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Transobturator Sling Improves Treatment of Female Stress Urinary Incontinence

Jill Stein November 19, 2009

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

Botulinum Toxin Injections Ease Refractory Incontinence

Jill Stein November 06, 2009

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

Transobturator Sling Improves Treatment of Female Stress Urinary Incontinence

Jill Stein October 22, 2009

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

Injections Ease Refractory Incontinence

Jill Stein October 22, 2009

Intradetrusor injections of botulinum toxin type A may be an effective treatment for refractory idiopathic detrusor overactivity.

Electrical Stimulation Provides Sustained OAB Relief

Jill Stein October 22, 2009

Study findings at 12 months showed prolonged significant improvements in objective urinary parameters.

Sling Eases Male SUI After Surgery

Jody A. Charnow October 22, 2009

Retrourethral transobturator sling associated with a treatment success rate of 77.1% at one year.

Injections Ease Refractory Incontinence

Jill Stein October 09, 2009

SAN FRANCISCO—Slightly more than half of patients with refractory idiopathic detrusor overactivity (IDO) incontinence have complete restoration of continence one month after intradetrusor injections of botulinum toxin

Long-Term Results Support TVT Use

Jody A. Charnow October 08, 2009

Long-term outcomes of the tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) procedure for treating female stress urinary incontinence (SUI) support the use of the procedure, according to researchers in the Republic of Korea.

Autologous Cells May Ease SUI in Women

John Schieszer July 22, 2009

Novel approach improved symptoms and quality of life in women not helped by traditional therapy.

Incontinence Common in Obese and Overweight Diabetic Women

Jody A. Charnow July 09, 2009

Weekly urinary incontinence is highly prevalent among overweight and obese women with type 2 diabetes, according to recently published findings from the Action for Health in Diabetes study.

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Hyperphosphatemia in CKD

New Phosphate Binders on the Horizon

This article by Wajeh Y. Qunibi, MD, FACP of the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio is the final in a series on managing hyperphosphatemia in CKD patients.
Part V: Neenoo Khosla, MD, and Stuart M. Sprague, DO
Part IV: Michal L. Melamed, MD, MHS
Part III: Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, MD, PhD, MPH
Part II: Joseph A. Coladonato, MD, MHS
Part I: Csaba P. Kovesdy, MD