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Hormone Implants for Urinary Disorders in Postmenopausal Women
Author(s) -
SCHLEYERSAUNDERS E.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1976.tb03308.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dysuria , urinary incontinence , menopause , urinary system , estrogen , gynecology , urology , hormone replacement therapy (female to male) , genitourinary system , urethra , hypoestrogenism , surgical menopause , stress incontinence , hormone , testosterone (patch)
Urinary disorders associated with the menopause were studied in 300 postmenopausal women between the ages of 45 and 85; 210 were multiparous and 90 nulliparous. The presenting urinary symptom was dysuria in 60 patients and incontinence in 100 patients. In the latter group, 25 had urgency‐incontinence, 45 stress‐incontinence, and 30 a combined form. The distal part of the urethra, being of the same embryologic origin as the genital tract, is estrogen‐dependent. Hormone replacement in the form of implants resulted in improvement in 70 percent of the patients and thus reduced the need for surgical intervention.