objective: the aims of this study were to determine the frequency of urinary and fecal incontinence and their determinants in pre-menopausal and menopausal women in iran. materials and methods: this one-year cross-sectional study was performed on 304 women aged 40-55 who were admitted to women's clinic at imam khomeini hospital. symptoms of urinary, gas, and fecal incontinence and pelvic organs...

PURPOSE We examined prevalence rates, and changes in continence and incontinence before and after radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer by comparing different definitions. We also studied the descriptive validity of the grading system of Ellison et al for post-prostatectomy incontinence and baseline predictors of post-prostatectomy incontinence at 12 months. MATERIALS AND METHODS This nat...

BACKGROUND Urinary incontinence in women is a common problem that adversely affects quality of life. PURPOSE To synthesize evidence of management of urinary incontinence in women. DATA SOURCES MEDLINE, CINAHL, and the Cochrane Library. STUDY SELECTION 96 randomized, controlled trials (RCTs) and 3 systematic reviews published in English from 1990 through May 2007. DATA EXTRACTION Using s...

BACKGROUND To explore the additive effect of urinary incontinence, in people with comorbid depression, on health related quality of life. METHODS Males and females, 15 to 95 years (n = 3010, response rate 70.2%) were interviewed face to face in the 1998 Autumn South Australian Health Omnibus Survey. RESULTS Self-reported urinary incontinence was found in 20.3% (n=610), and depression as def...

BACKGROUND In a recent placebo-controlled Phase III study, oxybutynin chloride topical gel (OTG) significantly improved urinary continence in patients with overactive bladder. In this post hoc analysis, the effect of incontinence severity on OTG-mediated improvement in continence was evaluated. METHODS Change from baseline in the number of incontinence episodes was evaluated in patients with ...

BACKGROUND The research article looks at the background of women with urinary incontinence and exposed to different demographic factors. Women who had urinary incontinence and women without urinary incontinence were compared with regards to their demographic features and risk of development of urinary problems. These risk factors can either cause short term or temporary urinary incontinence or ...

Correspondence: emily L Whitcomb Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Orange County irvine Medical Center, Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, 6650 Alton Parkway, irvine, CA 92618 Tel +1 949 932 5677 Fax +1 949 932 6348 email [email protected] Background: The purpose of this research was review the epidemiology of the association of obesity and urinary incontinence...

the aim of this study was to determine the most effective and suitable time to remove the urinary catheter (foley) after anterior and posterior colporrhaphy surgery. patients who experience anterior colporrhaphy operation for genuine stress incontinency or pelvic organ prolapsed will have post operative voiding dysfunction. these patients need postoperative drainage. one of the methods preferre...

TO THE EDITOR: I would like to thank Dr. Lee for his thoughtful comments on the impact of constipation on fecal incontinence. The coexistence of fecal incontinence and constipation has been well characterized in children and the geriatric population. Fecal incontinence in children is secondary to ‘overflow’ which results from the presence of constipation. Also fecal incontinence occurs in a var...