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Approximately one quarter of women in the United States have at least one pelvic floor disorder such as urinary incontinence (UI), fecal incontinence, or pelvic organ prolapse (POP). (1) POP--vaginal [...]

Perineal urethrostomy is a surgical method for alleviating urethral obstruction in cats with complicated or recurrent obstructive feline lower urinary tract disease. While long-term quality of life after perineal urethrostomy [...]

Urologist self-referral of services such as intensity-modulated radiation therapy and pathology has raised ethical questions that continue to be debated. In this interview, Patrick H. McKenna, MD, former chairman of [...]

Bulbomembranous urethral strictures (BMUS) after surgery for BPH are challenging, as the internal sphincter located at the bladder neck has been removed by prostatectomy, and urinary continence now depends on [...]

Hypospadias affects between 1 in 125 and 1 in 300 males, resulting from premature arrest of urethral fold tubularization. Some evidence suggests that the number of hypospadias cases is rising, [...]

MOST PEDIATRIC pyeloplasty patients are followed up after the procedure, but there is variation in the modality used, say researchers from Seattle Children's Hospital. The most common method of follow-up [...]

New Orleans -- The prostatic urethral lift (PUL [UroLift, NeoTract, Inc.]) yields successful 3-year durability and also has a superior rate of improvement of BPH symptoms compared to transurethral resection [...]

New Orleans -- An investigational handheld transurethral therapy that delivers targeted sterile water vapor reduces lower urinary tract symptom severity in patients with BPH with no impact on sexual function. [...]