biofeedback therapy for stress urinary incontinence: is urodynamic assessment necessary?

Biofeedback Therapy for Stress Urinary Incontinence: Is Urodynamic Assessment Necessary?

In the recent issue of Nephro-Urology Monthly Journal, Bayrak et al. (1) presented a prospective, single institu­ tional study to evaluate the effects of biofeedback thera­ py (BFT) on stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in women. The International Consultation on Incontinence Ques­ tionnaire – Short Form (ICIQ-SF) was utilized and ICIQ-SF scores were measured to evaluate the severity of their ur...

the biofeedback therapy in patients with stress incontinence urinary

The Biofeedback Therapy in Patients With Stress Incontinence Urinary

I read with great interest the article by Seckiner et al. entitled “The Effect of Biofeedback Therapy on ICIQ-SF Scores and Urodynamic Parameters in Patients with Stress Urinary Incontinence” (1). The authors concluded that biofeedback therapy is capable of decreasing ICIQSF scores, that is, therapy improves symptoms and the impact of urinary incontinence on the patients’ quality of life. Dumou...

the effect of biofeedback therapy on iciq-sf scores and urodynamic parameters in patients with stress urinary incontinence

Pelvic floor exercises with biofeedback for stress urinary incontinence.

OBJECTIVE Prospective study to objectively evaluate the benefits of pelvic floor strengthening exercises associated to biofeedback for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fourteen patients diagnosed with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) were selected for this study. All patients underwent a pelvic floor training associated to biofeedback for 12 consecutive wee...

The male sling for stress urinary incontinence: urodynamic and subjective assessment.

PURPOSE We prospectively examined whether the fixed urethral resistance of the perineal male sling for the treatment of stress incontinence causes significant bladder outlet obstruction or de novo voiding dysfunction. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 22 patients (average age 67 years old) were evaluated before and after surgery with videourodynamics, the self-administered UCLA Prostate Cancer...