Some conditions have similar symptoms to chronic prostatitis : Bladder neck hypertrophy and urethral stricture may both cause similar symptoms through urinary reflux ( " inter alia " ), and can be excluded through flexible urodynamic tests.
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Working through a half-inch incision while a kind of mini-camera visualizes the operative field and a TV monitor guides them, the right-handed Buffington and a left-handed partner take a couple of stiches on each side of the bladder neck and pull it back up to its original position in the abdomen.
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Incontinence comes in two main forms _ urge problems like Duffy's, in which bladder muscles go into spasm, making it impossible to stop urine flow once it starts; and stress problems, in which weak sphincter or pelvic muscles fail to keep the bladder neck closed during sudden physical stresses like coughing, sneezing, laughing, or exercising.
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According to the manufacturer s instructions for use, Macroplastique ?is contraindicated in patients ( 1 ) with " fragile urethral mucosal lining ( e . g ., post radiation therapy or post surgery to the bladder neck ) " or ( 2 ) within 12 weeks of previous Macroplastique injection or a minimally invasive sling procedure.
