Journal Reviews

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Urinary frequency and COVID-19: is there a missing link?

5 May 2021 | | Functional Urology, Infection, Trauma and Emergency Urology | COVID-19, Urinary frequency, Urinary infection, Triage, Viral cystitis

The current COVID pandemic has been a worldwide challenge for over a year. It can affect an individual in various ways. According to the World Health Organization, the classical signs are dry cough, fever and shortness of breath. In addition,...

Selective denervation of the bladder

1 March 2019 | | denervation, overactive bladder, tissue ablation, tissue healing, ablation, afferent nerves, fulguration, micturition, minimally invasive, radiofrequency, trigone

The treatment of refractory overactive bladder is currently limited to neuromodulation (sacral nerve stimulation or percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation) or botulinum toxin injections. Although all these options are valuable, they have their own limitations and may not be suitable for...

Comparing intravesical chemohyperthermia with Mitomycin C versus BCG in treating bladder cancer

1 July 2016 | | Urologic Oncology | BCG, Device-assisted therapy, Hyperthermia, Intravesical chemotherapy, Mitomycin-C, Non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer, Radiofrequency, Randomised controlled trial, Recurrence rate, Thermochemotherapy

In the advent of the recent Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) crisis, the importance of alternative adjuvant treatments for intermediate- and high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) has been highlighted. Chemohyperthermia (CHT) has emerged as an option, however there remains a lack of...

BPS – a diagnostic enigma

1 July 2015 | | Functional Urology | Hunner's ulcer, bladder pain syndrome, cystoscopy, frequency, glomerulations, interstitial cystitis

This article from a London teaching hospital presents the results of a Medline search about challenges in bladder pain syndrome. All the known definitions from the American Urological Association (AUA), European Association of Urology (EAU), etc. are given while the...