2023
Long-term Safety and Tolerability of Repeated Treatments With OnabotulinumtoxinA in Children With Neurogenic Detrusor Overactivity
Franco I, Hoebeke P, Dobremez E, Titanji W, Geib T, Jenkins B, Yushmanova I, Austin P. Long-term Safety and Tolerability of Repeated Treatments With OnabotulinumtoxinA in Children With Neurogenic Detrusor Overactivity. Journal Of Urology 2023, 209: 774-784. PMID: 36655470, DOI: 10.1097/ju.0000000000003157.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTreatment-emergent adverse eventsNeurogenic detrusor overactivityUrinary tract infectionAdverse eventsSingle-treatment studyDetrusor overactivityTract infectionsSafety profileCommon treatment-emergent adverse eventsSerious treatment-emergent adverse eventsUrinary tract infection rateSimilar safety profileClean intermittent catheterizationNew safety concernsLong-term safetyAutonomic dysreflexiaIntermittent catheterizationMedian durationOnabotulinumtoxinA treatmentDistant spreadDose groupPediatric dataRepeat treatmentRepeated TreatmentPatients
2020
Management and treatment of nocturnal enuresis—an updated standardization document from the International Children's Continence Society
Nevéus T, Fonseca E, Franco I, Kawauchi A, Kovacevic L, Nieuwhof-Leppink A, Raes A, Tekgül S, Yang S, Rittig S. Management and treatment of nocturnal enuresis—an updated standardization document from the International Children's Continence Society. Journal Of Pediatric Urology 2020, 16: 10-19. PMID: 32278657, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2019.12.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInternational Children's Continence SocietyInternational Children's Continence Society membersConcomitant sleep-disordered breathingFirst-line treatment modalitySleep-disordered breathingUrinary tract infectionTreatment of childrenNonmonosymptomatic enuresisAntidepressant treatmentDisordered breathingMonosymptomatic enuresisSleep apneaUrodynamic assessmentDaytime incontinenceAnticholinergic treatmentFirst-lineTract infectionsTreatment modalitiesAirway obstructionBlood testsActive therapyEvidence-based literatureEnuretic childrenEnuresis alarmComorbid conditions
2002
Biofeedback Therapy Expedites the Resolution of Reflux In Older Children
PALMER L, FRANCO I, ROTARIO P, REDA E, FRIEDMAN S, KOLLIGIAN M, BROCK W, LEVITT S. Biofeedback Therapy Expedites the Resolution of Reflux In Older Children. Journal Of Urology 2002, 168: 1699-1703. DOI: 10.1097/00005392-200210020-00010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDetrusor-sphincter dyssynergiaExternal detrusor-sphincter dyssynergiaLow grade vesicoureteral refluxPost-void residual urineGrade vesicoureteral refluxVesicoureteral refluxBiofeedback therapyResolution rateResidual urineBreakthrough infectionsGrade IOlder childrenIntact childrenDiscontinuation of chemoprophylaxisFollowup voiding cystourethrographyPersistence of refluxResolution of refluxSpontaneous resolution rateSymptoms of urgencyUrinary tract infectionSessions of biofeedbackUnderwent reimplantationBladder dysfunctionNeurogenic bladderDysfunctional voiding
2000
RECURRENT URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS AND GENITOURINARY TRACT ABNORMALITIES IN THE IMERSLUND-GRASBECK SYNDROME
Sandoval C, Bolten P, Franco I, Freeman S, Jayabose S. RECURRENT URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS AND GENITOURINARY TRACT ABNORMALITIES IN THE IMERSLUND-GRASBECK SYNDROME. Pediatric Hematology And Oncology 2000, 17: 331-334. PMID: 10845232, DOI: 10.1080/088800100276325.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUrinary tract infectionRecurrent urinary tract infectionsTract infectionsSchilling testImerslund-Grasbeck syndromePostvoid residual urineRadioactive vitamin B12Genitourinary tract abnormalitiesImerslund-Gräsbeck syndromeIncomplete bladderResidual urineAbdominal ultrasoundDistal urethraTract abnormalitiesUrinary excretionGenitourinary tractRadiological examinationPatientsMeatal openingGenitourinary abnormalitiesVitamin B12InfectionBladderSyndromeAbnormalities
1993
Urolithiasis in Children Following Augmentation Cystoplasty
Palmer L, Franco I, Kogan S, Reda E, Gill B, Levitt S. Urolithiasis in Children Following Augmentation Cystoplasty. Journal Of Urology 1993, 150: 726-729. PMID: 8326634, DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)35598-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAugmentation cystoplastyUrinary tract infectionSignificant risk factorsUpper tract calculiMajority of casesTract infectionsMedian intervalBladder calculiRisk factorsAbsorbable staplesCystoplastyLower tractYoung adultsIntestinal mucusAmmonium urateUrinary calculiChildrenCalculi compositionHypocitraturiaComplicationsSurgeryUrolithiasisInfectionTract