Surgery is rarely indicated in cases of refractory detrusor instability. Older therapies, such as denervation, myomectomy, diversion, and rhizotomy, are generally no longer considered acceptable.

UB researcher Chelsie Armbruster is looking at how the urinary tract defends against infection and how understudied pathogens ...

or silicone tube known as a urinary catheter is inserted into the bladder through the urethra. Catheterization allows urine to drain from the bladder for collection. It may also be used to inject ...

Urethral catheterization of the male guinea pig has potential diagnostic, therapeutic, and research applications. Urethral catheter placement requires an understanding of the unique anatomy of the ...

If any form of stylet is used, it must not be advanced past the tip of the urinary catheter to avoid causing trauma to the vagina, urethra or bladder. Once a catheter is selected, the clinician ...

Barely larger than the diameter of the catheter itself, these balloons offer circumferential pressures for a clear and complete set of data for diagnosis. Faster and simpler to set up than any ...

J&J acquired rights to TAR-200 when it bought privately-owned biotech Taris for an undisclosed sum in 2019, and has big sales ...

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) said it has submitted an application to the FDA for its therapy candidate TAR-200 for the treatment of a certain type of bladder cancer. Read more here.