Biofeedback treatment uses electronic or mechanical instruments to relay visual and/or auditory evidence to assist a person in gaining control over a physiologic process or function. In pediatric urology patients, biofeedback treatment is used to promote retraining of pelvic muscles. Figure 1 depicts the pathophysiology of dysfunctional voiding. In the figure, increased pelvic floor tension or ...

Ultrasound use in women is dominant in the areas of Obstetrics and Gynecology, breast imaging, and also musculoskeletal, thoracic and abdominal imaging. Women can do an US scan to diagnose lumps in the breast, to check and evaluate pregnancy (obstetrics), which is the most widely applicable in women [26], to evaluate the pelvic organs and the related structures in the pelvis (gynecology) [7,8]....

pain that had worsened over four weeks. He was a member of his college’s soccer team, but had no history of falls or recent trauma. He had similar hip pain two years earlier that was self-limited, but the rest of his medical history was unremarkable. He had no bowel or bladder symptoms. Although over-the-counter pain medication was initially effective, he was eventually unable to play soccer. O...

Pelvic congestion syndrome was firstly described by Taylor in 1949. It results from vascular engorgement of the uterus and the vessels of the broad ligament and lateral pelvic wall, which may lead to chronic pelvic pain[1]. Percutaneous transcatheter embolotherapy, firstly introduced by Edwards et al.[2] in 1993, is claimed to be a safe and effective treatment for the syndrome. In published stu...

Purpose: To review the clinical case of deep infiltrative endometriosis in patient with suspicious colorectal cancer. Material and methods: Patient 47 years old complaints pain right hypogastrium for several weeks. Anamnesis laparoscopic surgery infertility, repeated removal mammary fibroadenomas. At initial examination, there is a suspicion primary tumor rectum metastatic lesions liver, pancre...

background: ankylosing spondylitis (as) is an inflammatory rheumatic disease that leads to a progressive ankylosis of vertebras and ossification of paravertebral ligaments. bone loss and osteoporosis are amongst the important complications of as, treatment of which is a challenging issue. objectives: this study aimed to clarify the effect of alendronate on the prevention of bone loss in patient...