OBJECTIVE To investigate whether electronic continence questionnaires aid early identification and optimizes management of sphincter dysfunction in a multiple sclerosis clinic. METHODS A custom designed, tablet-based cross-platform software tool was designed to capture validated multiple sclerosis (MS) patient-reported outcomes. An unselected cohort of MS patients from a tertiary referral cli...

The chance of lymph node involvement in T(3) and T(4) rectal cancers is 20% to 60%, a risk sufficiently high that most clinicians favor mesorectal excision rather than less aggressive approaches. Patients who have a complete clinical response of the primary lesions to neoadjuvant therapy may represent a special case. Total mesorectal excision can be accomplished without sacrifice of the anal sp...

Peter Sand, Norman Zinner*, Diane Newman†, Vincent Lucente‡, Roger Dmochowski§, Con Kelleher¶ and Naomi V. Dahl ∞ Evanston Continence Center, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Evanston, IL, *Western Clinical Research, Torrance, CA, †University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Division of Urology, Penn Center for Continence and Pelvic Health, ...

OBJECTIVE The study examined and compared continence rates in prostate cancer patients who had undergone either open retropubic prostatectomy (RRPE) or endoscopic extraperitoneal radical prostatectomy (EERPE). The core question was whether the surgical approach had an effect on the patients' continence status 3 months after surgery. METHODS We conducted a multicentric, longitudinal study in 7...

this study attempts to identify and evaluate the factors affecting excessive buying that is of high interests theoretically and practically. at first some scales will be developed based on past researches and existing classifications to represent the logical and conceptual varieties in buying excessively. then, psychometric properties of the scales are tested by analyzing the factors confirming...

Abstract Objectives Standard urotherapy (SU) is regularly used as a first-line intervention for children with incontinence. It suggested that SU also effective neurodevelopment disabilities (NDs) when altered to the specific needs of these children. The aim review was answer following research questions: (a) what effectiveness interventions in ND?, (b) which procedures and protocols were utiliz...

Urinary incontinence (UI) is considered a significant social problem affecting many individuals’ quality of life. Studies estimate more than 13 million Americans suffer from involuntary urine loss (Agency for Health Care Policy and Research [AHCPR], 1996). Since the late 1980s, there has been an increase in the number of continence centers providing conservative management for incontinent clien...

PURPOSE Robotic assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) presents challenges for the surgeon, especially during the initial learning curve. We aimed to evaluate early and mid-term functional outcomes and complications related to vesicourethral anastomosis (VUA), in patients who underwent RARP, during the initial experience in an academic hospital. We also assessed possible predictors of postoperat...