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DEPARTMENT OF UROLOGY - RESEARCH

 

Dr. Hijaz

  Dr. Hijaz's research focuses on urodynamics utility and impact on clinical decision making in female pelvic floor disorders. The basic science research has focused on the creating an animal model of the sling procedure to study its mode of action in continence and its effect on the bladder and sphincter. Another interest is to study the cytokine expression with vaginal distention models of stress urinary incontinence and their role in recruiting bone marrow stem cells to the urethral sphincter and functional recovery of incontinence.