Mixed Incontinence Masked as Stress Induced Urgency Urinary Incontinence

Literature Highlight: OnabotulinumtoxinA for Urgency Urinary Incontinence

Urinary incontinence is a prevalent condition affecting a disproportionate number of older women in the United States. Anticholinergic medications are the preferred treatment; however, a single anticholinergic agent has not emerged as the best treatment option. OnabotulimumtoxinA appears effective in the treatment of urgency urinary incontinence; however, it has led to incomplete voiding and th...

Risk Factors for Urgency Incontinence in Women Undergoing Stress Urinary Incontinence Surgery

Objective. To determine baseline variables associated with urgency urinary incontinence (UUI) in women presenting for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) surgery. Methods. Baseline data from two randomized trials enrolling 1,252 women were analyzed: SISTEr (fascial sling versus Burch colposuspension) and TOMUS (retropubic versus transobturator midurethral sling). Demographic data, POP-Q measures,...

Fluid intake and risk of stress, urgency, and mixed urinary incontinence.

OBJECTIVE We investigated the relation between total fluid intake and incident urinary incontinence in the Nurses' Health Study cohorts. STUDY DESIGN We measured daily fluid intake using food frequency questionnaires among 65,167 women, who were 37-79 years old, without urinary incontinence at study baseline (2000-2001). Women reported incontinence incidence on questionnaires during 4 years o...

Caffeine intake, and the risk of stress, urgency and mixed urinary incontinence.

PURPOSE Although caffeine consumption is common and generally believed to affect bladder function, little is known about caffeine intake and incident urinary incontinence. MATERIALS AND METHODS We performed a prospective cohort study in 65,176 women 37 to 79 years old without incontinence in the Nurses' Health Study and the Nurses' Health Study II. Incident incontinence was identified from qu...

Refractory Stress Urinary Incontinence