Benign prostate enlargement affects most of the elder men and often compresses the urethra resulting in voiding symptoms. Researchers have now found a way to measure the resistance of the urethra ...

Evaluation of the child with urinary incontinence typically begins in the office setting (Figure 2). A thorough medical history will delineate the pattern of incontinence and can identify underlying ...

THE health of the upper urinary tract in paraplegia is, except for one hazard, dependent upon the health and function of the bladder. That exception is a tendency toward the formation of renal stones ...

An obstruction that interferes with voiding may be caused by lesions of the bladder outlet or urethra, by enlargement of the prostate in men, by ureteral stricture disease, or by contraction of the ...

In a small study, tadalafil, a PDE5 inhibitor used to treated erectile dysfunction, significantly decreased opening urethral pressure in healthy women. Single-dose tadalafil, a medication used to ...

A voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG) is a fluoroscopic examination of the bladder and urethra while the patient is micturating. It is most often used in the pediatric population to confirm or rule out ...

Long-term indwelling urethral catheter (IUC) use is associated with a higher incidence of urinary tract infection (UTI) in people with spinal cord injury, according to a study published online March ...