The cardiovascular and gastrointestinal adverse effects of cyclooxygenase inhibitors seems to be a major concern that restricts their use in the treatment of urinary bladder dysfunction
Journal Title: Central European Journal of Urology - Year 2015, Vol 68, Issue 1
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Editorial referring to the paper: Gokkaya CS, Aktas BK, Ozden C, Bulut S, Karabakan M, Erkmen AE, Memis A. Flurbiprofen alone and in combination with alfuzosin for the management of lower urinary tract symptoms. Cent European J Urol. 2015; 68: 51-56.
The comparison of the influence between two different bowel preparation methods on sepsis after prostate biopsies
Introduction Transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS) guided prostate needle biopsy has been performed to diagnose and stage prostate cancer for many years. There are many different bowel preparation proto-cols to diminish...
The new horizons of pharmacotherapy. Unexpected pharmacological actions and a new therapeutic strategy of phosphodiesterase–5 inhibitors
Introduction Benign prostate hyperplasia and erectile dysfunction affect a significant subset of men. BPH and ED may have the same promoting conditions and are the strong predicting risk factors to each other. A signific...
Effectiveness of combined high–dosed trospium and solifenacin depending on severity of OAB symptoms in elderly men and women under cyclic therapy
in this study. All patients underwent urodynamic examination before enrollment and after the study was completed. For clinical evaluation of LUT state ICIQ-SF questionnaires and bladder diaries were used. Patients with m...
Laparoscopy and pediatric urology
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Should active surveillance in prostate cancer patients be based on a single histological assessment?
Introduction Active surveillance (AS) is always associated with a degree of uncertainty, whether or not prostate biopsy (TRUSBx) results indeed can be relied on for evaluation of cancer stage and histological grade, as t...