Physiology of the lower urinary tract

Vakas P

Significant factors that play an important role in the physiology of the lower urinary tract in women are: the hydrostatic pressure at the level of the bladder neck, the transmission ratio of intraabdominal pressure and the tension of bladder wall. The control of micturition depends not only in the maintenance of low bladder pressure during the storage phase but in the presence …

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Minimally invasive techniques for the correction of stress urinary incontinence in women

Liapis A

Women with stress urinary incontinence have the choice between conservative and surgical treatment options. Surgery can be performed in cases where conservative treatment fails or in patients with severe stress urinary incontinence. Surgical procedures usually give fast results but carry the risk of complications. More scientific data with validated outcome measures which take into account …

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Duloxetine: A new and innovative solution for urinary stress incontinence, the role of serotonine and noradrenaline

Kolovos VD

In the current therapies for urinary stress incontinence there are still needs to be met. One of the main issues is to find safe and effective solutions for the management of the stress incontinence, as we still do not have worldwide drugs widely accepted. Drug therapies used outside the indications have not been proven effective and unwanted effects are usually found …

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Total laparoscopic radical hysterectomy with para-aortic and pelvic lymphadenectomy for stage IIA squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix: A case report

Chilaris GH, Tsoumpis T, Alarkof E, Karkotis K, Daveta A

The role of laparoscopy in the management of abdominopelvic malignancies is constantly evolving. Recebt data from clinical trials demonstrate that laparoscopic surgical staging has equal efficacy (lymph node counts, disease free survival) compared to traditional open cases and can be safely performed in selected patients. We report a case of laparoscopic radical hysterectomy …

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