2002
Prognostic value of urodynamic testing in myelodysplastic patients
McGuire EJ, Woodside JR, Borden TA, Weiss RM. Prognostic value of urodynamic testing in myelodysplastic patients. Journal Of Urology 2002, 167: 1049-1053. PMID: 11905876, DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(02)80338-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUrethral closure pressureMyelodysplastic patientsIntravesical pressureIntermittent catheterizationUrinary controlDetrusor responseUreteral dilatationVesicoureteral refluxExcretory urographyUrethral leakageVesical outletExternal urethral sphincter electromyographyHigh urethral closure pressureUpper urinary tract deteriorationClosure pressureGood urinary controlReflex detrusor activityUrethral sphincter electromyographyUrinary tract deteriorationCent of patientsFluoroscopic voiding cystourethrographyLow-pressure groupUrethral pressure profilometryAnticholinergic therapyCoordinated micturition
1982
Rationale for ureteral tapering
Weiss R, Biancani P. Rationale for ureteral tapering. Urology 1982, 20: 482-487. PMID: 7147526, DOI: 10.1016/0090-4295(82)90118-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUreteral taperingIntraluminal pressureContractile forceMuscle hypertrophyIntraluminal pressure wavesWeeks of obstructionLow intraluminal pressureUrine transportIntrarenal hemodynamicsUreteral dilatationParadoxical decreaseUreteral wallHypertrophyLaplace relationshipTaperingUreterHemodynamicsDilatationObstructionContractility
1981
Prognostic Value of Urodynamic Testing in Myelodysplastic Patients
McGuire E, Woodside J, Borden T, Weiss R. Prognostic Value of Urodynamic Testing in Myelodysplastic Patients. Journal Of Urology 1981, 126: 205-209. PMID: 7196460, DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)54449-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUrethral closure pressureMyelodysplastic patientsIntravesical pressureIntermittent catheterizationUrinary controlDetrusor responseUreteral dilatationVesicoureteral refluxExcretory urographyUrethral leakageVesical outletExternal urethral sphincter electromyographyHigh urethral closure pressureUpper urinary tract deteriorationClosure pressureGood urinary controlReflex detrusor activityUrethral sphincter electromyographyUrinary tract deteriorationCent of patientsDetrusor-sphincter dyssynergiaFluoroscopic voiding cystourethrographyLow-pressure groupUrethral pressure profilometryAnticholinergic therapy