Radical prostatectomy remains the gold-standard treatment for clinically localized prostate cancer. Although cancer control is the primary goal, secondary outcomes such as continence recovery are of ...

Your urinary sphincter is the muscle that controls urine flow from your bladder. An artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) is a device that takes over the work of a non-functioning urinary sphincter. This ...

Between February 1994 and June 2003, 147 men with a mean age of 41.3±14.4 years were treated by temporary urethral stent inserted across the external sphincter for DSD. The underlying neurologic ...

A US team reports that deep lateral transurethral incisions (TUI) are a promising technique for the treatment of recurrent bladder neck contracture (BNC) in men following prostate surgery. Allen Morey ...

“Urinary incontinence” is the medical term for leaking urine. Research estimates that around 13 million people in the United States experience urinary incontinence, but the exact number varies ...

Micturition or urination is the process of emptying urine from the storage organ, namely, the urinary bladder. The detrusor is the smooth or involuntary muscle of the bladder wall. The urethral ...

If you're female and you lose bladder control upon exertion -- sneezing, coughing, laughing, lifting something heavy -- you may have stress urinary incontinence. As many women know, the condition is ...

UroMems reported it met the six-month primary endpoint for the “first-ever” female implanted with the UroActive System. The UroActive System, the first smart automated artificial urinary sphincter to ...

Assessing the onset and severity. Once leakage of urine is established as the problem, the clinician can assess the severity of the condition by asking about the number of pads the patient requires to ...