Abstract VCU offers a comprehensive evaluation of the lower urinary tract by combining both anatomical and functional assessments. Chapter 7 Videocystourethrography Smita Rajshekhar and Sushma Srikrishna 7.1 Introduction Videocystourethrography (VCU),…
Abstract The publication ‘United Kingdom Continence Society: Minimum Standards for Urodynamic Studies, 2018’ was commissioned by the UK Continence Society (UKCS), to replace the Joint statement on minimum standards for…
Abstract A bladder diary provides an objective evaluation of the severity of urinary storage symptoms and associated urinary incontinence. Bladder diaries are not used to diagnose detrusor overactivity or urodynamic…
Abstract Patient-centred questionnaires and patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures are terms that are used interchangeably to reflect an instrument that provides evaluation of the lived experience of symptoms from the patients’…
Abstract Pad testing, most often used as an objective assessment of urinary incontinence, involves the use of pre-weighed continence pads to capture urinary leakage over a period of time. On…
Abstract Many andrological pathologies seen in adults, including infertility, actually arise at a younger age, due to the strong susceptibility and vulnerability of the male gonad to external insults, starting…
Abstract Donor insemination (DI) has undergone radical changes in the last 25 years, for example exclusive use of frozen semen, and increasing use of DI for single women. A summary…
Abstract All sperm accrue varying amounts of DNA damage during maturation and storage, a process that appears to be mediated through oxidative stress. The clinical significance of genetic damage in…
Abstract Varicocele is the most common surgically correctable factor identified in infertile men. The negative impact of varicocele on testicular function, semen parameters and fertility potential have been well recognized…
Abstract According to a number of high-quality studies, intrauterine insemination (IUI) with homologous semen should be the first choice of treatment in the case of moderate male factor subfertility. IVF…
