Dr Nijman said that lower urinary tract function, which he called 'control', is a complex process of nervous system development and behavioural modification; indeed it is. This complexity is part of the price humans pay for their phylogenetic position. compared with, for example. freshwater coelenterates, which have only a single stoma for entry and exit of nutrients. Higher evolutionary life-f...

The Guidelines Project, an initiative of the Brazilian Medical Association, aims to combine information from the medical field in order to standardize procedures to assist the reasoning and decision-making of doctors. The information provided through this project must be assessed and criticized by the physician responsible for the conduct that will be adopted, depending on the conditions and th...

Serge P Marinkovic director of urology and female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery , Eric S Rovner professor of urology , Robert M Moldwin associate professor of clinical urology, director of the Interstitial Cystitis Center , Stuart L Stanton professor emeritus of urogynaecology , Lisa M Gillen independent researcher and writer , Christina MMarinkovic clinical director of nursing ser...

OBJECTIVES although efficacious, some patients do not respond optimally to overactive bladder (OAB) treatment. The objective of this study was to identify the reasons why some patients do not respond and to look for reasons for changes in treatment and patient satisfaction with the new treatment. MATERIALS AND METHODS epidemiological, cross-sectional, non-interventional study to determine the...

o The cultural adaptation included a two-step process including conceptual and linguistic validation through forward and back translations in duplicate, reviewed by a panel of experts and a debriefing with relatives of OAB patients (Figure 1). In a second phase (Figure 2), we carried out measurement of psychometric properties in OAB patients and their relatives on habitual coexistence, of both ...

INTRODUCTION Restless genital syndrome (ReGS) is characterized by unwanted, unpleasant genital sensations, restless legs, and/or overactive bladder, as well as neuropathy of the dorsal nerve of the clitoris. So far, ReGS has only been reported in females. AIM To report the occurrence of ReGS in two males. METHODS Two males with unwanted genital sensations presented in our clinic. In-depth i...