Open AccessMicturition Symptoms and Urinary Incontinence after Non‐Radical Hysterectomy
Author(s) -
Vervest Harry A. M.,
Kiewiet de Jonge Michiel,
Vervest Ton M. J. S.,
Barents Joop W.,
Haspels Ary A.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016348809004187
Subject(s) - medicine , dysuria , nocturia , urination , urinary incontinence , hysterectomy , gynecology , urology , stress incontinence , oophorectomy , body mass index , lower urinary tract symptoms , obstetrics , urinary system , surgery , prostate , cancer
. The effects of 554 non‐radical vaginal and abdominal hysterectomies on micturition symptoms and urinary incontinence were studied. From the urological point of view, two groups of women may be distinguished prior to hysterectomy: one without urological symptoms and the second with urological complaints (present in no less than 57% of all women and differing significantly from the distribution of urological symptoms in the normal population). In the first group, frequency developed significantly more often than nocturia, dysuria, stress incontinence and nocturnal and diurnal urge incontinence. The type of hysterectomy was not related to this development, except that urgency more often followed vaginal hysterectomy. In the second group, highly significant improvement and disappearance of symptoms was observed. Age, parity, menopausal status, the presence of myomas, height, weight and body mass index had no influence.