Bladder trabeculation happens when the walls of the bladder thicken, making them harder to contract. When that happens, it’s harder for people to completely empty their bladder when they urinate.

Botox (Botulinum A toxin) stops your nerves from telling your muscles to tighten (contract). Botox is a popular cosmetic procedure, but providers also use it to treat other medical conditions, ...

Atonic bladder is a condition where the bladder muscles cannot contract fully. This can cause difficulty urinating or completely emptying the bladder. Left untreated, it can lead to complications such ...

Patients with early bladder cancer who have gone 5 years without relapse may be considered “cured,” researchers suggested. In considering outcomes for evaluating how “cure” is defined in early bladder ...

Low-dose versus standard-dose gemcitabine infusion and cisplatin for patients with advanced bladder cancer: A randomized phase II trial: An update. Impact of response to prior chemotherapy (RTPC) on ...

Bladder spasms cause you to suddenly feel like you need to run to the bathroom and empty your bladder. They occur when the muscles in your bladder contract rapidly. Bladder spasms are common for ...

A novel, robust multiplex urine-based immunoassay for bladder cancer detection. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2018 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract does not include a full text ...

Neurogenic bladder and bowel occur when nerve damage causes you to have difficulty controlling your bladder and bowel. If left untreated, they can cause serious complications. However, treatment can ...

Bladder neck obstruction is a blockage in the bladder neck, which is the narrow part of the bladder that connects to the urethra and allows urine to leave the body. Bladder neck obstruction, or ...

Circulating tumor DNA, or ctDNA, can predict metastatic risk in patients who receive bladder-sparing treatment for muscle-invasive bladder cancer, but it is not a good predictor of local recurrence ...