Browse the latest research summaries in the field of urology for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
Showing 321-330 of 389 results
World Journal of Urology, 2023 • May 17, 2023
This study investigates the safety and feasibility of using spider silk for erectile nerve reconstruction during robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP). Six patients underwent RARP with spider si...
KEY FINDING: Spider silk nerve reconstruction (SSNR) during robot-assisted radical prostatectomy is feasible and does not cause major complications.
Biomedicines, 2023 • November 10, 2023
This retrospective study evaluated the efficacy and safety of intrasphincteric BoNT-A injections in patients with non-spinal cord injury-related detrusor sphincter dyssynergia (DSD). The primary outco...
KEY FINDING: There was a statistically significant reduction in maximum detrusor pressure (Pdetmax) after treatment (p = 0.006).
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2023 • November 8, 2023
This study employed Mendelian randomization to investigate the causal relationship between sarcopenic obesity (SO) factors and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), focusing on basal metabolic rate (BMR...
KEY FINDING: An increase in BMR is associated with an elevated risk of developing BPH.
J. Clin. Med., 2024 • March 8, 2024
This meta-analysis provides the summary estimates for perioperative and postoperative functional outcome and safety of endoscopic treatment options for BPO in patients ≥75 years of age. Of particular ...
KEY FINDING: All surgical techniques significantly improve the postoperative quality of life of patients in this age group compared to their preoperative quality of life.
J Urol, 2015 • June 1, 2015
This study investigates whether the reinnervated neuronal pathway mediates contraction via the same neurotransmitter and receptor mechanisms as the original pathway. In contrast, SCh virtually elimina...
KEY FINDING: Succinylcholine (SCh) virtually eliminated bladder pressure increases induced by electrical stimulation of the transferred somatic nerves or the lumbar spinal segments that contribute axons to these donor nerves.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2015 • November 1, 2015
This study aimed to reconstruct a bladder reflex arc with both afferent and efferent pathways to achieve atonic bladder innervation after SCI. The bladder reflex arc with afferent and efferent pathway...
KEY FINDING: The study successfully reconstructed a bladder reflex arc with both afferent and efferent pathways in rats with spinal cord injury.
The Journal of Neuroscience, 2015 • February 4, 2015
This study investigates the role of BDNF in the development and maintenance of NDO after spinal cord injury (SCI) in rats. The findings suggest that BDNF plays a complex and potentially dual role in N...
KEY FINDING: Spinal BDNF expression increased in a time-dependent manner after SCI, correlating with the emergence of NDO.
Research and Reports in Urology, 2016 • September 28, 2016
The study successfully developed a CT-guided technique for tined lead implantation in minipigs for sacral neuromodulation. The procedure allows for precise targeting of the sacral nerve root S3, leadi...
KEY FINDING: Successful bilateral tined lead implantation was achieved in four out of five minipigs using the CT-guided technique.
SDRP J Biomed Eng, 2016 • February 1, 2016
This study developed and validated a PCR-based method for assessing the neuroregenerative response of the pudendal nerve. This method measures the expression of βII-Tubulin, a protein indicative of ne...
KEY FINDING: Pudendal nerve injury upregulated βII-Tubulin expression 2.36 ± 0.46 times one week after injury using Q-PCR.
Int Neurourol J, 2017 • March 1, 2017
This study aimed to determine the structural changes of the urinary bladder after chronic SCI in minipigs, with a focus on the analysis of urinary bladder wall proteins and their quantitative distribu...
KEY FINDING: Chronic SCI significantly increased bladder wall thickness in minipigs.