SUFU 2021: The Prevalence of Antimicrobial Resistant Pathogens Causing Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections Amongst Female Patients in an Outpatient Female Pelvic Medicine Practice in the NY/NJ Metropolitan Area
Presented by Diane K. Newman, DNP, CRNP, FAAN, BCB-PMD
This was a retrospective cross-sectional study to examine the clinical and microbiological properties of all women with culture-confirmed singular or sporadic urinary tract infections (sUTI) compared to those with recurrent UTIs (rUTI) in an outpatient female urology practice.
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SUFU 2021: Update on the SUFU OAB Clinical Pathway
Presented by Stephen Kraus, MD MBA FACS
In 2015, The Society of Urodynamics and Female Urology (SUFU) established a SUFU branded Overactive Bladder (OAB) Clinical Care Project (CCP) with the goal to establish a SUFU branded OAB CCP based on evidence from the American Urology Association (AUA)/SUFU OAB clinical practice guidelines and expert consensus.
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SUFU 2021: Identifying Patient-Centered Research Priorities in Overactive Bladder by Crowdsourcing
Presented by Aidan Kennedy
The aim of this study was to use Amazon MTurk to identify research topics prioritized by patients with overactive bladder (OAB). Amazon MTurk is a crowdsourcing platform. Users were invited to complete a survey on OAB Research.
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SUFU 2021: Disparity in Female Pelvic Examination in the Evaluation of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
Presented by Diane K. Newman, DNP, CRNP, FAAN, BCB-PMD
The primary objective of this study was to investigate the disparity of pelvic and genitourinary (GU) exams between male and female patients who present with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), urinary tract infection (UTI), and other urological conditions as well as, assess for predictors of undergoing pelvic examination.
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SUFU 2021: Diagnostic and Surgical Management of Female Urethral Diverticulum: The Challenge of an Infrequent Pathology
Presented by Diane K. Newman, DNP, CRNP, FAAN, BCB-PMD
The aim of this study is to present a case series of patients who underwent diagnosis and subsequent surgical management of urethral diverticulum (UD). A retrospective study of a prospective database of our urogynecology unit between 2016-2019 identified sixteen patients.
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SUFU 2021: Barriers to Completion of Voiding Diary in Patients With Overactive Bladder
Presented by Diane K. Newman, DNP, CRNP, FAAN, BCB-PMD
The primary aim of this study was to report the percent of patients completing a voiding diary. A secondary aim was to assess what factors may predict diary completion. This was a prospective cohort study of 93 patients undergoing workup for overactive bladder (OAB).
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SUFU 2021: Vaginal Lasers Should Be Part of Every Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery Practice
Presented by Nirit Rosenblum, MD
Functionated CO2 vaginal laser therapy is most common in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery (FPMRS) practice. It is minimally ablative, shown to be safe, precise, and efficient for skin resurfacing. It destroys the epidermis/dermis in micro treatment zones inducing wound healing.
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SUFU 2020: Interim Pivotal Study Effectiveness Data of a Coin-Sized Tibial Nerve Stimulator for Urgency Urinary Incontinence
Presented by Alexandra Rogers, MD
Scottsdale, Arizona (UroToday.com) In this study, an eCoin 2 trial, Dr. Alexandra Rogers aimed in a single arm to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the study device for treating urinary urgency incontinence (UUI) after 12 weeks. Percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation is approved to treat overactive bladder syndrome.
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SUFU 2020: Very Long-term Follow-up in the Management of Complex Bladder Neck Contracture and Urinary Incontinence After Prostate Cancer Treatment: Lessons Learned
Presented by Angelo Gousse, MD
Scottsdale, AZ (UroToday.com) Dr. Angelo Gousse presented his experience with 2-stage management for complex refractory bladder neck contracture (BNC) after prostate cancer treatment
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SUFU 2020: Audio-Visual Stimuli in an Oral Hydration Study: Heightened Response in Overactive Bladder Participants
Presented by Kaitlyn Maddra
Scottsdale, AZ (UroToday.com) Kaitlyn Maddra presents their research on audio-visual stimulation triggering urgency in overactive bladder patients. They aimed to quantify the changes
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SUFU 2020: InterStim™ Micro System Performance Comparison in a Sheep Model
Presented by Katie C. Bittner
Scottsdale, Arizona (UroToday.com) This study aimed to demonstrate that a new rechargeable, current-controlled sacral neuromodulation (SNM) system (InterStim™ Micro)
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SUFU 2020: Functional MRI Detected Changes in Brain Attentional Networks: Association with Hypnotherapy for Treatment of Urgency Urinary Incontinence
Presented by Loren Ketai, MD
Scottsdale, Arizona (UroToday.com) In this presentation the authors hypothesized that hypnotherapy and medication groups would differ in post-treatment brain activation during
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SUFU 2020: Prophylactic Antibiotics and the Urinary Microbiome in Menopausal Women with Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections
Presented by Monique Vaughan, MD
Scottsdale, AZ (UroToday.com) The authors aimed in this cross-sectional study to compare urinary microbes in three groups of menopausal women:1) women with recurrent urinary tract infections
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SUFU 2019: An Update on Nocturia - What's Keeping You Up at Night?
Presented by Jeffrey P. Weiss, MD
Miami, FL (UroToday.com) Dr. Jeffrey Weiss provided an update of the management of nocturia. Patients are oftentimes asked to fill out a 24-hour voiding diary but compliance in completing them is sometimes very difficult to obtain.
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SUFU 2019: A Novel Mobile Uroflowmetry Application For Assessing Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
Presented by Craig Comiter, MD
Miami, FL (UroToday.com) Although uroflowmetry is a frequently used diagnostic test to assess voiding dysfunction, concerns exist regarding the use of a single uroflow test for clinical decision making.
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SUFU 2019: The Impact of the New Guidelines on the Management of BPH in 2019
Presented by Harris Emilio Foster, MD
Miami, FL (UroToday.com) Dr. Foster leads the audience through the AUA BPH Guidelines briefly emphasizing the new changes /updates that will be seen in the new updated BPH guidelines.
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