Overactive bladder: drug therapy versus nerve stimulation
Overactive bladder is a common urologic disorder with a number of etiologies and evolving treatment options. The two primary management strategies are drug therapy and sacral neurostimulation, both areas of recent developments with the emergence of new medications and refinement of surgical techniqu...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Nature clinical practice urology 2005-07, Vol.2 (7), p.310-311 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Overactive bladder is a common urologic disorder with a number of etiologies and evolving treatment options. The two primary management strategies are drug therapy and sacral neurostimulation, both areas of recent developments with the emergence of new medications and refinement of surgical techniques. In this Viewpoint, Apurba Pathak and Sherif Aboseif discuss the relative merits, and drawbacks, of these very different approaches. |
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ISSN: | 1743-4270 1759-4812 1743-4289 1759-4820 |
DOI: | 10.1038/ncpuro0227 |