European urology
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Multicenter Study Clinical Trial
Long-term effectiveness of sacral nerve stimulation for refractory urge incontinence.
To evaluate the long-term efficacy of sacral nerve stimulation for refractory urinary urge incontinence. ⋯ Sacral nerve stimulation is an effective treatment for refractory urge incontinence with sustained long-term benefit through an average of 30.8 months.
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To evaluate the diagnostic utility of free prostate specific antigen (fPSA), alpha-1- antichymotrypsin-bound PSA (PSA-ACT), complexed PSA (cPSA), and including their associated ratios to total PSA (tPSA) in serum for discrimination between prostate cancer (PCa) and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). ⋯ The determination of PSA-ACT or cPSA and the associated ratios do not improve the diagnostic impact to discriminate between PCa and BPH compared to fPSA/tPSA ratio. The ratios PSA-ACT/tPSA or cPSA/tPSA can be considered to be alternative tools of fPSA/tPSA.