Evaluation and management of mechanical dysfunction in continent colonic urinary reservoirs

PURPOSE: We analyze a group of patients who presented with mechanical dysfunction of the reservoir and/or efferent limb of a continent colonic urinary diversion, and establish an evaluation and management algorithm. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 16 patients with a mean age of 58 years and 1 or more symptoms related to continent colonic urinary diversion were evaluated. Presenting symptomatology included difficult catheterization in 8 cases (50%), disabling incontinence in 8 (50%) and recurrent urinary tract infections in 6 (37.5%). All patients had normal, nonobstructed, nonrefluxing upper tracts and none presented with stone disease. Urological evaluation consisted of catheterization, fluoroscopy and urography of the pouch, retrograde urography of the external limb and urodynamics (enterocystometrogram and outlet pressure profilometry). RESULTS: Of the 8 patients with difficulty with catheterization 4 had stomal stenosis, 2 had an elongated and redundant external limb, and 2 had a false passage. Diagnosis was established by the inability to catheterize, fluoroscopy of the pouch and retrograde urography. Disabling incontinence occurred in 8 patients, including 7 who presented with an incompetent outlet and 2 with high pressure intestinal contractions of the reservoir. The aforementioned abnormalities were diagnosed by a combination of retrograde urography, urography of the pouch and urodynamics. Recurrent symptomatic urinary infections were observed in 5 patients of the previous groups and in another with an hourglass reservoir, which was primarily diagnosed by urography of the pouch. Surgical correction in 15 patients included outlet reinforcement, reservoir revision, stomal or external limb revision and conversion to a urinary conduit. Surgical treatment was successful in 14 of 15 patients (93%). CONCLUSIONS: Catheterization difficulty requires retrograde urography to define possible anatomical abnormalities (false passage, conduit elongation) if catheterization and fluoroscopy of the pouch do not demonstrate stomal stenosis. Urinary incontinence benefits from enterocystometry and outlet pressure measurement to determine reservoir and external limb function. Recurrent urinary tract infections not related to ureteral obstruction or reflux requires fluoroscopy of the pouch and external limb to determine abnormalities in patients with detubularization and localization of areas of urine pooling.     

压力性尿失禁初始发病时间分析

目的：对女性压力性尿失禁初始发病时间进行探讨，以便采取预防措施。方法：对我院2000年12月-2003年2月期间就诊的全部408例女性压力性尿失禁病例的初始发病时间做回顾性分析。结果：初始发病在分娩后12个月内者为166例，占40．69％，初始发病在更年期或绝经后2年者为115例，占28．19％。结论：分娩后12个月内及更年期或绝经后2年为患者初始发病比较集中的两个时期，应加强这两个时期的妇女保健。     

女性尿道括约肌控尿和压力性尿失禁发病的机制

女性尿道括约肌控尿机制和压力性尿失禁发病机理的研究经历了长期和曲折的过程,目前认为,女性尿道括约肌是由尿道横纹肌括约肌、尿道平滑肌括约肌和尿道固有膜等结构,共同参与组成的一个构造精细而有序的尿道括约肌复合体或称尿道括约肌系统.压力性尿失禁的发生主要与尿道括约肌本身解剖结构和功能缺陷,以及尿道周围附属结构和支撑结构缺陷有关.     

Fecal transplantation can alleviate tic severity in a Tourette syndrome mouse model by modulating intestinal flora and promoting serotonin secretion

Background: Tourette syndrome (TS) is a neuropsychiatric disorder with onset in childhood that warrants effective therapies. Gut microbiota can affect central physiology and function via the microbiota-gut-brain axis. Therefore, the gut microbiota plays an important role in some mental illnesses. A small clinical trial showed that fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) may alleviate TS symptoms in children. Herein, FMT effects and mechanisms were explored in a TS mouse model.Methods: TS mice mod...     

Twenty-minute pad test: comparison of infusion of 250 ml of water with strong-desire amount in the bladder in women with stress urinary incontinence

OBJECTIVE: The objective was to compare the sensitivity of the 20-min pad test by infusion of 250 ml of water with the strong-desire amount in the bladder in women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI). STUDY DESIGN: Eighty-three women with SUI were enrolled between November 2005 and January 2006. The 20-min pad test by infusion of 250 ml of water was performed before urodynamic study (UDS). The strong-desire amount pad test was done after UDS. The results were analyzed by Pearson's chi(2) and Wilcoxon's signed-rank tests. RESULTS: The sensitivity by infusion of the strong-desire amount was better than infusion of 250 ml of water in the 20-min pad test (P<0.001). In the quantitative study, the two pad tests had fair agreement and the pad weight results of the infusion of the strong-desire amount were statistically higher than the infusion of 250 ml of water (P=0.0004). CONCLUSIONS: The infusion of the strong-desire amount had better sensitivity measured by the 20-min pad test in women with SUI compared with infusion of 250 ml of water in the bladder.