-
Article
Prevalence of urinary incontinence in Korean women:an epidemiologic survey
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of urinary incontinence (UI) in a Korean national community sample of female adults aged 30–79 years. During April 2003, a national Korea telephone surv...
-
Article
Impact of stress urinary incontinence and overactive bladder on micturition patterns and health-related quality of life
We examined the impact of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and overactive bladder (OAB) on micturition habits and health-related quality of life (QOL). A total of 250 Korean women were included in the study. ...
-
Article
Is a Generic Quality of Life Instrument Helpful for Evaluating Women with Urinary Incontinence?
Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine whether a generic health outcome instrument would be helpful for evaluating women with stress urinary incontinence (UI) combined with or without urge UI. Methods
-
Article
Direct ureteric length measurement from intravenous pyelography: does height represent ureteric length?
Ureteric length is the most important factor for determining the ideal length of a ureteric stent. In most of the literature, ureteric length is estimated according to a patient’s height. We investigated the r...
-
Article
Complications associated with the tension-free vaginal tape procedure: the Korean experience
The object was to assess the incidence of complications in patients who had undergone the tension-free vaginal tape procedure and their management. A total of 274 women 28–80 years old (mean: 55.1) with a mini...
-
Article
Preoperative maximal flow rate may be a predictive factor for the outcome of tension-free vaginal tape procedure for stress urinary incontinence
This study examined factors potentially predicting on the outcome of the tension-free vaginal tape procedure for stress urinary incontinence. A total of 60 women (aged 35–71 years, mean 57) with at least follo...
-
Article
Nocturia and complementary indices: determination and quantification of the cause of nocturia by frequency-volume charts in women with lower urinary tract symptoms
We evaluated differences between women with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) with and without nocturia in terms of voiding habits, urine production and voided volumes in order to determine and quantify the ...
-
Article
Voltage-dependent ion channel currents in putative neuroendocrine cells dissociated from the ventral prostate of rat
Prostate neuroendocrine (NE) cells play important roles in the growth and differentiation of the prostate. Following enzymatic digestion of rat ventral prostate, the whole-cell patch-clamp technique was applie...
