Urethra

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A Critical Analysis of Bulbar Urethroplasty Stricture Recurrence: Characteristics and Management. 
  • A Critical Evaluation of the Utility of Imaging After Urethroplasty for Bulbar Urethral Stricture Disease. 
  • A case of female epispadias. 
  • A catheter based method to activate urethral sensory nerve fibers. 
  • A coaxial microwave applicator for transurethral hyperthermia of the prostate. 
  • A model of neural cross-talk and irritation in the pelvis: implications for the overlap of chronic pelvic pain disorders. 
  • A novel urodynamic model for lower urinary tract assessment in awake rats. 
  • A review of cases of posterior urethral valves seen at the University College Hospital, Ibadan (Nigeria). 
  • A urethral afferent mediated excitatory bladder reflex exists in humans. 
  • ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Penetrating Trauma-Lower Abdomen and Pelvis. 
  • ACR appropriateness criteria on external beam radiation therapy treatment planning for clinically localized prostate cancer expert panel on radiation oncology--prostate. 
  • Accessory phallic urethra in adult female. 
  • Activation of the external urethral sphincter central pattern generator by a 5-HT(1A) receptor agonist in rats with chronic spinal cord injury. 
  • Adenocarcinoma arising in a diverticulum of the female urethra. 
  • Artificial Urinary Sphincter Cuff Downsizing Improves Continence and Patient Satisfaction in Cases of Sub-cuff Atrophy. 
  • Artificial urinary sphincters: plain radiography of malfunction and complications. 
  • Association Between Ejaculatory Dysfunction and Post-Void Dribbling After Urethroplasty. 
  • Bilateral lower extremity compartment syndromes following prolonged surgery in the low lithotomy position with serial compression stockings. 
  • Bladder activation by selective stimulation of pudendal nerve afferents in the cat. 
  • Bladder and urethral pressures evoked by microstimulation of the sacral spinal cord in cats. 
  • Buccal Reharvest for Urethroplasty After Graft Site Closure is Safe and Does Not Affect Long-Term Oral Health. 
  • Carcinoma of the male urethra. 
  • Change in urethral sphincter neuromuscular function during pregnancy persists after delivery. 
  • Comparison of laparoscopic and open retropubic urethropexy for treatment of stress urinary incontinence. 
  • Critical Analysis of Patient-reported Complaints and Complications After Urethroplasty for Bulbar Urethral Stricture Disease. 
  • Detection of Bladder Contractions From the Activity of the External Urethral Sphincter in Rats Using Sparse Regression. 
  • Development of RTOG consensus guidelines for the definition of the clinical target volume for postoperative conformal radiation therapy for prostate cancer. 
  • Diabetic urethropathy compounds the effects of diabetic cystopathy. 
  • Diagnosing intrinsic sphincteric deficiency: comparing urethral closure pressure, urethral axis, and Valsalva leak point pressures. 
  • Differential vulnerabilities of urethral afferents in diabetes and discovery of a novel urethra-to-urethra reflex. 
  • Distal urethroplasty for isolated fossa navicularis and meatal strictures. 
  • Does preoperative topical antimicrobial scrub reduce positive surgical site culture rates in men undergoing artificial urinary sphincter placement? 
  • Does urethral competence affect urodynamic voiding parameters in women with prolapse? 
  • Dynamics of the sensory response to urethral flow over multiple time scales in rat. 
  • Early vs late midline sling lysis results in greater improvement in lower urinary tract symptoms. 
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  • Effect of Lichen Sclerosis on Success of Urethroplasty. 
  • Effects of ZD6169, a K ATP channel opener, on neurally-mediated plasma extravasation in the rat urinary bladder induced by chemical or electrical stimulation of nerves. 
  • Efficacy of 99mTc voiding cystourethrogram for detection of duodenal leaks after pancreas transplantation. 
  • Ejaculatory abnormalities in mice with targeted disruption of the gene for heme oxygenase-2. 
  • Ejaculatory profiles and fertility in men after posterior urethroplasty for pelvic fracture-urethral distraction defect injuries. 
  • Electrical stimulation of the urethra evokes bladder contractions and emptying in spinal cord injury men: case studies. 
  • Electrical stimulation of the urethra evokes bladder contractions in a woman with spinal cord injury. 
  • Endoscopy and dilation of urethral defects and strictures. 
  • Erectile function after posterior urethroplasty for pelvic fracture-urethral distraction defect injuries. 
  • Evaluation and management of incontinence after implantation of the artificial urinary sphincter. 
  • Evaluation of Aa point and cotton-tipped swab test as predictors of urodynamic stress incontinence. 
  • Fascicular anatomy and surgical access of the human pudendal nerve. 
  • Female urethral injuries associated with pelvic fracture: a systematic review of the literature. 
  • Findings of universal cystoscopy at incontinence surgery and their sequelae. 
  • Finite element modeling and in vivo analysis of electrode configurations for selective stimulation of pudendal afferent fibers. 
  • Fournier's gangrene after urethral rupture: an uncommon complication of a common procedure. 
  • Frequency-dependent selection of reflexes by pudendal afferents in the cat. 
  • Functional anatomy of the male feline urethra: morphological and physiological correlations. 
  • Immunoreactive prostatic specific antigen in male periurethral glands. 
  • Impact of urethral injury management on the treatment and outcome of concurrent pelvic fractures. 
  • Impotence following pelvic fracture urethral injury: incidence, aetiology and management. 
  • Influences of external urethral sphincter relaxation induced by alpha-bungarotoxin, a neuromuscular junction blocking agent, on voiding dysfunction in the rat with spinal cord injury. 
  • Interrupted versus Continuous Suturing for Vesicourethral Anastomosis During Radical Prostatectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. 
  • Intranasal clonidine as a premedicant: three cases with unique indications. 
  • Intraurethral Steroids are a Safe and Effective Treatment for Stricture Disease in Patients with Biopsy Proven Lichen Sclerosus. 
  • Intraurethral activation of excitatory bladder reflexes in persons with spinal cord injury. 
  • Intraurethral catheter placement does not change the external circumferential measurement of the urethra during AUS placement: A prospective observational trial. 
  • Intraurethral stimulation evokes bladder responses via 2 distinct reflex pathways. 
  • Isolated urethral injury after coitus-related penile trauma. 
  • Lichen sclerosus in men is associated with elevated body mass index, diabetes mellitus, coronary artery disease and smoking. 
  • Long-term continence outcomes after immediate repair of pediatric bladder neck lacerations extending into the urethra. 
  • Long-term outcomes following abdominal sacrocolpopexy for pelvic organ prolapse. 
  • Long-term results of transurethral collagen injection in men with intrinsic sphincter deficiency. 
  • Male urethral diverticulum: the double density sign. 
  • Management of traumatic posterior urethral stricture by one stage perineal repair. 
  • Management of urethral stricture disease: developing options for surgical intervention. 
  • Mechanism of Action of the Transobturator Sling for Post-Radical Prostatectomy Incontinence: A Multi-institutional Prospective Study Using Dynamic Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 
  • Medical Management of Penile and Urethral Lichen Sclerosus with Topical Clobetasol Improves Long-Term Voiding Symptoms and Quality of Life. 
  • Multiple Reflex Pathways Contribute to Bladder Activation by Intraurethral Stimulation in Persons With Spinal Cord Injury. 
  • Multiple pudendal sensory pathways reflexly modulate bladder and urethral activity in patients with spinal cord injury. 
  • NLRP3/IL-1β mediates denervation during bladder outlet obstruction in rats. 
  • Neural control of the urethra and development of pharmacotherapy for stress urinary incontinence. 
  • Neural control of the urethra. 
  • Neural control of urethral outlet activity in vivo: role of nitric oxide. 
  • Neurogenic bladder dysfunction in the Shy-Drager syndrome. 
  • Neurophysiologic intraoperative monitoring during surgery for tethered cord syndrome. 
  • OAB without an overactive bladder in the acute prostaglandin E2 rat model. 
  • Oral ketoconazole for prevention of postoperative penile erection: a placebo controlled, randomized, double-blind trial. 
  • Outcome analysis of urethral wall stent insertion with artificial urinary sphincter placement for severe recurrent bladder neck contracture following radical prostatectomy. 
  • Outcomes following revisions and secondary implantation of the artificial urinary sphincter. 
  • Outcomes of Urethroplasty to Treat Urethral Strictures Arising From Artificial Urinary Sphincter Erosions and Rates of Subsequent Device Replacement. 
  • Paraexstrophy skin flaps for the primary closure of exstrophy in boys: outmoded or updated? 
  • Pelvic Fracture Urethral Distraction Defect. 
  • Perineal repair of pelvic fracture urethral distraction defects: experience in 120 patients during the last 10 years. 
  • Perineal transpubic repair: a technique for treating post-traumatic prostatomembranous urethral strictures. 
  • Persistence and survival of autologous muscle derived cells versus bovine collagen as potential treatment of stress urinary incontinence. 
  • Phasic activation of the external urethral sphincter increases voiding efficiency in the rat and the cat. 
  • Pre-operative urodynamics in women with stress urinary incontinence increases physician confidence, but does not improve outcomes. 
  • Predicting renal outcomes in children with anterior urethral valves: a systematic review. 
  • Prostatomembranous urethral injuries: a review of the literature and a rational approach to their management. 
  • Pubovaginal fascial slings. 
  • Racial differences in pelvic morphology among asymptomatic nulliparous women as seen on three-dimensional magnetic resonance images. 
  • Radical prostatectomy: value of prostate MRI in surgical planning. 
  • Randomized Controlled Trial to Assess the Impact of High Concentration Intraurethral Lidocaine on Urodynamic Voiding Parameters. 
  • Randomized Controlled Trial to Assess the Impact of Intraurethral Lidocaine on Urodynamic Voiding Parameters. 
  • Re: The Association between Caudal Anesthesia and Increased Risk of Postoperative Surgical Complications in Boys Undergoing Hypospadias Repair. 
  • Re: The significance of the open bladder neck associated with pelvic fracture urethral distraction defects. 
  • Re: Tunneled tunica vaginalis flap is an effective technique for recurrent urethrocutaneous fistulas following tubularized incised plate urethroplasty J. C. Routh, J. J. Wolpert and Y. Reinberg J Urol 2006; 176: 1578-1581. 
  • Reconstruction of posterior urethral disruption. 
  • Redefining the Autonomic Nerve Distribution of the Bladder Using 3-Dimensional Image Reconstruction. 
  • Removal of a UroLume prostatic stent using the holmium laser. 
  • Removing a misplaced retropubic midurethral sling from the urethra and bladder neck using ear, nose, and throat instruments. 
  • Repair of pelvic fracture posterior urethral defects using an elaborated perineal approach: experience with 74 cases. 
  • Response to Letter to Editor: "Development and Validation of a Male Anterior Urethral Stricture Classification System". 
  • Retrograde urethrogram: diagnostic aid and hazard. 
  • Robot-assisted laparoscopic anterior urethral diverticulectomy. 
  • Role of pudendal afferents in voiding efficiency in the rat 
  • Salvage posterior urethroplasty after failed initial repair of pelvic fracture membranous urethral defects. 
  • Sensory and circuit mechanisms mediating lower urinary tract reflexes. 
  • Sensory feedback from the urethra evokes state-dependent lower urinary tract reflexes in rat. 
  • Sensory pudendal nerve stimulation increases bladder capacity through sympathetic mechanisms in cyclophosphamide-induced cystitis rats. 
  • Short-term Complication Rates Following Anterior Urethroplasty: An Analysis of National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Data. 
  • Somatic innervation of the feline lower urinary tract. 
  • Spinal micturition reflex mediated by afferents in the deep perineal nerve. 
  • Stent-free Thiersch-Duplay hypospadias repair with the Snodgrass modification. 
  • Stimulation of the pelvic nerve increases bladder capacity in the prostaglandin E₂ rat model of overactive bladder. 
  • Surgery via natural orifices in human beings: yesterday, today, tomorrow. 
  • Survey on the Contemporary Management of Intraoperative Urethral Injuries During Penile Prosthesis Implantation. 
  • Synchronous management of anastomotic contracture and stress urinary incontinence following radical prostatectomy. 
  • Temporal trends in the incidence of severe pelvic fracture urethral injuries in the United States from 1998 to 2014. 
  • The UroLume stent revisited: the Duke experience. 
  • The augmented anastomotic urethroplasty: indications and outcome in 29 patients. 
  • The development of a technique to estimate the number of motor units in the urethral sphincter. 
  • The effect of bulbar urethroplasty on erectile function. 
  • The evaluation of bladder neck dysfunction. 
  • The evolution of urethroplasty for bulbar urethral stricture disease: lessons learned from a single center experience. 
  • The management of strictures of the membranous urethra. 
  • The outcome of transvaginal cystourethropexy in patients with anatomical stress urinary incontinence and outlet weakness. 
  • The role of angiotensin II in stress urinary incontinence: A rat model. 
  • The significance of the open bladder neck associated with pelvic fracture urethral distraction defects. 
  • The vascularized skin island urethroplasty: its role and results in urethral stricture management. 
  • Transcorporal artificial urinary sphincter cuff placement in cases requiring revision for erosion and urethral atrophy. 
  • Transient significant bacteriuria in women. 
  • Transvaginal needle suspension procedures for recurrent stress incontinence. 
  • Trauma, and Genital and Urethral Reconstruction. 
  • Traumatic obliterative urethral strictures in pediatric patients: failure of the cut to light technique at long-term followup. 
  • Traumatic rupture of the female urethra. 
  • Trichomonas vaginalis as a cause of urethritis in Malawian men. 
  • Troubleshooting the malfunctioning Scott artificial urinary sphincter. 
  • Ultrasound Evaluation of the Urethra and Bladder Neck Before and After Transurethral Bulking. 
  • Update on the Medical and Surgical Management of Urethral Condyloma. 
  • Urethral Injury and the Penile Prosthesis. 
  • Urethral afferent nerve activity affects the micturition reflex; implication for the relationship between stress incontinence and detrusor instability. 
  • Urethral cuff erosion as a result of urinary catheterization in patients with an artificial urinary sphincter. 
  • Urethral dysfunction in diabetic rats. 
  • Urethral flow-responsive afferents in the cat sacral dorsal root ganglia. 
  • Urethroplasty management in 100 cases of urethral stricture: a rationale for procedure selection. 
  • Urethroscopic Findings following Urethroplasty Predict the Need for Secondary Intervention in the Long Term: A Multi-Institutional Study from Trauma and Urologic Reconstructive Network of Surgeons. 
  • Urethrovaginal fistula: a review of the surgical management. 
  • Urinary tract erosions after synthetic pubovaginal slings: diagnosis and management strategy. 
  • Urodynamic evaluation of female cats with idiopathic cystitis. 
  • Use of Automated Performance Metrics to Measure Surgeon Performance during Robotic Vesicourethral Anastomosis and Methodical Development of a Training Tutorial. 
  • Use of oral ketoconazole to prevent postoperative erections following penile surgery. 
  • Use of the rectus abdominis muscle flap in urological reconstructive procedures. 
  • Valsalva leak point pressure (VLPP) greater than 70 cm H2O is an indicator for sling success: a success prediction model for the male transobturator sling. 
  • Videourodynamic studies. 
  • Voiding dysfunction following incontinence surgery: diagnosis and treatment with retropubic or vaginal urethrolysis. 
  • Voltage-dependent potassium currents of urethral afferent neurons in diabetes mellitus. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Routh, Jonathan Charles, Paul H. Sherman, M.D. Distinguished Associate Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics
  • Stinnett, Sandra Sue, Associate Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics