ArticleInternational urology and nephrology2016
Ultrasound induces contraction of the bladder smooth muscle.
Article in International urology and nephrology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Preliminary study of the effect of low-intensity focused ultrasound on postpartum uterine involution and breast pain in puerperal women: a randomised controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2024Trial
- Effect of low-intensity focused ultrasound therapy on postpartum uterine involution in puerperal women: A randomized controlled trial.PloS one · 2024Trial
- LIPUS Enhances Gallbladder Motility via ANO1 in Acute Cholecystitis Guinea Pigs.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Ultrasound Improves Gallbladder Contraction Function: A Non-Invasive Experimental Validation Using Small Animals.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The Therapeutic Potential of Low-Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound in Enhancing Gallbladder Function and Reducing Inflammation in Cholesterol Gallstone Disease.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- L-Type Calcium Channel Modulates Low-Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound-Induced Excitation in Cultured Hippocampal Neurons.Neuroscience bulletin · 2024Article
- Extracellular vesicles derived from human dental mesenchymal stem cells stimulated with low-intensity pulsed ultrasound alleviate inflammation-induced bone loss in a mouse model of periodontitis.Genes & diseases · 2023Article
- Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology: advances in clinical application and research progress.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Review
- Pelvic Organ Prolapse: A Review of In Vitro Testing of Pelvic Support Mechanisms.Ochsner journal · 2020Review
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Abstract
purposeTo investigate whether the treatment of overt postpartum urinary retention (PUR) with low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) was clinically effective and whether LIPUS could accelerate bladder smooth muscle (BSM) contraction by opening the L-type calcium channels and activating the Ca(2+) signaling pathway.
methodsRecords of 136 patients undergoing PUR were retrospectively reviewed in two different groups for LIPUS and neostigmine between from 2014 to July 2015. The rats BSM strips in vitro were irradiated by LIPUS. The contraction frequency and amplitude were recorded with BL-410F biological experimental system. The BSM cells were constructed and identified by α-actin-specific antibody staining, and the intracellular Ca(2+) concentration was analyzed by flow cytometry.
resultsThe clinical trial indicated that LIPUS had potential therapeutic effect on PUR (80.6 vs. 64.1 %, p < 0.05), and the BSM strip contractility was increased by LIPUS (p < 0.001), and the concentration of Ca(2+) was markedly enhanced by about twofold than that without LIPUS exposure (p < 0.01). Besides, nimodipine could suppress the contraction of BSM and the concentration of intracellular Ca(2+) which was caused by ultrasound.
conclusionsThe results suggested LIPUS had potential therapeutic effect on PUR and the Ca(2+) signaling pathway was involved in the mechanism. The ultrasound irradiation may provide a new method for PUR therapy.
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