objective: to evaluate the efficacy and side effects of oxybutinin in comparison to tolterodine in treatment of overactive bladder (oab) with detrussor overactivity (doa) in iranian women. materials and methods: one hundred iranian old women with clinical symptoms of oab who show ido in the filling cystometry participated in this randomized double-blinded parallel-group by using two kinds of th...

to evaluate overactive bladder (oab) with detrusor overactivity (doa) following oxybutynin or tolterodine treatment in recommended doses at a four-week course. a total of 100 iranian women 45 years or older with urgency that also showed idiopathic detrusor overactivity (ido) in the filling phase of their cystometry were included in the current study. in this double-blinded trial two parallel gr...

BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to determine the relative frequency of abnormal urodynamic findings in new multiple sclerosis (MS) cases without micturition complaints and to find its correlation with the number of MS plaques on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), urinary tract involvement and the number of disease episodes. METHODS In this prospective study, 50 new female case of multiple ...

conclusions patients made various complaints, and several pathologies were diagnosed, which emphasizes the importance of using urodynamic tests for subsequent medical approaches as a non-invasive, accessible, and inexpensive tool. results the mean age of patients in this study was 50.88 years, and most patients were in their third decade (20 - 30 years of age). urinary frequency (28.8%), enures...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the quality of life in women with urinary incontinence (categorised by urodynamic findings). DESIGN Prospective cohort study on patients. SETTING Urogynaecology unit of a university teaching hospital in Hong Kong. PATIENTS. Female patients presenting to our clinic from July 2008 to December 2009 and having their urinary incontinence categorised by urodynamic study. ...

Although evidence shows that urodynamic study may not improve outcomes, it can be used to evaluate men with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTSs) which have not been adequately delineated and treated. In young men with LUTS not responding to treatment based on clinical examination, or elderly men with LUTS and incontinence, a complete urodynamic evaluation is mandatory to understand the pathophy...

OBJECTIVES To determine the value of ambulatory urodynamic monitoring in the assessment of patients with lower urinary tract symptoms. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study including patients who underwent both conventional urodynamic and ambulatory urodynamic assessment at our Center between December 2002 and February 2013. The ambulatory urodynamic studies were interpreted in a standardi...

OBJECTIVE to determine the positive predictive value of clinical history in comparison with urodynamic study for the diagnosis of urinary incontinence. METHODS retrospective analysis comparing clinical history and urodynamic evaluation of 1,179 women with urinary incontinence. The urodynamic study was considered the gold standard, whereas the clinical history was the new test to be assessed. ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the urodynamic changes immediately after the first session (acute effect) and after the last session of parasacral TENS in children with idiopathic OAB. MATERIALS AND METHODS We performed urodynamic evaluation immediately before and after the first session of parasacral TENS and immediately after the last session (7 weeks later). Only children with idiopathic isolated OA...