Clarifying the Role of Urodynamics in the Preoperative Evaluation of Stress Urinary Incontinence
It has not yet been definitively demonstrated that preoperative evaluation of women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) with urodynamic testing (UDS) enhances surgical outcomes. Nonetheless, UDS is frequently utilized in the assessment of women with SUI in the hopes that results will shed light o...
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description | It has not yet been definitively demonstrated that preoperative evaluation of women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) with urodynamic testing (UDS) enhances surgical outcomes. Nonetheless, UDS is frequently utilized in the assessment of women with SUI in the hopes that results will shed light on preoperative risk factors for failure or postoperative voiding dysfunction. Poorer outcomes for stress incontinence surgery are primarily attributed to intrinsic sphincter deficiency (ISD), detrusor overactivity (DO), and voiding dysfunction. The ability of UDS to identify and characterize those parameters reliably remains under investigation. Furthermore, debate continues regarding the association of each of those factors with postoperative success for various SUI procedures. Since UDS is invasive, costly, and not always available, it is imperative that its benefit be carefully explored. In this review, we discuss the value of UDS in identifying risk factors for poor outcome and how those risk factors are associated with surgical failure. |
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spelling | doaj-art-289939ee92e243cd926177e0b01984372025-02-03T06:14:12ZengWileyThe Scientific World Journal1537-744X2008-01-0181259126810.1100/tsw.2008.159Clarifying the Role of Urodynamics in the Preoperative Evaluation of Stress Urinary IncontinenceSophie G. Fletcher0Gary E. Lemack1Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern at Dallas, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75390-9110, USADepartment of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern at Dallas, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75390-9110, USAIt has not yet been definitively demonstrated that preoperative evaluation of women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) with urodynamic testing (UDS) enhances surgical outcomes. Nonetheless, UDS is frequently utilized in the assessment of women with SUI in the hopes that results will shed light on preoperative risk factors for failure or postoperative voiding dysfunction. Poorer outcomes for stress incontinence surgery are primarily attributed to intrinsic sphincter deficiency (ISD), detrusor overactivity (DO), and voiding dysfunction. The ability of UDS to identify and characterize those parameters reliably remains under investigation. Furthermore, debate continues regarding the association of each of those factors with postoperative success for various SUI procedures. Since UDS is invasive, costly, and not always available, it is imperative that its benefit be carefully explored. In this review, we discuss the value of UDS in identifying risk factors for poor outcome and how those risk factors are associated with surgical failure.http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2008.159 |
spellingShingle | Sophie G. Fletcher Gary E. Lemack Clarifying the Role of Urodynamics in the Preoperative Evaluation of Stress Urinary Incontinence The Scientific World Journal |
title | Clarifying the Role of Urodynamics in the Preoperative Evaluation of Stress Urinary Incontinence |
title_full | Clarifying the Role of Urodynamics in the Preoperative Evaluation of Stress Urinary Incontinence |
title_fullStr | Clarifying the Role of Urodynamics in the Preoperative Evaluation of Stress Urinary Incontinence |
title_full_unstemmed | Clarifying the Role of Urodynamics in the Preoperative Evaluation of Stress Urinary Incontinence |
title_short | Clarifying the Role of Urodynamics in the Preoperative Evaluation of Stress Urinary Incontinence |
title_sort | clarifying the role of urodynamics in the preoperative evaluation of stress urinary incontinence |
url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2008.159 |
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