TY  - JOUR
AU  - Chai, Toby C.
PY  - 2011
TI  - Coining a new term-Urovesicology: Advancing towards a mechanistic understanding of bladder symptoms
JF  - Translational Andrology and Urology; Vol 1, No 1 (March 27, 2012): Translational Andrology and Urology
Y2  - 2011
KW  - 
N2  - When patients present with lower urinary tract symptoms (urgency, frequency, nocturia, slow stream, hesitancy, sense of incomplete emptying, post-void dribbling), urinary incontinence (stress and urge), urinary retention, dysuria, and/or bladder pain, the urologist would be the most appropriate specialist to evaluate and treat these patients. These symptoms will be collectively labeled as "urovesicologic" symptoms, the reason which will become apparent. Because these symptoms usually have no known cause, empiric (trial-and-error) treatments directed at ameliorating symptoms, but not at the underlying pathophysiology, are the usual recourse.
UR  - https://tau.amegroups.org/article/view/87