AIMS (i) To describe the displacement and recovery of the vesical neck position during pregnancy and after childbirth and (ii) to discriminate between compliance of the vesical neck supporting structures with and without pelvic floor contraction. METHODS We focussed on the biomechanical properties of the vesical neck supporting structures during pregnancy and after childbirth by calculating t...

BACKGROUND Intra-vesical pressure measurement as the reference standard for assessing intra-abdominal pressures is mainly indirect and discontinuous. We therefore evaluated a motility capsule for continuous intra-abdominal pressure measurement in an animal model with a high probability for capillary leakage and intestinal edema. MATERIAL/METHODS Motility capsules were inserted into the stomac...

A rare case of giant vesical calculus weighing 1,365 g and presenting as vesicocutaneous fistula is described. Dr. Hanif G. Motiwala, ‘AMAN’ Opp.: Parasbaug Society, Behind Tagore Hall, Ellisbridge, Ahmedabad-380 006 (India) Introduction The incidence of vesical calculi is decreasing in the West, but the situation is not much altered in developing countries. The size of vesical calculi varies, ...