BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to investigate the urodynamic parameters and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) of women with urodynamic genuine stress incontinence (GSI). METHODS A cross-sectional study involving 3323 women with LUTS was conducted. We recruited 1261 women with urodynamic GSI and were further grouped as with or without symptomatic stress urinary incontinence (SUI). The ...

Hypothesis / aims of study Quality control is a procedure intended to ensure that a product or performed service adheres to a defined set of criteria or meets the requirement of the client. This practice is well established in the industrial sector, however, it is not so commonly used in the medical sector. As management depends on correct diagnosis, quality control in medicine is vital. There ...

PURPOSE To compare urodynamic characteristics in patients with idiopathic detrusor overactivity (IDO) with those of an age matched cohort with diabetes mellitus (DM) and detrusor overactivity (DO). Secondly, to determine whether urodynamic features could help distinguish these two groups of patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Urodynamic data was collected on 58 female patients; 29 with IDO and 29...

conclusions vur might be more frequent in children with physiological urinary incontinence than the normal population, and might be as common as nmne with intermittent daytime incontinence. results urinary tract infection was found in 23 (34.8%) children, 17 (33.3%) and 6 (40%) patients with nmne and physiological urinary incontinence, respectively. out of 48 patients who underwent vcug, vesico...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of urodynamic test in diagnosis of urinary incontinence, comparing detailed data of history and physical examination, and some easy- to-apply clinical tests. METHODS A cross-sectional retrospective study was carried out by reviewing the medical charts of 55 patients with complaint of loss of urine, seen at the Urogynecology Service of W...

Aim: To determine risk factors for urinary tract infection (UTI) after urodynamic examination by evaluating patients' clinical characteristics and urodynamic parameters. Methods: Two hundred and sixty-one female patients (mean age 58.7±12.3 yrs) from May to December 2011 visited tertiary care hospital who had lower urinary tract symptoms or needed definite diagnosis before pelvic floor reconstr...

OBJECTIVES To determine the urodynamic efficacy and factors that influence the urodynamic results of treatment of neurogenic detrusor hyperactivity with intradetrusor injection of botulinum toxin type A (BTX-A) in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI). MATERIAL AND METHODS A retrospective study was conducted with a cohort of 70 patients composed of 40 men and 30 women with stable SCI (mean a...

OBJECTIVE To analyse the urodynamic changes subsequent to the placement of TVT tension-free tape (retropubic tension-free vaginal tape) or TVT-O (obturator tension-free vaginal tape). MATERIALS AND METHODS We carried out a retrospective cohort study that included women with urodynamic diagnosis of stress incontinence, in whom we placed type TVT or TVT-O tension-free tape, and on whom we perfo...

OBJECTIVE The study has been undertaken to determine the reproducibility of lower urinary tract symptoms in female patients after urodynamic investigations. DESIGN A Descriptive study with retrospective analysis of data. SETTING Combined Military Hospital Rawalpindi and Armed Forces Institute of Urology, Rawalpindi. METHODS Fifty consecutive women with a primary history of urinary inconti...

BACKGROUND The influence of rectal contractions on urination was examined using multichannel urodynamic study. METHODS We reviewed a total of 246 consecutive urodynamic studies. Each study consisted of a uroflow measurement and multi-channel urodynamic study, evaluating total vesical pressure, abdominal (rectal) pressure, subtracted detrusor pressure and perianal electromyography. Rectal cont...