OBJECTIVE It has been claimed that urethral hypermobility and resting urethral pressure can largely explain stress incontinence in women. In this study we tried to replicate these findings in an unselected cohort of women seen for urodynamic testing, including as many potential confounders as possible. STUDY DESIGN This study is a retrospective analysis of data obtained from 341 women. They a...

T report presents definitions of the symptoms, signs, urodynamic observations and conditions associated with lower urinary tract dysfunction (LUTD) and urodynamic studies (UDS), for use in all patient groups from children to the elderly. The definitions restate or update those presented in previous International Continence Society Standardisation of Terminology reports1–7 and published on Ureth...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effect of the urodynamic catheter on the urinary flow rate and residual volume in various urodynamic diagnoses, and compare the outcome when using a smaller catheter, as the effect of this catheter on free uroflow variables is mostly studied in patients with bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) and little is known about its effect in other urodynamic diagnoses. PATIENTS AN...

BACKGROUND/AIM Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune inflammatory disorder of the unknown origin leading to multifocal demyelization, axonal damage and the loss of the nervous tissue in various parts of the central nervous system. Most MS patients have decreased functionality of the bladder leading to various dysuria disorders during the course of the illness. However, in 2% of the ca...

Hypothesis / aims of study Urodynamic investigation used to be considered as a gold standard. However, recent studies have demonstrated that urinary incontinence symptoms had high positive predictive values, suggesting symptoms is helpful for diagnoses as well. We assess the role of urodynamic examination on the evaluation of non-neurological female urinary incontinence and compare with that of...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate clinical and urodynamic changes in patients with and without bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) and to compare the clinical and urodynamic results of terazosin treatment between patients with and without BOO. METHODS In a prospective study, 97 patients who completed a full screening program including urodynamic investigation with pressure-flow study analysis started treat...

INTRODUCTION Role of urodynamics prior to surgery of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is under constant debate. Demonstration of the presence of detrusor overactivity is the only aspect that has been emphasized in the literature so far. We believe that there are number of other factors which may influence the evaluation and in turn the choice of surgical management and prediction of outcome of...

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...

Materials and Methods: This prospective, clinical study was implemented on 50 patients in the urology department of our tertiary care center. Women suffering from complaints of urinary incontinence underwent clinical evaluation including medical history, physical examination and urodynamic study. Accuracy and predictive values of urologic history, clinical evaluation findings and urodynamic stu...

BACKGROUND Cauda equina syndrome is a rare disorder that causes loss of Lumbar plexus function (nerve roots) lower than conus medullaris. No risk factor has been defined for this disease yet. Due to the high morbidity of Cauda equina syndrome and lack of sufficient information about the connection between the disease and urodynamic findings and EMG (Electromyography) findings, the need for this...