OBJECTIVE This study was undertaken to evaluate the response to sacral neuromodulation in women with refractory, nonobstructive urinary urge incontinence after stress incontinence surgery. STUDY DESIGN We reviewed the medical records of women in whom sacral neuromodulation was performed for worsening or de novo urinary urge incontinence after a stress incontinence procedure. All patients had ...

BACKGROUND To study the prevalence and risk factors of urinary incontinence in tribal women and to assess the treatment seeking behavior of affected women. METHODS A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in Khardi, a tribal village, selected by random sampling, in Thane district, Maharashtra, India during the period October 2010 to January 2011. All women aged 20 years and above wer...

BACKGROUND Only a small proportion of older people with urinary incontinence seek help, despite the availability of adequate treatment. AIM To ascertain the patient- and disease-specific factors that determine whether medical care for urinary incontinence is sought by independently living older people with urinary incontinence. DESIGN OF STUDY Qualitative and quantitative analyses of interv...

BACKGROUND To compare the clinical diagnosis of the urinary incontinence with the results obtained by MoniTorrurodynamic test. METHODS Prospective study of 590 consecutive patients with symptomatic urinary incontinence, between January 2006 and June 2008, at the Urogynecology and Vaginal Surgery Unit, Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Clínica Las Condes, Santiago, Chile. Median age was 55...

Introduction: Vesicovaginal fistula remains a challenge in surgical therapy. In this study autologous platelet rich plasma and platelet rich fibrin glue were used as a minimally invasive approach for vesicovaginal fistula closure. Materials and Methods: Data including age, parity, ICIQ-UI (International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-urinary incontinence), ICIQ-QOL (Internation...

RATIONALE Tamoxifen has been used in women with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer and has been shown to successfully reduce both recurrence and mortality. On the contrary, long-term use of tamoxifen has hormone-related urogenital side effects which decrease the quality of life of the patients. PATIENT CONCERNS In this case report, we present a breast cancer patient receiving tamoxifen w...

Urinary incontinence is a common condition in women. Approximately 25% of young women (1), 44–57% of middle-aged and postmenopausal women (2), and 75% of older women experience some involuntary urine loss (3, 4). The estimated direct cost of urinary incontinence care in the United States is $19.5 billion (5). Approximately 6% of nursing home admissions of older women can be attributed to urinar...