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Note: This pages contains only news from the past 12 months. Check out the various sections of our website to access all papers of the month, courses and lectures, information about INUS congresses and research activities.

INUS Webinar for Junior Members

Feb 25, 2021Dear INUS members,
We are happy to share with you the recording of a highly intersting and well attended INUS Webinar on neuro-urology held on February 20th 2021.
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INUS congratulates...

Feb 9, 2021Congratulations to Prof. Dr. Kadir Onem, chairman of the Turkish INUS chapter, to the prestigious "ICS Best Presentation Award" at the ICS 2020 online congress for this video presentation of his abstract on "Catheterizable Continent Cutaneous Diversion with Extended Spiral Monti (ONEM)".
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REGISTER NOW: INUS Webinar for Junior Members (and interested non-junior members)

Feb 20, 2021On February 20th 2021 at 10:00 CET | 16:00 MET a webinar specially designed for our young colleagues dealing with neuro-urology will take place. Free registration is open from now on: https://bit.ly/2O2Lc6z [...]
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SAVE THE DATE: INUS Webinar for Junior Members

Feb 20, 2021We are glad to announce that an INUS Webinar will take place on February 20th 2021 at 10:00 CET | 16:00 MET. This webinar, organized by vice-president Blanye Welk, is specially designed for our young colleagues dealing with neuro-urology. [...]
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PAPER OF THE MONTH: Intradetrusor botulinum toxin injections (300 units) for the treatment of poorly compliant bladders in patients with adult neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction

Dec 31, 2020With comment by Thomas Kessler:
The authors report on the effects of onabotulinumtoxinA injections (300 units Botox©) into the detrusor for treating adult patients with neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction and medically refractory low compliance (≤20 mL/cmH2O) bladders. [...]
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TOPICS IN NEURO-UROLOGY: What is the future of Sacral Anterior Root Stimulation (SARS)?

Oct 16, 2020SARS has been used in over 20 countries to restore bladder emptying after spinal cord injury, and its effectiveness and cost-effectiveness are well documented, but it is still not commonly used. What are the reasons for this?
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CONTROVERSY IN NEURO-UROLOGY: Is there any relationship between Covid-19 and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS)?

Aug 3, 2020Have you experience with patients that started with LUTS with or after Covid-19 positive results? Please be so kind to fill in this short survey. Many thanks in advance!
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SAARC Webinar on Overactive Bladder

Aug 27, 2020INUS is happy to be part of the SAARC Webinar on Overactive Bladder taking place TODAY, August 27th, at 18:00-21:00 Indian Standard Time (14:30-17:30 MET).
To join, register now!
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PAPER OF THE MONTH: Reasons for cessation of clean intermittent catheterization after spinal cord injury: Results from the Neurogenic Bladder Research Group spinal cord injury registry

Aug 13, 2020With comment by Mario Averbeck:
The NBRG registry is a prospective observational study examining neurogenic‐bladder related QoL among individuals after SCI. Participants were recruited throughout the United States and Canada, answering telephonic interviews and electronic questionnaires. Progressive and congenital neurologic disorders were exclusion criteria.[...]
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PAPER OF THE MONTH: Urological presentations of adult primary tethered cord syndrome

Jul 7, 2020With comment by Howard Goldman:
All of us are familiar with patients who have neurourological manifestations of tethered cord syndrome related to congenital spinal dyraphism. Far less common are symptoms related to tethered cord that present in adults previously unknown to have any spinal anomaly. [...]
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INUS Annual Congress 2022

Jun 30, 2020Do you want to become the local organizer of the INUS Annual Congress 2022? We are looking forward to your application by July 31st.
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PAPER OF THE MONTH: Anti-Nogo-A Antibodies As a Potential Causal Therapy for Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction after Spinal Cord Injury

May 1, 2020With comment by Naoki Yoshimura:
Chronic spinal cord injury (SCI) induces lower urinary tract dysfunction (LUTD) such as detrusor overactivity and detrusor sphincter dyssynergia (DSD), potentially leading to life-threatening consequence. This study [...]
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PAPER OF THE MONTH: MicroRNAs as potential biomarkers to predict the risk of urinary retention following intradetrusor onabotulinumtoxin‐A injection

May 1, 2020With comment by Naoki Yoshimura:
Intradetrusor injection of onabotulinumtoxin‐A (onaBoNT‐A) has been used for the treatment of refractory OAB, but sometimes results in high post-void residual urine volume (PVR) after the treatment. This study [...]
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PAPER OF THE MONTH: An effective evidence‐based cleaning method for the safe reuse of intermittent urinary catheters: In vitro testing

Apr 1, 2020With comment by Blayne Welk:
While there is good agreement that CIC represents the ideal method of managing a bladder that fails to empty, the optimal way to do CIC is still a subject of debate. The options around single use/multiple use, and the relative benefit of different types of catheter coatings are still debated. [...]
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