Upper urinary tract preservation or improvement Absence or control of infection Low storage pressures with adequate bladder capacity Low voiding pressures with adequate emptying ability if not performing intermittent cath…
Normal bladder sensation Can be judged by three defined points noted during filling cystometry and evaluated in relation to the bladder volume at that moment and in relation to the…
Filling and storage Contractions (involuntary detrusor) Compliance Coarse sensation Continence Cystometric capacity Emptying Contractility Complete emptying Coordination Clinical obstruction The “C’s” are not specific for all types of urinary dysfunction…
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Urodynamics Questions to ask Pretest Q1. Does the patient need this test? Q2. What questions do I need to answer? Q3. How should the test be designed to answer the…
Fig. 1.1 Zeiss OPMI/S3/S4 Surgical Microscope Systems (a, b) with motorized zoom and focus and Zeiss OPMI-1 binocular diploscope (c) with manually controlled zoom and focus are used for male…
Fig. 13.1 The three corpora of the penis. The glans penis is an expansion of the distal corpus spongiosum (Gray’s Anatomy, 1918) Fig. 13.2 Cross section of penis. Each corpora…
Fig. 10.1 Operative setup for robotic microsurgery cases The robot is brought in from the right side of the patient in all our cases. Figures 10.1 and 10.2 illustrate the…
and Ajay K. Nangia2 (1) Departments of Urology, Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, UCSF, 1600 Divisadero, 1695, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA (2) Department of Urology, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow…
Fig. 3.1 A 2–3 cm incision is typically made in a subinguinal location, just lateral to the base of the penis, a few centimeters caudal to the external ring Skin…
