STUDY DESIGN:A case-control study in a series of 55 males with urethral diverticula (UD) and their correspondent control, matched by age and time of radiological assessments.OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the risk factors to develop UD in males with spinal cord injury (SCI) and the place in the urethra where they are, most commonly, allocated.SETTING:Toledo, Spain.METHODS:Clinical histories and urodynamic studies, of all patients, were reviewed. The study was completed with a telephone survey according to an established protocol.RESULTS:The univariate analysis study showed the following risk factors: the age of onset of the spinal injury, the sphincterotomy procedure, personal history of lower urinary tract infections (LUTIs) and the chronic need of either indwelling catheter (IC) or the external condom drainage (ECD). Regarding the location of the UD, we have found the stress urinary incontinence as the only risk factor to develop UD in the prostatic urethra.On the other hand, we can conclude that the sphincterotomy, the ECD, the personal history of LUTIs and the detrusor external sphincter dyssynergia seem to be risk factors to develop diverticula in the bulbo-membranous urethra. Finally, we could point out the IC as the only risk factor for penile UD. Multivariate analysis showed that all of these risk factors were independent among them except the age of the onset of the injury and the ECD for UD in the bulbo-membranous urethra.CONCLUSION:According to our study, there is evidence of some specific risk factors for the development of UD in male patients with SCI, and therefore we should adopt the appropriate preventive measures to prevent them.

ObjetivosDeterminar la eficacia urodinámica y los factores que influyen en los resultados urodinámicos del tratamiento de la hiperactividad neurógena del detrusor con inyección intradetrusoriana de toxina botulínica tipo A (TXB-A) en pacientes con lesión medular (LM).Material y métodosSe realizó un estudio retrospectivo en una cohorte de 70 pacientes formada por 40 varones y 30 mujeres con LM estable de 39±13,3 años de edad (media±desviación típica), sometidos a inyección intradetrusoriana de 300UI de TXB-A. Se realizó un estudio urodinámico previo y otro a los 6±4,3 meses del tratamiento. Posteriormente se realizaron nuevos estudios urodinámicos hasta un intervalo de 16±12,2 meses.ResultadosLa TXB-A aumentó significativamene (p<0,05) la capacidad vesical cistomanométrica, el volumen vesical de la primera contracción involuntaria del detrusor y el residuo posmiccional. Se observó una disminución con tendencia hacia la significación estadística (p<0,1) de la presión máxima miccional del detrusor y el flujo miccional máximo. No varió significativamente la acomodación vesical ni el índice de resistencia uretral (BOOI). El aumento de la capacidad vesical se mantuvo en el 50% de la muestra más de 32 meses. La edad, el sexo, el tratamiento anticolinérgico y la antigüedad de la lesión no mostraron influencia respecto del aumento de la capacidad vesical. La sonda a permanencia (SVP) fue el único factor negativo estadísticamente significativo.ConclusionesEl efecto urodinámico de la TXB-A se mantiene durante un considerable intervalo de tiempo. La SVP influye negativamente en el resultado del tratamiento.

Objectives: Pelvic floor prolapse is a frequent condition in the woman, which in addition to anatomical alterations, may cause lower urinary tract dysfunction. We intend to verify the alterations of the micturation phase in patients with pelvic prolapse.Material and methods: A cross-sectional cut off study was performed in a series of 102 women, mean age 66.8 years (standard deviation 9.6 years), diagnosed of urinary obstruction and pelvic prolapse and a prospective longitudinal study in a cohort of 21 patients of the previous series operated on for the prolapse. The patients were subjected to clinical examinations to determine the type and grade of public prolapse and to a urodynamic study.Results: A significant direct correlation was observed between the grade of cystocele and uterine prolapse and a significant correlation, but in inverse sense, between the grade of uterine prolapse and that of the enterocele. The patients with a greater grade of uterine prolapse had greater urethral resistance by the URA parameter. A tendency towards significance regarding the postsurgical variation of the Urethral Resistance Average (URA) that decreased after the surgery, and the W80-20 (detrusor contractility), that increased after it, was observed.Conclusions: Pelvic prolapses affect the micturation phase. This involvement occurs both in the case of the cystoceles as well as in uterine prolapses and in the posterior compartments (rectocele and enterocele). Furthermore, an improvement is observed in the bladder contractility with the surgery of the pelvic prolapse. (C) 2011 AEU. Published by Elsevier Espana, S.L. All rights reserved.

Electromyography (EMG) of the corpora cavernosa (CC-EMG) is able to record the activity of the erectile tissue during erection, and thus has been used as a diagnostic technique in patients with erectile dysfunction (ED). The present study examines the usefulness of the technique in the diagnosis of arterial ED. A cross-sectional study was made of 35 males with a mean age of 48.5 years (s.d. 11.34), referred to our center with ED for >1 year. The patients were subjected to CC-EMG and a penile Doppler ultrasound study following the injection of 20 μg of prostaglandin E1 (PGE1). The patients were divided into three groups according to their response to the intracavernous injection of PGE1: Group 1 (adequate erection and reduction/suppression of EMG activity); Group 2 (insufficient erection and persistence of EMG activity); and Group 3 (insufficient erection and reduction/suppression of EMG activity). Patient classification according to response to the intracavernous injection of PGE1 was as follows: Group 1: six patients (17%), Group 2: 18 patients (51%), and Group 3: 11 patients (31%). Patients diagnosed with arterial insufficiency according to Doppler ultrasound (systolic arterial peak velocity <30 mm s −1 in both arteries) were significantly older than those without such damage (54.5 versus 41.8 years, respectively; s.d. 11.12). The patients in Group 3 showed a significantly lower maximum systolic velocity in both arteries than the subjects belonging to Group 2. Likewise, a statistically significant relationship was observed between the diagnosis of arterial insufficiency and patient classification in Group 3. The confirmation of insufficient erection associated with reduction/suppression of EMG activity showed a sensitivity of 66.7% (confidence interval between 50 and 84%) and a specificity of 92.9% (confidence interval between 84 and 100%) in the diagnosis of arterial ED. Owing to the high specificity of CC-EMG response to the injection of PGE1, this test is considered useful as a screening technique in the diagnosis of arterial ED.