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A recent study designed to determine the efficacy of intravesical botulinum toxin in patients with neurogenic detrusor overactivity and urinary incontinence secondary to spinal cord injury or multiple sclerosis showed positive results.

What advantages and challenges do you see with multi- and single-generation practices?

Neuropathic changes as seen on quantitative electromyography (EMG) have been found to more accurately reflect the neuromuscular integrity of the muscle under study by recording electrical activity of nearby motor units.

In this interview, Gopal H. Badlani, MD, discusses the shift to mid-urethral sling placement, the growth of synthetic graft materials, and the reasons for these changes in the management of female stress urinary incontinence.

A pair of recent studies using imaging technology to pinpoint areas of the brain relevant to urinary continence signal a noteworthy new research direction examining the critical role the brain-bladder network plays in urinary continence.

If you are serious about improving performance and increasing the level of service provided in your urology practice, it's critical to follow some basic tenets: stay informed, monitor performance, provide leadership and direction, and maintain accountability.

Post-prostatectomy patients with undetectable PSA levels but who have high-risk features in the prostatectomy specimen can delay biochemical progression by undergoing immediate radiotherapy (RT) rather than waiting for salvage radiotherapy once it occurs.

No matter the size of your practice, unless each physician is the same age and plans to retire at the same time, you should consider developing a transition plan for the senior doctors in your practice.

Intravesical gene therapy with adenoviral-mediated interferon-alpha (Roferon A) led to complete responses in almost half of patients with bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)-refractory transitional cell bladder cancer.

Stress is a key component of functional urinary tract disorders and plays a critical role in the exacerbation, and perhaps development, of urinary tract conditions such as overactive bladder and interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome (IC/PBS).

A 9-month delay in diagnosis of bladder cancer after a first hematuria diagnosis significantly increases mortality risk.

This review focuses on the clinical evidence supporting three nonsurgical treatments for BPH/LUTS in development: phosphodiesterase type-5 inhibitors, the intraprostatic instillation of onabotulinumtoxinA (BTA [Botox]), and gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonists.

Italian researchers say they have some direct evidence for central sensitization in interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome (IC/PBS).

Systematic reviews and abstracts for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) appearing in the urologic literature are generally of less than optimal quality, say researchers from the University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville.

It is vital for urologists to take time out of their busy day to contact committee chairs and committee members or, better yet, testify when a bill in committee affects how urologists treat their patients.

There are different ways to go about billing for a locum tenens depending on your circumstances.

These tough economic times may give you pause if you're in the market to buy or sell a practice. But buying or selling at the right price at the right time could be the best investment you will ever make.

Urologists share their thoughts on hiring a practice consultant.

Supplies in your practice may cost more than you think.

Once again, we face a Medicare payment update for the new year that raises a number of questions, the answers to which are not favorable to practicing urologists.

Nerve growth factor (NGF) levels in urine could prove a useful biomarker for interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome (IC/PBS) and neurogenic overactive bladder.

The National Association for Continence (NAFC) is calling for stricter health care standards for patients with pelvic floor dysfunction, including incontinence and prolapse in women.

Over the course of a decade, the therapeutic pendulum in treating urinary incontinence in women swung dramatically from needle suspension and anterior urethropexy to collagen injections and back again to suspension procedures with no sound clinical trials driving the move toward either approach.

Roswell Park Cancer Institute has appointed Thomas Schwaab, MD, PhD, as staff physician and assistant professor of oncology in the departments of urology and immunology. Dr. Schwaab offers laparascopic and robot-assisted surgery to patients with kidney cancer and other genitourinary cancers.

A new national clinical trial will test whether testosterone therapy can favorably affect certain conditions that occur in older men.

PSA screening has reduced prostate cancer mortality up to 31%, according to findings from the European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC).

AUA, as part of a coalition of 18 other surgical specialties, said it is urging the U.S. Senate to consider making critical changes to its version of the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act of 2009 to address significant concerns from physician groups.