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Giuseppe Saitta

Istituto Clinico Citta’ Studi (ICCS) di Milano, Italy

Title: Assessing Effectiveness Of ‘Onabotulinumtoxin A’ (Botox®) Intradetrusor Injection for Overactive Bladder Patients After Medical Therapy Failure

Abstract

Urge urinary incontinence (UUI) is a chronic debilitant condition that characterizes some overactive bladder (OAB) patients in absence of any urinary tract infection (UTI). In our center we use intradetrusor injection of ‘Onabotulinum toxin A' as second step after medical therapy failure. The objective of this study is to verify the improvement in the patients' quality of life (QoL) and also to evaluate the effective dose over time. We observed 62 patients between March 2019 and March 2021 (38 females and 24 males), previously treated with oral drugs (antimuscarinic and/or beta-3 adrenergic), 14 of these had pathologies - 8 of them neurological. These last patients were injected by 200 U, all the others (52) by 100 U - Botox®; Allergan, Irvine, CA, USA. Follow-up included monitoring of the following parameters at 3, 6, 12, 24 months: urinary leaks (PAD test), Clean Intermittent Catheterization (CIC), OAB questionnaires, side effects. The mean age was 62.5 years. 3 patients (5%) had early adverse effects after injection (1 vomiting, 2 pelvic pain), 5 (8.3%) needed CIC at 3 months, 1 of them also at 6 months (they were among the 8 neurological patients who underwent 200 U dose). 56 (93.3%) answered positively to the questionnaire. Botox® treatment showed a reduction in urinary leakage at 3 and 6 months and a significant lowering of Pdet at 6 months (p<0.05). The side effects at 3 months were 1 haematuria and 3 UTI - 1 also recurred at 6 and 12 months. Botox® is a valid therapeutic option for OAB patients. 100 U appears as an effective dose, however after 12 months it seems to lose its effect. There were no clinical relevant differences between 100 and 200 U doses. Engineered modified or liposomal botulinum toxins could represent novel more effective therapies over time.

Biography

Doctor Giuseppe Saitta was born in Catania (Italy) on 10th November 1988, he graduated in Medicine and Surgery with 110/110 cum laude. Then he obtained Urology specialization with a score of 70/70 cum laude at the Ateneo ‘Vita-Salute’ San Raffaele in Milan (Italy) and the Andrological Certification in 2018 in Rome (Italy). From 2014 to 2020 he worked at the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan (Head Prof. Francesco Montorsi and Prof. Franco Gaboardi), then in 2021-2022 at the Istituto Auxologico Italiano Before in 2018 he lived in Madrid, where he learned all the laser techniques for the treatment of prostatic hyperplasia from Prof. Fernando Gomez-Sancha. In 2019 at the Fundació Puigvert in Barcelona he studied the treatment of tumors of the upper excretory tract (UTUC) under the guidance of Prof. Alberto Breda. During the last years in Milan he has dedicated particularly to Endourology, learning from Prof. Guido Giusti all the surgical techniques for the minimally invasive treatment of renal and ureteral stones. Since January 2023 he is carrying out his clinical and operative activity mainly at the Istituto Clinico Città Studi of Milan - ICCS (Head Doctor Dr. Mauro Seveso)