Clinical, Translational, and Basic Research and Novel Therapy on Functional Bladder Diseases and Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunctions

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Dear Colleagues,

Recently, the diagnosis and treatment of functional urology have attracted great attention in urology, gynecology, and neurology. Although functional bladder diseases and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) do not usually immediately affect general health, LUTS have been found to have a great impact on mental health and quality of life. Clinically, these bladder diseases and bladder outlet dysfunction result in storage and emptying symptoms. There is a wide spectrum of overlap between bladder and bladder outlet diseases—for example, patients with an overactive bladder or interstitial cystitis may have bladder storage symptoms and voiding dysfunction, and bladder hypersensitivity could result in a dysfunctional voiding. Male patients with bladder outlet obstruction may also have overactive bladder symptoms in addition to voiding difficulty. Furthermore, bladder dysfunction in patients with spinal cord injury may influence upper urinary tract health and recurrent urinary tract infection. Lower urinary tract dysfunction (LUTD) might also be an early neurological sign of central nervous system disease, such as cerebral ischemia, Parkinson’s disease, or early dementia. Conducting urodynamic and electrophysiology studies enables us to understand the etiology and physiology of LUTD. Using urine protein analysis, it is possible to diagnose different LUTDs and identify the pathophysiology of bladder or bladder outlet diseases. These clinical and research advances have brought the treatment of bladder diseases and LUTD to a new era. The diagnosis of LUTD is not only predicated on examining clinical symptoms and images but also on urodynamics, electrophysiology, and perhaps in the future, urine biomarkers analysis. The treatment of functional LUTD may include medicines, injecting agents, and surgical intervention.

This Topic welcomes articles from clinical, translational, and basic research on any bladder diseases and LUTD, such as male or female bladder outlet obstruction, interstitial cystitis, overactive bladder syndrome, detrusor underactivity, neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction due to spinal cord injury, or central nervous diseases. With the collection of these articles, we hope to further advance functional urology.

Prof. Dr. Hann-Chorng Kuo
Dr. Yao-Chi Chuang
Dr. Chun-Hou Liao
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Journal Name	Impact Factor	CiteScore	Launched Year	First Decision (median)	APC
Biomedicines biomedicines	3.9	5.2	2013	15.3 Days	CHF 2600	Submit
Diseases diseases	2.9	0.8	2013	18.9 Days	CHF 1800	Submit
Journal of Clinical Medicine jcm	3.0	5.7	2012	17.3 Days	CHF 2600	Submit
Journal of Personalized Medicine jpm	3.0	4.1	2011	16.7 Days	CHF 2600	Submit
Uro uro	-	-	2021	21.9 Days	CHF 1000	Submit
Reports reports	0.8	-	2018	18.4 Days	CHF 1400	Submit

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