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Executive Summary: The International Consultation on Incontinence 2008—Committee on: “Dynamic Testing”; for urinary incontinence and for fecal incontinence. part 1: Innovations in Urodynamic Techniques and Urodynamic Testing for signs and symptoms of urinary incontinence in female patients
Author(s) -
Rosier Peter F.W.M.,
GaJewski Jerzy B.,
Sand Peter K.,
Szabó László,
Capewell Ann,
Hosker Gordon L.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
neurourology and urodynamics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.918
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1520-6777
pISSN - 0733-2467
DOI - 10.1002/nau.20764
Subject(s) - medicine , urinary incontinence , urodynamic testing , urodynamic studies , fecal incontinence , stress incontinence , gynecology , urology , general surgery , surgery
Aims The members of The International Consultation on Incontinence 2008 (Paris) Committee on Dynamic Testing' provide an executive summary of the chapter ‘Dynamic Testing’ that discusses (urodynamic) testing methods for patients with signs and or symptoms of urinary incontinence. Testing of patients with signs and or symptoms of faecal incontinence is also discussed. Methods Evidence based and consensus committee report. Results The chapter ‘Dynamic Testing’ is a continuation of previous Consultation‐reports added with a new systematic literature search and expert discussion. Conclusions, based on the published evidence and recommendations, based on the integration of evidence with expert experience and discussion are provided separately, for transparency. Conclusion This first part of a series of three articles summarizes the committees recommendations about the innovations in urodynamic study techniques ‘in general’, about the test characteristics and normal values of urodynamic studies as well as the assessment of female with signs and or symptoms of incontinence and includes only the most recent and relevant literature references. Neurourol. Urodynam. 29: 140–145, 2010. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.