often (66%) had a pressure fall during or immediately following squeeze than women with treatment naive incontinence (35%) or asymptomatic women (25%). The acceleration of urinary flow and the maximal flow rate were significantly (P < 0.01) increased in patients with incontinence: acceleration was 13 +/- 2.2 (17.8), 20 +/- 2.8 (18.9), and 32 +/- 4.9 (24.9) degrees (mean +/- SEM;SD) for incontinence, naive incontinence and no incontinence, respectively; maximum urinary flow rate was 23, 22, and 16 ml/sec. No statistical differences in any of these measures were seen when stress and urge incontinence were compared. Conclusion: Women with stress, urge, and mixed urinary incontinence seem to have a primary neuromuscular disorder in the urethra, which presents itself as an overactive opening mechanism with a urethral pressure fall instead of a pressure increase on provocation during the filling phase of the bladder, and during bladder emptying a more efficient opening of the bladder outlet than in normal women. We suggest that one and the same pathophysiological mechanism participates in female stress, urge, and mixed incontinence.
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- Nilsson, Margareta, et al.
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Impact of female urinary incontinence and urgency on women's and their partners' sexual life
- 2011
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In: Neurourology and Urodynamics. - : Wiley. - 0733-2467 .- 1520-6777. ; 30:7, s. 1276-1280
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Aims: To assess the impact of female urinary incontinence (UI) and urgency on women's and their partners' sexual life in sexually active couples and to elucidate the concordance of answers within couples. Methods: Women aged 18-74 years with UI and/or urgency (n = 206) were consecutively recruited from four outpatient clinics. Those with a partner (n = 170) completed a questionnaire regarding relationship and sexual life and gave a similar questionnaire to him. The present paper focuses on 99 couples with an active sexual life. Results: Twenty-two percent of the men and 43% of the women stated that the female urinary symptoms impaired their sexual life. Forty-nine percent of the women expressed worries about having urinary leakage during sexual activity, but most of their men, 94%, did not. Twenty-three percent of the men and 39% of the women responded that the woman leaked urine during sexual activity. The majority, 84%, of women considered this a problem, but 65% of their partners did not. Except for this disparity, the rest of the answers were significant concordant within the couples. Conclusions: Female UI and urgency negatively affected sexual life in almost half of the women and in every fifth partner. A need for information and advice concerning sexual issues due to the woman's urinary disorder was found in one fifth of the couples. The majority of women with urinary leakage during sexual activities considered this as a problem, but most of their partners did not. Overall, the concordance of the answers within the couples was high.
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- Norton, Peggy, et al.
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Genetics and the lower urinary tract.
- 2010
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In: Neurourology and urodynamics. - : Wiley. - 1520-6777 .- 0733-2467. ; 29:4, s. 609-11
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Many complex disorders have been found to have a heritable component, including lower urinary tract dysfunction. Twin studies have indicated that genetic contributions to urinary incontinence (UI) may be as important as environmental influences. Linkage to chromosome 9 has been demonstrated in families with pelvic organ prolapse and stress UI. An increasing number of incontinence specialists are studying subjects with lower urinary tract dysfunction using single nucleotide polymorphisms, linkage analyses of siblings, and large association studies. These findings have exciting implications for future prevention and treatment of UI.
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