Ureteral stents are associated with flank pain and lower urinary-tract symptoms. The flank pain was not affected by the length of stent. Urgency and dysuria as well as a worse quality of life were significantly more common in the patients who had longer stents.
Uncomplicated ureteroscopy for treatment of distal ureteral stones is safe without stent placement. Patients without stents have significantly fewer irritative bladder symptoms and are not at risk of increased complications.
Both drugs used in this study had beneficial effects on the continence status of our patients, with minimal side-effects. Both drugs clinically improved nocturnal incontinence after radical cystoprostatectomy and formation of orthotopic ileal reservoirs, which was verified by the associated improvements in urodynamic characteristics.
Higher rates of filling during enterocystometry resulted in significantly higher capacity, delayed onset of contractions, delayed onset of first desire (or sense of fullness) and delayed onset of highest contraction. Therefore, we recommend slower filling rates during enterocystometric studies, which mimics physiological states and allows accurate and earlier identification of enterocystometric changes that could be masked by higher rates of filling.
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