The surgical point of view of the geriatric patient — Urinary incontinence [PDF]
Summary: Background: Urinary incontinence is one of the most frequent diseases in the ageing population. The aim of this manuscript is to present the current knowledge on urinary incontinence regarding (i) prevalence, (ii) pathogenesis, (iii) types, (iv)
Klingler, H. +3 more
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Pelvic floor disorders in gynecological malignancies. An overlooked problem? [PDF]
Cervical, endometrial, ovarian, vulvar, and vaginal cancers affect women of a broad age spectrum. Many of these women are still sexually active when their cancer is diagnosed.
Bodean, Oana M. +7 more
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Grooved Surface of the Obturator Internus Muscle With Two Distinct Adjacent Parts
ABSTRACT The specific anatomical features of the obturator internus, particularly those of its medial surface, remain insufficiently characterized. This study investigated the morphology of the obturator internus muscle by focusing on the shape of its medial surface and potential age‐related changes.
Satoru Muro +4 more
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La incontinencia urinaria [PDF]
Urinary incontinence, understood as any involuntary loss of urine, constitutes an important medical and social problem. It can be classified as stress urinary incontinence, urgent urinary incontinence or mixed urinary incontinence. The proportions of
Robles-Garcia, J.E. (José Enrique)
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Improving continence services for older people from the service-providers' perspective: a qualitative interview study [PDF]
This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 3.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative ...
Dahlberg, L +4 more
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An animal experimental study on pubourethral ligament restoration with platelet rich plasma for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence. [PDF]
Introduction: Minimally invasive methods for injured ligament and tendon restoration have been developed and gained popularity in recent years. Injury and relaxation of the pubourethral ligament (PUL) can lead to stress urinary incontinence (SUI).
Chrysanthopoulou, E +6 more
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KCNJ4 variants disrupt inward‐rectifier potassium channel function and cause refractory epilepsy
Abstract Objective Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder with a strong genetic basis, most frequently arising from ion channel dysfunction. Although multiple inwardly rectifying potassium (Kir) channels have been implicated in epileptogenesis, the contribution of KCNJ4, which encodes the Kir2.3 channel, has not previously been established in human
Hu Pan +20 more
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Introduction: Urinary incontinence is an involuntary passage of urine. The aim of the study was to find the prevalence of urinary incontinence among pregnant women in the third trimester of pregnancy at a tertiary care center. Methods: This descriptive
Atit Poudel +2 more
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The association between lower urinary tract symptoms and falls: forming a theoretical model for a research agenda [PDF]
Background: There is a well-recognised association between falls and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in older adults, with estimates of odd ratios for falls in the presence of LUTS ranging between 1.5 and 2.3. Falls and LUTS are both highly prevalent
Booth, Joanne +7 more
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Uncertainty persists over whether the benefits of prostate‐specific antigen (PSA) screening outweigh harms from overdiagnosis, a key barrier to population‐wide adoption. Here, English male mortality rates were analyzed alongside long‐term data from the UK Cluster Randomized Trial of PSA Testing for Prostate Cancer (CAP) to estimate age‐specific ...
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