Collagen I:III ratio in canine heterologous bladder acellular matrix graftsKarl Dietrich Sievert
Department of Urology, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA
World J Urol 24:101-9. 2006
..The homologous BAMG undergoes more complete regeneration. In the heterologous BAMG, collagen seems not to be replaced. The amounts and ratio of collagen types I and III seem to influence smooth muscle regeneration...
- Physiologic bladder evacuation with selective sacral root stimulation: sinusoidal signal and organ-specific frequency
Karl Dietrich Sievert
Department of Urology, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, California, USA
Neurourol Urodyn 21:80-91. 2002
..1 V evoked a detrusor pressure of 28.7+/-3.0 cm H2O above the sphincteric pressure. Selective anterior root stimulation with organ-specific stimulation parameters can effect initial sphincteric fatigue to achieve physiologic voiding...
- The effect of labor and/or ovariectomy on rodent continence mechanism--the neuronal changes
Karl Dietrich Sievert
Department of Urology, University of Tuebingen, Hoppe Seyler Strasse 3, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany
World J Urol 22:244-50. 2004
..Since the bladder neck and the mid-urethra play an important role in the continence mechanism the neuronal changes in these areas contribute to the observed functional changes...
Animal models of female stress urinary incontinenceAdonis Hijaz
Department of Urology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
J Urol 179:2103-10. 2008
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- Cystectomy causes immunosuppression in bladder cancer
Ralf Herwig
Department of Urology, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Muenster, Germany
Adv Exp Med Biol 539:741-8. 2003
Effective treatment of neurogenic detrusor dysfunction by combined high-dosed antimuscarinics without increased side-effectsBastian Amend
Department of Urology, University of Tuebingen, Germany
Eur Urol 53:1021-8. 2008
..With the objectives of continence and normalised bladder pressure, safe and tolerable non-invasive treatment alternatives were evaluated by using combined antimuscarinics...
- Tissue engineering for the lower urinary tract: a review of a state of the art approach
Karl Dietrich Sievert
The Department of Urology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
Eur Urol 52:1580-9. 2007
..To examine these possibilities with a special emphasis on the lower urinary tract, we provide a review of the development of TE techniques and a high-level overview of related regulatory and legal issues...
- Are we ready for a home-grown urinary sphincter?
Arnulf Stenzl
Eur Urol 52:1574-5. 2007
- The rationale for radical cystectomy as primary therapy for T4 bladder cancer
Udo Nagele
Department of Urology, Eberhard Karls University Tubingen, Hoppe Seyler Str 3, 72076 Tubingen, Germany
World J Urol 25:401-5. 2007
..Additionally, satisfying clinical outcome is observed even in a substantial number of elderly patients...
- Radical cystectomy and orthotopic bladder replacement in females
Udo Nagele
Department of Urology, University of Tuebingen, Germany
Eur Urol 50:249-57. 2006
..Several studies have been published, outlining both the anatomical and oncological aspects of such an approach...
- Clinical outcome after cystectomy in patients with lymph node-positive bladder cancer
Udo Nagele
Department of Urology, University of Tuebingen, Hoppe Seyler Str 3, Tuebingen 72076, Germany
Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 6:871-6. 2006
..Recognizing the inevitably poor clinical prognosis in cases with gross nodal involvement (N3), the clinical value of an extended lymph node dissection in these patients is very questionable...
- Homologous acellular matrix graft for vaginal repair in rats: a pilot study for a new reconstructive approach
Joerg Wefer
Klinik für Urologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, 30623 Hannover, Germany
World J Urol 20:260-3. 2002
..If further experiments can address the problem of luminal collapse - with, for instance, tissue expanders in the matrix - this technique may offer an alternative to the complex therapeutic options currently available...
- Vaginal and penile reconstruction
Karl Dietrich Sievert
Department of Urology, University of Munster, Albert Schweitzer Strasse 33, D 48129 Munster, Germany
Curr Opin Urol 13:489-94. 2003
..This review highlights those articles, which are outstanding among all those important papers, which have been published during the last year (2002-2003)...
- Expression of the endothelin axis in bladder cancer: relationship to clinicopathologic parameters and long-term survival
Christian Wulfing
Department of Urology, University of Munster, Albert Schweitzer Strasse 33, 48129 Munster, Germany
Eur Urol 47:593-600. 2005
..Endothelin-1 (ET-1) and its receptors ET(A)R and ET(B)R, referred to as the Endothelin-axis, play an emerging role in cancer. We examined the ET-axis immunohistochemically in invasive bladder cancer...
- Urethrovaginal fistula--a rare complication after the placement of a suburethral sling (IVS)
Christl Reisenauer
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tuebingen, Calwerstrasse 7, 72076, Tuebingen, Germany
Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct 18:343-6. 2007
..A subsequent conservative treatment regime with duloxetine and pelvic floor training improved the stress urinary incontinence to the patient's satisfaction...
