SAN FRANCISCO—Researchers have identified medical conditions that are independently associated with moderate to severe urinary incontinence (UI) in men. These include major depression, hypertension, and prostatic enlargement.

San Francisco-based Coloplast has announced the debut of a new sling for treating male stress urinary incontinence (SUI).

SAN FRANCISCO—Major depression, hypertension, and prostatic enlargement are independently associated with moderate to severe urinary incontinence (UI) in men aged 40 years and older, according to researchers.

Uroplasty, Inc., based in Minnetonka, Minn., has introduced a newly designed endoscopic injection needle that can be used in conjunction with the system used to inject Macroplastique.

The transobturator (TOT) approach from outside to inside is a highly effective treatment for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in women, and it is associated with low morbidity, according to researchers in Saudi Arabia.

Preoperative pelvic floor muscle exercise (PFME) may improve early continence and quality of life (QoL) outcomes after radical prostatectomy (RP) for localized prostate cancer, an Italian study found.

Tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) and transobturator tape (TOT) procedures for urinary incontinence in women provide similar results with respect to continence and patient quality of life, but TOT procedures are associated with fewer complications, according to investigators.

Before surgery, 6% of women tested negative on the cough stress test compared with 98% at 12 months .

Four weeks after treatment, 51% of subjects had complete continence.

Before surgery, 6% of women tested negative on the cough stress test compared with 98% at 12 months .