Data regarding the prevalence and urodynamic characteristics of involuntary detrusor contractions (IDC) in various clinical settings, as well as in neurologically intact vs. neurologically impaired patients, are scarce. The aim of our study was to evaluate whether the urodynamic characteristics of IDC differ in various clinical categories. One hundred eleven consecutive neurologically intact pa...

AIMS The study aims to evaluate bothersome lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), risk factors, and associated functional abnormalities in women reporting adult onset secondary nocturnal enuresis (SNE), to help understand factors associated with SNE. METHODS 12,795 women (age >18) attending a tertiary referral centre underwent a comprehensive standardized evaluation including urodynamic testing...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate whether urodynamic investigation (UDI), the gold standard to assess refractory lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), is appropriate to select healthy volunteers with apparent normal lower urinary tract function as control subjects for comparative studies. SUBJECTS AND METHODS 42 healthy subjects (22 women, mean age 32±10 years; 20 men, mean age 37±12 years) without LUTS ...

PURPOSE Capsaicin and resiniferatoxin (Sigma Chemical Co., St. Louis, Missouri) administered intravesically are attractive options for treating detrusor hyperreflexia. Because the 2 agents differ in chemical structure and relative potency, possible differences in their clinical and urodynamic effects were investigated in this prospective comparative study. MATERIALS AND METHODS A group of 24 ...

BACKGROUND Both lower urinary tract dysfunction and urinary symptoms are prevalent in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Although the significance of identifying and treating urinary symptoms in MS is currently well-known, there is no information about the real prevalence and therapeutic effect of urinary symptoms in patients with MS. The purpose of this study was to analyze the major sympt...

INTRODUCTION The effect of urodynamic catheters on urine flow rate (Q(max) ) is well documented but under-researched. Several studies show reduced Q(max) but methodologies and patient demographics differ. The aims of this study were to further quantify the effect of urodynamic catheters on Q(max) and to explore if this was consistent across different urodynamic diagnoses. METHODS Four groups ...

Few studies in the literature have used ambulatory urodynamic evaluation to assess women with urinary incontinence (1). Some recent studies, comparing the results of ambulatory and conventional urodynamic observations, usually have no patient selection criteria omitting the cases with frequency, urgency and mixed symptoms without significant urinary incontinence. Although it is well recognized ...