South West Radiologists Association

A MORI poll earlier this year indicated that nearly 4 million people in the United Kingdom are incontinent. These patients have yet to appear in large numbers for investigation and treatment mainly because of reticence on their part, but also because of failure of doctors in general to understand that incontinence can be investigated and treated successfully in a majority of cases. Also some gynaecologists and surgeons have had difficulty in understanding the seemingly complicated technique of urodynamic investigation. A simple investigative bladder pressure flow technique is described express in simpler scientific terms. If the result is equivocal then X-ray imaging, urethral pressure monitoring and electromygraphy of the distal sphincter can be added to reach the definitive cause