ISSN:
1433-3023
Keywords:
Key words: Bladder retraining – Detrusor instability
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract: This is a retrospective review of 50 consecutive patients with urinary frequency, urgency and urge incontinence, admitted in 1995 and early 1996 for bladder retraining in the form of timed voiding. At discharge 80% of the women were subjectively cured or satisfactorily improved, but this was significantly reduced to 32% of the 37 who replied to a postal survey between 12 and 29 months (mean interval 21.3 months) later. There were no significant associations between outcome and urodynamic diagnosis, reduced cystometric capacity, length of symptomatology, previous treatment or requirement for additional therapy, but this may have been in part due to small numbers. In conclusion, bladder retraining is a method of treatment for patients with both sensory urgency and detrusor instability which appears to be at least as successful as other modes of treatment for these conditions.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/PL00004027
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