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Association between Urinary Incontinence in Women and a Previous History of Surgery
Author(s) -
MOMMSEN S.,
FOLDSPANG A.,
ELVING L.,
LAM G. W.
Publication year - 1993
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.1993.tb06452.x
Subject(s) - medicine , urinary incontinence , urinary system , multivariate analysis , gynecology , urology , general surgery
Summary— In a cross‐sectional study, 85% of 3114 women responded to a questionnaire on urinary incontinence and a history of abdominal, gynaecological and urological surgery. In 1987 the prevalence of urinary incontinence was 17%; 63% had undergone surgery, mainly gynaecological, and almost one‐third of the respondents had had more than one operation. Bivariate and multivariate analysis showed stress urinary incontinence to be associated with previous exposure to surgery.