PURPOSE A new clinical test for intrinsic urethral sphincter dysfunction is proposed and compared to abdominal leak point pressure determination by video urodynamics. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients were prospectively included in the study if they had stress urinary incontinence symptoms and were to undergo video urodynamic testing. Patients with urinary tract infection, cystocele, rectocele a...

Congenital aphallia or penile agenesis is a complex urogenital malformation and an extremely rare condition in the medical literature with reported incidence of 1 in 30 million live births. The condition is apparent at birth and is almost never missed. Objectives behind the study were to present the management and solve the dilemma with congenital aphallia. We present a retrospective study of t...

A Pathan, aged 50 years, came to the outpatient department at the municipal hospital, Dera Ismail Khan, on 15th February, 1934, with the complaint that for the previous six months he had had difficulty in passing urine, much straining on micturition and considerable discharge of pus from the urethral meatus. On examination it was seen that his scrotum was not of normal shape and on palpation a ...

Ureteral fibroepithelial polyps (UFPs) are rare non-epithelial benign tumors of the urinary tract. Treatment of such cases ranges from conservative management to surgical resection of the polyp. Hereby, we present a rare case of a 37-year-old female patient with giant 14 cm UFP of the distal left ureter, successfully resected by ureteroscopic electrocauterization. Several cases of UFPs have bee...

Continence and micturition involve urethral closure. Especially, insufficient strength of the pelvic floor muscles including the urethral sphincter muscles causes urinary incontinence (UI). Thus, it is most important to understand the main mechanism causing UI and the relationship of UI with the urethral sphincter. Functionally and anatomically, the urethral sphincter is made up of the internal...