Articles of the week

Overactive bladder (OAB) is one of the most frequent LUTS in both sexes, and is associated with significant bother and impact on quality of life [1]. In many cases, no underlying cause is found and OAB is stated as being ‘idiopathic’. Until recently, the first-line management of idiopathic OAB has been based on the use of antimuscarinics, solifenacin being one of the most prescribed drugs; however, the long-term adherence to antimuscarinics has been shown to be rather low because of lack…

Safety and efficacy of mirabegron as add-on therapy in patients with overactive bladder treated with solifenacin: a postmarketing, open-label study in Japan (MILAI study) Osamu Yamaguchi, Hidehiro Kakizaki*, Yukio Homma†, Yasuhiko Igawa‡, Masayuki Takeda§, Osamu Nishizawa¶, Momokazu Gotoh**, Masaki Yoshida††, Osamu Yokoyama‡‡, Narihito Seki§§, Akira Okitsu¶¶, Takuya Hamada¶¶, Akiko Kobayashi¶¶ and Kentarou Kuroishi¶¶   Division of Bioengineering and LUTD Research,…

Every Week the Editor-in-Chief selects an Article of the Week from the current issue of BJUI. The abstract is reproduced below and you can click on the button to read the full article, which is freely available to all readers for at least 30 days from the time of this post. If you only have time to read one article this week, it should be this one. Real-time in vivo periprostatic nerve tracking using multiphoton microscopy in a rat survival surgery model: a promising pre-clinical study for…

Every Week the Editor-in-Chief selects an Article of the Week from the current issue of BJUI. The abstract is reproduced below and you can click on the button to read the full article, which is freely available to all readers for at least 30 days from the time of this post. In addition to the article itself, there is an accompanying editorial written by a prominent member of the urological community. This blog is intended to provoke comment and discussion and we invite you to use the comment…

Early in the adoption of robotic partial nephrectomy (RPN) as an alternative to laparoscopic PN (LPN) for the treatment of small renal masses, several of the current authors presented a similar comparison of LPN and RPN. They found RPN to result in shorter hospital stay, less blood loss, and shorter warm ischaemia time (WIT) compared with LPN [1]. They discovered that RPN outcomes were not dependent on the complexity of the tumour, which clearly impacted LPN results. They concluded that RPN is…

Trifecta and Optimal Peri-operative outcomes of Robotic and Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy In Surgical Treatment Of Small Renal Masses: A Multi-Institutional Study   Homayoun Zargar*, Mohamad E. Allaf†, Sam Bhayani‡, Michael Stifelman§, Craig Rogers¶, Mark W. Ball†, Jeffrey Larson‡, Susan Marshall§, Ramesh Kumar¶ and Jihad H. Kaouk*   *Cleveland Clinic, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland, OH, †The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, James Buchanan…

Every Week the Editor-in-Chief selects an Article of the Week from the current issue of BJUI. The abstract is reproduced below and you can click on the button to read the full article, which is freely available to all readers for at least 30 days from the time of this post. In addition to the article itself, there is an accompanying editorial written by a prominent member of the urological community. This blog is intended to provoke comment and discussion and we invite you to use the comment…

In 1985, Clare Fowler described the presence of abnormal electromyography (EMG) signals in the urethral sphincter of five women with unexplained urinary retention [1]. The presence of complex repetitive discharges (CRD) and decelerating bursts (DB) in women with urinary retention became an important diagnostic finding. Initially, it was described as an EMG finding resembling pseudomyotonia (delayed relaxation of striated muscle when deep tendon reflexes are elicited). Later, an association with…

External urethral sphincter electromyography in asymptomatic women and the influence of the menstrual cycle Cecile Tawadros*†, Katherine Burnett*, Laura F. Derbyshire*, Thomas Tawadros†, Noel W. Clarke*‡ and Christopher D. Betts*   *Department of Urology, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, UK, †Department of Urology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland, and ‡Department of Urology, Christie Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester,…