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Uroflowmetry for predicting postoperative voiding difficulties in women with stress urinary incontinence
Author(s) -
BERGMAN ARIEH,
BHATIA NARENDER N.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1985.tb03055.x
Subject(s) - medicine , urinary incontinence , residual urine , urology , stress incontinence , urine , surgery , prostate , cancer
Summary. Pre‐operative knowledge of uroflowmetry and postvoiding residual urine volumes in a group of 45 women undergoing urinary incontinence surgery failed to predict risks of postoperative voiding difficulties. Only one out of nine patients needing prolonged post‐operative bladder drainage (7 days) gave a pre‐operative history of voiding difficulties. More than half the patients (5/9) who needed prolonged catheterization had normal flow rates pre‐operatively and five of the nine patients with reduced flow rates were able to resume spontaneous voiding within 7 days following incontinence surgery.