Urology

OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate, using actual insurance data, that benign pelvic conditions are associated with increased health care costs and that these costs increase further with each additional coexisting benign pelvic diagnosis. METHODS: D…

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a chronic, debilitating condition affecting up to 10% of reproductive-age women. Urinary tract endometriosis is found in 1%-6% of women diagnosed with pelvic endometriosis, with the most common sites being the b…

ObjectiveBladder endometriosis is the presence of stroma and endometrial glands in the thickness of the detrusor muscle. The main symptoms it produces are dysuria and hematuria whose intensity is directly proportional to the size of the nod…

OBJECTIVE: To further examine anesthetic bladder capacity as a biomarker for interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) patient subtypes, we evaluated demographic and clinical characteristics in a large and heterogeneous female pa…

There is growing evidence suggesting cannabinoids may provide suitable alternatives to conventional treatments in an increasing number of clinical settings. This review evaluates how cannabinoids are used to treat certain benign urological …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate urinary tract involvement by deep infiltrating endometriosis as well as the surgical treatment and existence of predictive factors for major urologic surgery. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective analysis of 656 wom…

OBJECTIVE: To identify risk factors for urologic reconstruction during surgery for endometriosis. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We retrospectively identified patients in a surgical pathology database undergoing surgery for endometriosis at our ins…

OBJECTIVE: To determine the occurrence of lower genitourinary tract (LGUT) injury during hysterectomy for benign disease and identify risk factors for LGUT injury, with a specific focus on the effect of hysterectomy modality. METHODS: We p…

OBJECTIVE: To present the largest experience on the ureteroscopic management of ureteral obstruction secondary to intraluminal endometrial implantation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively evaluated patients who underwent ureteroscop…

OBJECTIVE: To discuss the contemporary management of urinary tract endometriosis and report our experience concerning laparoscopic treatment of intrinsic urinary tract endometriosis. METHODS: We performed a retrospective, multicenter study…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy and the potential use of multidetector computed tomography virtual cystoscopy (MDCT-VC) in patients with gross hematuria. METHODS: A total of 32 patients underwent MDCT-VC, cystoscopy, and a cytologic ex…

OBJECTIVES: To examine the prevalence and correlates of general and bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis (BPS/IC)-specific sexual dysfunction among women in the RAND Interstitial Cystitis Epidemiology study using a probability sample…

OBJECTIVES: To describe our experience at La Paz University Hospital with 12 patients with urinary tract endometriosis, an uncommon pathologic finding, the most extensive series published by Spanish investigators to our knowledge. METHODS:…

Emerging data are changing the pelvic pain paradigm for gynecologic patients. Historically, interstitial cystitis (IC) was rarely considered as a cause of chronic pelvic pain (CPP), but recent data suggest that IC is a common cause of CPP i…

Endometriosis of the male genitourinary tract is an exceedingly rare entity, with only 6 cases reported to date involving the bladder, prostate, lower abdominal wall, and paratesticular region. We present what we believe to be the first cas…