Chronic psychological stress is known to induce functional and molecular alterations in central circuits regulating micturition. Here, we investigated whether odor-specific olfactory stimulation ...

Professor Gustafson's research is in the areas of neural engineering and neural prostheses. His research interests focus on understanding the systems-level neurophysiology and neural control of pelvic ...

Case 1. A 70-year-old widow was admitted to the hospital complaining of pain in the back and difficult voiding of 2 weeks' duration. Three weeks before admission, after 2 grandchildren in her home ...

IRVINE, Calif., May 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Bright Uro, a medical device company with a mission to transform care for lower urinary tract dysfunction (LUTD) through innovations in urodynamics, today ...

IN the course of caring for a number of patients before and after operation for Hirschsprung's disease it became evident that some had defects in bladder function. To eliminate this as a postoperative ...

"When determining which code you should use, you must consider your Medicare carrier’s published rules and commercial payer processing policies," write Jonathan Rubenstein, MD, and Mark Painter. The ...

Stand-up urgency is a sudden need to urinate when getting up from a seated or reclined position. Treatment options include addressing underlying medical conditions and pelvic floor exercises. Share on ...

Atonic bladder is a condition where the bladder muscles cannot contract fully. This can cause difficulty urinating or completely emptying the bladder. Left untreated, it can lead to complications such ...

One of the most helpful tests in the evaluation of neurogenic bladder is called a urodynamic test. Urodynamic testing is also called a cystometrogram (CMG). In this test a very small catheter is ...

Aim: Percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation is used to decrease incontinence in chronic neurogenic bladder. We report the findings from a subset of patients in a randomized control trial of ...

Vaginal prolapse happens when the muscles that support the organs in a female’s pelvis weaken. This allows the uterus, urethra, bladder, or rectum to droop into and sometimes protrude out of the ...