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Colposuspension and pubovaginal sling are most effective surgical treatments
February 17th, 2005
University of Iowa gynecologist-researchers recently reviewed diagnosis and treatment of stress urinary incontinence. I.E. Nygaard and M. Heit wrote, "Stress urinary incontinence, the complaint of involuntary leakage during effort or exertion, occurs at least weekly in one third of adult women. The basic evaluation of women with stress urinary incontinence includes a history, physical examination, cough stress test, voiding diary, postvoid residual urine volume, and urinalysis." "Formal urodynamics testing may help guide clinical care, but whether urodynamics improves or predicts the outcome of incontinence treatment is not yet clear," they...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-02-17)
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