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(2) The sympathetic nerves stimulate closure of the ureteric and internal urethral orifices and contraction of the internal sphincter, and their action on the detrusor is inhibitory; i.e., the effect is to prevent bladder outflow.
Purpose: Assessment of the Spanner™, a new temporary urethral stent to relieve bladder outflow obstruction and urinary symptoms after brachytherapy.
Conclusions: Bladder outflow obstruction was effectively treated with the Spanner™ intraprostatic stent, however pain limited the use of the device in the early post-brachytherapy patient group.
This study was designed to investigate melatonin as a potential treatment for nocturia associated with bladder outflow obstruction in older men.
There is no information, however, about the role of this steroid hormone on the muscle tension of the bladder outflow region.
The objective of this study was to validate the PGI-I as a PRO assessment following surgery for bladder outflow obstruction (BOO) in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).
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Firstly, there is a group who appear to have normal bladders without outflow obstruction and normal calibre ureters when not micturating, described as having either primary VUR or primary renal dysplasia.
The function of the lower urinary tract is to store urine and periodically expel its contents through a reciprocal control of the contractile properties of the urinary bladder and its outflow tract.
If little or no urine appears, it may be because the kidneys are forming little urine (oliguria) or none (anuria); or it may represent a holdup in the bladder or urethra affecting the outflow from both kidneys.
Urethral strictures caused by injury, necrotising inflammation, surgical procedures such as urethrotomy or castration [ 4] or urethral compression by a tumour, abscess or haematoma are rare causes of urinary outflow obstruction and bladder rupture [ 4, 6].
Serotoninergic effects on voiding behaviour including micturition reflexes and urethral sphincter activity differ depending on species studied e.g. in cats serotonin inhibits parasympathetic outflow to the bladder whilst the opposite is seen in rats accompanied by sphincter excitation (de Groat 2002).
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