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Blayne Welk

Associate Professor, Western University
Verified email at sjhc.london.on.ca
Cited by 3959

The cognitive effect of anticholinergics for patients with overactive bladder

B Welk, K Richardson, JN Panicker - Nature Reviews Urology, 2021 - nature.com
Overactive bladder (OAB) is often treated with medications that block the cholinergic
receptors in the bladder (known as anticholinergics). The effect of this medication class on …

The male sling for post‐prostatectomy urinary incontinence: a review of contemporary sling designs and outcomes

BK Welk, S Herschorn - BJU international, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Long‐term cure and improved
rates for the bone anchored sling range from 40–88%. Midterm cure and improved rates for …

Revisiting current treatment options for stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse: a contemporary literature review

Y Wu, B Welk - Research and Reports in Urology, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and pelvic organ prolapse (POP) affect many women in
their lifetime. In this review, we describe and evaluate the latest treatment options for SUI …

The validity and reliability of the neurogenic bladder symptom score

B Welk, S Morrow, W Madarasz, R Baverstock… - The Journal of …, 2014 - auajournals.org
Purpose: The neurogenic bladder symptom score is a tool to measure urinary symptoms and
consequences in patients with acquired or congenital neurogenic bladder. We describe …

Removal or revision of vaginal mesh used for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence

B Welk, J Winick-Ng - JAMA surgery, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Synthetic mesh slings are the most common surgical treatment for female stress
urinary incontinence (SUI). However, the US Food and Drug Administration has released …

Association of suicidality and depression with 5α-reductase inhibitors

B Welk, E McArthur, M Ordon, KK Anderson… - JAMA internal …, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance There have been concerns raised by patients and regulatory agencies regarding
serious psychiatric adverse effects associated with 5α-reductase inhibitors. Objective To …

Increased risk of dementia among patients with overactive bladder treated with an anticholinergic medication compared to a beta‐3 agonist: a population‐based …

B Welk, E McArthur - BJU international, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To determine if there is an increased risk of dementia among patients with
overactive bladder (OAB) starting an anticholinergic medication compared to those starting a …

Association between gadolinium contrast exposure and the risk of parkinsonism

B Welk, E McArthur, SA Morrow, P MacDonald… - Jama, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
Methods| Sunnybrook Hospital granted ethics approval and deemed the study exempt from
participant consent. Multiple linked administrative databases from Ontario, Canada, were …

The risk of fall and fracture with the initiation of a prostate-selective α antagonist: a population based cohort study

B Welk, E McArthur, LA Fraser, J Hayward, S Dixon… - Bmj, 2015 - bmj.com
Study question Do men starting treatment with prostate-specific α antagonists have
increased risk of fall and fracture? Methods Administrative datasets from the province of …

Patient reported bladder related symptoms and quality of life after spinal cord injury with different bladder management strategies

JB Myers, SM Lenherr, JT Stoffel, SP Elliott… - The Journal of …, 2019 - auajournals.org
Purpose: Neurogenic bladder significantly impacts individuals after spinal cord injury. We
hypothesized that there would be differences in bladder related symptoms and quality of life …