Female Urology

October 19, 2020

Giulia I. Lane, MD, MS, discusses findings from a recent study regarding urethral stricture disease in women.

October 06, 2020

Gopal H. Badlani, MD, leads a wide-ranging discussion of female urology training fellowships with Michael E. Albo, MD.

March 01, 2012

David Klumpp, PhD, and David T. Uehling, MD, explain the challenges inherent in developing a vaccine for UTI and discuss the status of current research.

June 01, 2011

Women with IC symptoms are not getting the diagnosis and treatment they need, despite serious effects on quality of life.

May 01, 2011

Obesity is associated with hormonal dysfunction and with impaired spermatogenesis. What remains unknown is the causal factor.

March 01, 2011

Combined male-/female-factor infertility in couples results in the highest costs for treatment compared to male-factor or female-factor infertility only.

May 15, 2010

This year's AUA annual meeting will bring an important first for interstitial cystitis: AUA will be issuing guidelines for diagnosis and treatment.

May 01, 2010

Plenty of experience fixing complications of pelvic reconstruction and incontinence surgery caused by foreign bodies-mainly grafts and slings-led a group of researchers to make recommendations on how to repair the damage.

May 01, 2010

Researchers for the Urinary Incontinence Treatment Network found that the minimum important difference for the Urogenital Distress Inventory was –35 to –45 points in patients with urge urinary incontinence.

May 01, 2010

Studies are revealing a genetic basis for stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse and are showing that the two conditions are more disparate than previously thought.

November 01, 2009

A new study has found that between 3.4 and 7.9 million American women age 18 and over have symptoms consistent with IC/PBS.

October 01, 2009

Treatment for pregnant women who present with renal or ureteral colic may have become easier for physician and patient alike.

December 01, 2008

Sexual function improves in women after successful surgery for stress urinary incontinence whether they undergo a sling procedure or Burch colpopsuspension.

December 01, 2008

A wide range of anticholinergic medications used by women for the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms are associated with high discontinuation rates, according to research presented at the American Urogynecologic Society annual scientific meeting.

December 01, 2008

When considered over a treatment period of 2 years, botulinum toxin A injection (Botox) is a cost-effective strategy for the management of idiopathic urge incontinence compared with anticholinergic medication, according to data presented by Duke University researchers.

December 01, 2008

Although overall complication rates are similar after traditional surgery, sacral colpopexy, or vaginal mesh kit repair for apical vaginal prolapse, the mesh kit procedures are associated with higher total reoperation rates due to a higher rate of surgical intervention for managing complications.

October 01, 2008

Lower urinary tract symptoms can put a damper on many women's sexual enjoyment and activity.

October 01, 2008

Getting good results with the minimally invasive TVT SECUR vaginal sling for stress urinary incontinence may be a matter of technique.

September 25, 2008

An 11-year follow-up on the safety and efficacy of tension-free vaginal tape for female stress urinary incontinence found 90% of patients were objectively cured, and 97% considered themselves subjectively cured or improved.

September 01, 2008

A disproportionate influence of fat mass accounts for the relationship between body mass index and lower urinary tract symptoms.