This is the first report of the International Continence Society (ICS) on the development of comprehensive guidelines for Good Urodynamic Practice for the measurement, quality control, and documentation of urodynamic investigations in both clinical and research environments. This report focuses on the most common urodynamics examinations; uroflowmetry, pressure recording during filling cystomet...

BACKGROUND To compare the clinical diagnosis of the urinary incontinence with the results obtained by MoniTorrurodynamic test. METHODS Prospective study of 590 consecutive patients with symptomatic urinary incontinence, between January 2006 and June 2008, at the Urogynecology and Vaginal Surgery Unit, Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Clínica Las Condes, Santiago, Chile. Median age was 55...

Twenty high risk children aged 5-12 years with various voiding problems were studied prospectively by urodynamics to evaluate the function of their urinary bladder and its continence mechanism. None of them had neuropathic bladder or any obstruction distal to bladder neck. Fourteen out of twenty (70%) had abnormal findings on urodynamics evaluation; 8 (40%) had non-neurogenic neurogenic bladder...

PURPOSE Differences in the severity of subjective symptoms have been noted depending on whether a Hunner lesion is present in women with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS). In this study, we aimed to identify differences in objective urodynamic parameters in women with IC/BPS according to the presence of a Hunner lesion. METHODS This cross-sectional study included a total of...

Study design, materials and methods Informed consent was obtained and the study was approved by local human ethics committee. A midstream urine sample was collected for pH measurement immediately before the routine urodynamic test was performed. These samples were also tested for bacteriuria, and subjects found to have bacterial cystitis on the test day (10 7 c.f.u / L with pyuria >10 wbc / L) ...

There have no universally accepted criteria and have been established for classification of underactive bladder (UAB) at present. Thus, the study described the comprehensive clinical and urodynamic characteristics of UAB in patients with lower urinary tract symptoms. A total of 1726 patients (1259men and 467women; 6–88 years old) whowere admitted to our center with a diagnosis of UABwere includ...

OBJECTIVE To describe urodynamic abnormalities in HTLV-1 infected individuals presenting urinary symptoms and verify if these findings and quality of life (QOL) evaluation correlate with overall neurological impairment. MATERIALS AND METHODS From January/2001 to May/2004, 324 HTLV-1 seropositive subjects were evaluated to determine the occurrence of urinary symptoms. Urodynamic testing was pe...

INTRODUCTION Parkinson disease (PD) patients present urinary symptoms during the course of the disease, very often suggestive of overactive bladder and sustained by neurogenic detrusor overactivity. These symptoms cause a severe lowering of quality of life determining social withdrawal and they need to be early diagnosed to restore social interaction and prevent urinary tract complications. Tod...

Materials and methods: Between June and December 2009, a total of 50 patients over the age of 40 participated in the study. Th e patients were admitted to our hospital with erectile dysfunction and moderate to severe lower urinary symptoms with benign prostatic hyperplasia. To examine the sexual function of the participants, we used the IIEF-5 Sexual Health Inventory for Men questionnaire. Pati...

BACKGROUND Most disorders of the lower urinary tract are functional, so diagnoses are typically based on urodynamic findings. Treatment is likely to fail if the pathology is not correctly diagnosed. OBJECTIVES There are various diagnostic tests for lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). In this study, we evaluated the value of urodynamic testing to diagnose the causes of lower urinary symptoms ...