Bakgrund: Urininkontinens är ett stort folkhälsoproblem i världen och det definieras som ofrivilligt urinläckage. Vid en graviditet är risken stor att drabbas av urininkontinens och många återhämtar sig inte utan får kvarstående problem. Bäckenbottenträning är den vanligaste behandlingsmetoden för urininkontinens. Syfte: Denna litteraturstudie syf...
Uvod: Rak prostate je en izmed najpogostejših rakov v Sloveniji. Za zdravljenje raka prostate se uporabljajo aktivni nadzor, hormonsko zdravljenje, kemoterapija, obsevanje ali operativna odstranitev prostate oziroma radikalna prostatektomija. Po prostatektomiji je pogost neželen učinek dolgotrajna urinska inkontinenca. Novejši način zdravljenja le-...
Pelvic floor dysfunction is a group of disorders that can significantly impact quality of life due to persistent urinary and anal incontinence. Data evaluating the effect of prolonged second stage of labor and postpartum pelvic floor dysfunction is heterogenous and limited. To evaluate whether extending the length of labor in nulliparous women with...
Published in Neurourology and urodynamics
To report long-term results of artificial urinary sphincter implantation for urinary incontinence due to intrinsic sphincter deficiency in children. This retrospective monocentric study included all patients who underwent artificial urinary sphincter (AMS 800) implantation before 18 years of age between 1986 and October 2018 for intrinsic sphincter...
Published in International journal of environmental research and public health
Urinary incontinence (UI) and poor sleep negatively affect health-related quality of life (HRQoL). This study explored the UI-related factors and the relationships between UI, sleep quality, and HRQoL. This cross-sectional study collected data from 237 women with type 2 diabetes. Multivariate logistic regression was conducted to identify the factor...
Published in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI
Lower urinary tract disease (LUTD) includes abnormalities in the structure and function of the bladder and the urethra. LUTD caused by neurological disease is defined neurogenic bladder (NB). The integrity of the central nervous system (CNS) and peripheral nervous system (PNS) is required to explicate normal micturition, maintaining the proper func...
Published in International journal of urology : official journal of the Japanese Urological Association
This Asia-Pacific (AP) AMS 800™ artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) consensus statement aims to provide a set of practical recommendations to assist surgeons with the AMS 800 device surgery. The AP consensus committee consisted of key opinion leaders with extensive experience with AMS 800 surgery across several AP countries. The panel reviewed and d...
Published in Artificial organs
Artificial sphincters (ASs) are used to replace the function of the biological sphincters in case of severe urinary and fecal incontinence (UI and FI), and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). The design of ASs is established on different mechanisms, e.g., magnetic forces or hydraulic pressure, with the final goal to achieve a implantable and du...
IntroductionMaternal pushing techniques during the second stage of labor may affect women's pelvic floor function. Our main objective was to assess the impact of the type of pushing used at delivery on the mother's medium-term pelvic floor function.Material and methodsThis is a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial (clinicaltrials.gov: ...
Published in Neurourology and urodynamics
To provide an overview of the barriers and facilitators to overactive bladder (OAB) therapy initiation and adherence. A PubMed and Embase literature search was conducted to identify barriers to OAB therapy adherence. OAB therapy adherence is associated with improvements in urinary symptoms, and quality of life with reductions in annual costs for OA...
