Ignoring urinary incontinence may reduce long term satisfaction

Persistent long-term urinary incontinence post parturition.

Women's narratives of long-term urinary incontinence.

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to use narrative analysis as a method for examining the lived experience and meaning of long-term, female urinary incontinence (UI). METHOD Cognitive anthropology and critical medical anthropology provided the overall framework for this study. Theoretical saturation (Strauss, 1987) was achieved after 17 community-dwelling women with long-term (greater tha...

Elderly Women and Urinary Incontinence in Long-Term Care

The prevalence of urinary incontinence (UI), although difficult to define due to underreporting, is estimated to affect over 13 million Americans, and greater than 50% of residents residing in long-term care (LTC) facilities (Bennet, 2008; Earthy & Nativ, 2009; Parker, 2007). It has been estimated that the cost of UI in Canadian LTC facilities is approximately $3000.00 to $10,000.00 per year fo...

Stress urinary incontinence: long-term results of laparoscopic Burch colposuspension

BACKGROUND The open Burch colposuspension, first described in 1961 had been widely employed for the surgical treatment of women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) caused by urethral hypermobility. We evaluated the long-term efficacy of laparoscopic Burch colposuspension (LBC) for SUI in women. METHODS A randomized prospective trial was conducted from September 2010 to January 2013. The ex...

Artificial Urinary Sphincter: Long-Term Results and Patient Satisfaction

The published evidence concerning the safety, efficacy, and patient satisfaction for implantation of the current model of the artificial urinary sphincter (AS 800) in men with post prostatectomy urinary incontinence was the objective of this review. A Pub Med English language literature search from 1995 to 2011 was performed. A majority of men who undergo AUS implantation for post prostatectomy...