Bladder and bowel function

Neurogenic Bladder

Bladder biopsy

Bladder Cancer

Bladder Catheterization

The Relationship Between Bladder and Bowel Function

Is there a significant overlap between bladder and bowel function, and what types of challenges does this present to the clinician? International Journal of Clinical Practice

Coffee speeds up return of bowel function after colon surgery

Patients who drank coffee, rather than water, after bowel surgery to remove a part of their colon experienced a quicker return to bowel movements and tolerance of solid food.

Neurotrophins as regulators of urinary bladder function

In this Review, Ochodnicky and colleagues discuss the clinical and experimental evidence that supports a role for neurotrophins in the neural control of bladder function and in the emergence of lower...

Robotic Bladder Cancer Surgery Safe and Effective

Robotic-assisted surgery for invasive bladder cancer is effective and results in less bleeding and shorter hospital stays when compared to the traditional open procedure, according to the results of a...

Improved Bowel Function With Robotic Sacrocolpopexy

Approximately half of patients were less bothered by obstructive bowel symptoms following robotic sacrocolpopexy. Medscape Medical News

Coffee speeds up return of bowel function after colon surgery, study finds

Patients who drank coffee, rather than water, after bowel surgery to remove a part of their colon experienced a quicker return to bowel movements and tolerance of solid food, according to a new study.

Coffee speeds up return of bowel function after colon surgery

(Wiley) Patients who drank coffee, rather than water, after bowel surgery to remove a part of their colon experienced a quicker return to bowel movements and tolerance of solid food, according to a co...

[Comment] Treatment for plexiform neurofibromas in patients with NF1

Plexiform neurofibromas are congenital lesions associated with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). They grow at variable rates, particularly in childhood, and can result in substantial morbidity and early...

Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Intracorporeal Hand-Sewn Bowel Anastomosis During Pediatric Bladder Reconstructive Surgery( * ).

Abstract Bowel anastomosis performed during robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery in both adult and pediatric populations has typically been performed using endoscopic staplers or with exteriorization o...

Interstitial Cystitis/Painful Bladder Syndrome and Associated Medical Conditions With an Emphasis on Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

PURPOSE: We characterized and compared the impact of clinical phenotypic associations between interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome and controls in relation to potentially related conditions,...

Urinary diversion in childhood : Special attention to the long-term consequences and complications.

For reconstruction of the urinary tract almost all bowel segments have been used. Today ileal and colonic segments are used for bladder augmentation, substitution, continent or incontinent urinary div...

Functional Brainstem Changes in Response to Bladder Function Alteration Elicited by Surgical Reduction in Bladder Capacity: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study.

PURPOSE:: Our previous results revealed a positive correlation between bladder dysfunction and cortical arousals in children with enuresis. This finding implied an interrelationship between bladder dy...

Fetal MRI clues to diagnose cloacal malformations.

BACKGROUND: Prenatal US detection of cloacal malformations is challenging and rarely confirms this diagnosis. OBJECTIVE: To define the prenatal MRI findings in cloacal malformations. MATERIALS AND MET...