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Reflex Urethral Instability
Author(s) -
McGUIRE EDWARD J.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1978.tb02802.x
Subject(s) - reflex , urinary incontinence , urology , medicine , detrusor instability , urodynamic studies , residual urine , urethra , urine , urinary bladder , anesthesia , prostate , cancer
Summary— Eleven patients with incontinence and large post‐voiding residual urine volumes have been studied with a urodynamic technique. Results indicate that reflex urethral relaxation was responsible for urinary incontinence. A probably relationship of this syndrome to bladder overdistension is suggested by ancillary evidence.