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Victor W. Nitti

Victor W. Nitti

🇺🇸 United States🏥 UCLAMD
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Mentored by · fellowship 1992
Shlomo Raz

Training and career​

  • Current position Professor of urology and obstetrics and gynecology, UCLA1
  • Medical school Rutgers New Jersey Medical School2
  • Residency Urology, SUNY Downstate2
  • Fellowship Female urology, neurourology, and reconstructive urology, UCLA3
  • Leadership Chief of urogynecology and reconstructive pelvic surgery and fellowship director, UCLA1

He has identified Shlomo Raz as a mentor.4

Key Publications​

His cited work includes randomized and long-term studies of onabotulinumtoxinA for overactive bladder and a review covering neurogenic detrusor overactivity.P2P3P4

  1. NITTI VW, TU LM, GITLIN J. "DIAGNOSING BLADDER OUTLET OBSTRUCTION IN WOMEN." Journal of Urology. 1999;161(5):1535–1540. doi

    Video-urodynamic criteria for female bladder outlet obstruction (1999). Nitti proposed diagnosing female outlet obstruction through radiographic narrowing during a sustained detrusor contraction, without a fixed pressure-flow cutoff.

    Cited on: Primary Bladder Neck Obstruction
  2. Nitti VW, Dmochowski R, Herschorn S, et al. "OnabotulinumtoxinA for the Treatment of Patients with Overactive Bladder and Urinary Incontinence: Results of a Phase 3, Randomized, Placebo Controlled Trial." Journal of Urology. 2013;189(6):2186–2193. doi

    EMBARK phase 3 overactive-bladder trial (2013). Nitti led a placebo-controlled phase 3 trial of intradetrusor onabotulinumtoxinA for overactive bladder with urinary incontinence.

    Cited on: Intradetrusor OnabotulinumtoxinA · Botulinum Toxin (Neuromodulation Adjunct) · Botulinum Toxin (OnabotulinumtoxinA & Variants)
  3. Nitti V, Haag-Molkenteller C, Kennelly M, et al. "Treatment of neurogenic detrusor overactivity and overactive bladder with Botox (onabotulinumtoxinA): development, insights, and impact." Medicine. 2023;102(S1):e32377. doi
    Cited on: Botulinum Toxin (Neuromodulation Adjunct) · Intradetrusor OnabotulinumtoxinA
  4. Nitti VW, Ginsberg D, Sievert KD, et al. "Durable efficacy and safety of long-term onabotulinumtoxinA treatment in patients with overactive bladder syndrome: final results of a 3.5-year study." J Urol. 2016;196(3):791–800. doi
    Cited on: Botulinum Toxin (Neuromodulation Adjunct) · Botulinum Toxin (OnabotulinumtoxinA & Variants) · Nitti OAB Trial: OnabotulinumtoxinA 100 U for Overactive Bladder with Urinary Incontinence

Professional Work​

  • Practical Urodynamics (1998). Nitti edited a clinical textbook on performing and interpreting urodynamic studies.5

Other Publications Cited on WARWIKI

19 additional publications with Victor W. Nitti as a listed author are cited on WARWIKI, ordered by the number of pages that cite them. Papers whose author list is shortened to "et al." before this name are not included.

  1. Lec P, Nitti VW. Female urethral reconstruction. In: Smith JA Jr, Dmochowski RR, Thomas JC, Preminger GM, eds. Hinman's Atlas of Urologic Surgery. 5th ed. Elsevier; 2025:686.
    Cited on: Female Urethroplasty · Distal Urethrectomy with Advancement Meatoplasty (Female) · Female Dorsal Onlay Urethroplasty
  2. Raz S, Nitti VW, Bregg KJ. Transvaginal repair of enterocele. J Urol. 1993;149(4):724-30. doi
    Cited on: Halban Culdoplasty · Moschcowitz Procedure
  3. Drain A, Volkin D, Rosenblum N, Brucker BM, Nitti VW. "Outcomes of women diagnosed with primary bladder neck obstruction based on video urodynamic criteria." Neurourol Urodyn. 2025;44(1):44-50. doi
    Cited on: Primary Bladder Neck Obstruction
  4. Moris L, Heesakkers J, Nitti V, et al. Prevalence, diagnosis, and management of stress urinary incontinence in women: a collaborative review. Eur Urol. 2025;87(3):292–301. doi
    Cited on: Stress Urinary Incontinence (Female)
  5. Nitti VW, Kohan A, McCammon K, et al. "Efficacy and safety of onabotulinumtoxinA for the treatment of overactive bladder in men and women: A pooled analysis." Neurourol Urodyn. 2024;43(8):1765–1775. doi
    Cited on: Intradetrusor OnabotulinumtoxinA
  6. Torosis M, Fullerton M, Kaefer D, Nitti V, Ackerman AL, Grisales T. "Pudendal Block at the Time of Transvaginal Prolapse Repair: A Randomized Controlled Trial." Urogynecology (Phila). 2024;30(8):706-713. doi
    Cited on: Perioperative Analgesia
  7. Volkin D, Nitti VW. Diagnosis and management of female urethral stricture disease. In: Cardozo L, Staskin D, eds. Textbook of Female Urology and Urogynecology. Vol 2: Surgical Perspectives. 5th ed. CRC Press; 2023:1204.
    Cited on: Distal Urethrectomy with Advancement Meatoplasty (Female)
  8. Brucker BM, Nitti VW, Drain AE. Posterior compartment repair. In: Goldman HB, ed. Complications of Female Incontinence and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery. 2nd ed. Springer (Humana Press); 2017:53-76. doi
    Cited on: Posterior Colporrhaphy
  9. Wagg A, Nitti VW, Kelleher C, et al. "Oral Pharmacotherapy for Overactive Bladder in Older Patients: Mirabegron as a Potential Alternative to Antimuscarinics." Curr Med Res Opin. 2016;32(4):621-638. doi
    Cited on: Geriatric Urogynecology & Reconstructive Urology
  10. Comiter CV, Rhee EY, Tu LM, Herschorn S, Nitti VW. The Virtue sling — a new quadratic sling for postprostatectomy incontinence — results of a multinational clinical trial. Urology. 2014;84(2):433–438. doi
    Cited on: Virtue Quadratic Male Sling
  11. Andersson KE, Martin N, Nitti V. Selective β3-adrenoceptor agonists for the treatment of overactive bladder. J Urol. 2013;190(4):1173–80. doi
    Cited on: β3-Adrenergic Receptor Agonists
  12. Comiter CV, Nitti V, Elliot C, Rhee E. A new quadratic sling for male stress incontinence: retrograde leak point pressure as a measure of urethral resistance. J Urol. 2012;187(2):563–568. doi
    Cited on: Virtue Quadratic Male Sling

Footnotes​

  1. Victor W. Nitti, MD. UCLA Health. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2

  2. Faculty & Staff. UCLA Health. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2

  3. Our Expert Team. UCLA Health. Accessed October 2026. ↩

  4. ucla-urology-newsletter-summer-2025-v8-sngl.pdf. Accessed October 2026. ↩

  5. CiNii 図書 - Practical urodynamics. Accessed October 2026. ↩