Urology

HOUSTON — Antibiotic use in urology outpatient settings may be “substantially underestimated” if only prescriptions made during in-person encounters are considered, researchers found.

Women who underwent hysterectomy were more likely to subsequently undergo stress urinary incontinence compared with women who did not have a hysterectomy, confirming previous studies findings.

In this video, Kara N. Babaian, MD, discussed a recommendation for patients eligible for salvage radical prostatectomy, which was presented the American Urological Association meeting.

Single-incision mini-slings were noninferior to midurethral slings, which have been the surgical treatment of choice in women with stress urinary incontinence, findings from the randomized SIMS trial showed.

A digital intravaginal device for pelvic floor muscle training improved urinary incontinence symptoms and reduced the number of episodes compared with a home training program, according to findings from a randomized controlled study.

Almost 30% of patients did not attend a telehealth visit at a urology clinic within a safety-net hospital in San Francisco during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, a cross-sectional analysis showed.

Patients with COVID-19 reported experiencing severe genitourinary symptoms during infection, and new or worsening overactive bladder symptoms after recovery, according to recent findings from two studies.

The novel muscarinic M3 receptor antagonist DA8010 significantly reduced urine frequency and urgency episodes compared with placebo in adults with overactive bladder, according to recent findings.

The use of virtual reality technology can reduce the pain that patients feel during uncomfortable medical procedures, according to research presented at the European Association of Urology .

COVID-19 may negatively affect sperm quality and reduce fertility in men, and the magnitude of that effect may depend on the severity of disease, researchers reported.