This article is a shortened version of the clinical guideline for lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), which has been developed in Japan for symptomatic men aged 50 years and over irrespective of presumed diagnoses. The guideline was formed on the PubMed database between 1995 and 2007 and other relevant sources. The causes of male LUTS are diverse and attributable to diseases/dysfunctions of th...

To define whether the association of male lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and metabolic syndrome (MS) is real or simply an epiphenomenon, 490 male adults (mean age 58 ± 9 years) underwent International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS), physical and prostate digital examinations, blood analysis, and urinary tract transabdominal ultrasound with prostate volume measurement. Mild, moderate, and se...

Cold stress due to whole body cooling at low environmental temperatures exacerbates lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) such as urinary urgency, nocturia, and residual urine. We established a model system using healthy conscious rats to explore the mechanisms of cold stress-induced detrusor overactivity. In this review, we summarize the basic findings revealed by this model. Rats that are quick...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to investigate the urodynamic parameters and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) of women with urodynamic genuine stress incontinence (GSI). METHODS A cross-sectional study involving 3323 women with LUTS was conducted. We recruited 1261 women with urodynamic GSI and were further grouped as with or without symptomatic stress urinary incontinence (SUI). The ...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the relation between lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) as measured by the International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) and noninvasive objective parameters of lower urinary tract dysfunction. METHODS Eight hundred three consecutive patients with LUTS and/or benign prostatic hyperplasia were evaluated with IPSS, uroflowmetry, prostate volume estimation, and postvoiding ...

BACKGROUND Adenosine-5'-triphosphate (ATP) is a neurotransmitter and inflammatory cytokine implicated in the pathophysiology of lower urinary tract disease. ATP additionally reflects microbial biomass thus has potential as a surrogate marker of urinary tract infection (UTI). The optimum clinical sampling method for ATP urinalysis has not been established. We tested the potential of urinary ATP ...

Cent European J Urol 2014; 67: 182-183 10.5173/ceju.2014.02.art12 Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) remain one of the most common clinical complaints in adult men. The prevalence of LUTS increases with age. LUTS can be divided into storage, voiding and post–micturition symptoms. These symptoms are related to bladder outlet obstruction as a result of benign prostatic obstruction, which is comm...