Dr. Sebesta on studying social determinants of health

Yu Zheng, MD, and Eric Rovner, MD, physicans in the Department of Urology, Medical University of South Carolina provided an important apprasial of urethral bulking agents for stress urinary incontience in women in a recently published review.

“This technique is feasible, it is very well tolerated, and there’s not much of a complication rate, so it appears to be very safe,” says Amy D. Dobberfuhl, MD, MS.

Machine learning isn’t new to medicine or to urology, but its potential remains largely untapped, according to the authors of two new Cleveland Clinic–led studies.

“We need to improve the fact that 75% of these patients are untreated [or] unmanaged and frustrated,” says Alexandra Rogers, MD.

eCoin is a new technology for the management of bladder overactivity that is implanted near the posterior tibial nerve subcutaneously.

In this interview, Howard Goldman, MD, discusses the development of sacral neuromodulation as a treatment for overactive bladder (OAB).