Journal Reviews

Retention after Botox therapy in OAB

1 January 2016 | | Functional Urology | Botox, complication, intermittent catheterization, post-void residual

Treatment of overactive bladder (OAB) has a wide spectrum. The first step is lifestyle modifications, the second step is pharmacotherapy and the third line is intradetrusor injections with Botox®. This retrospective study is from Tennessee, USA in non-neurogenic and refractory...

Long-term bladder drainage: blessing or disaster in disguise

1 May 2014 | | Infection | bladder dysfunction, catheter complications, catheterization, long term catheterization, quality of life, urethral indwelling catheters

Chronic bladder dysfunction occurs in many neurologic disorders e.g. multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, stroke, etc. Suprapubic catheters (SPC) are inserted every day and every urology department has a pool of ‘difficult’ patients who keep coming back. This paper compares SPCs...