Original scientific paper

Urodinamic findings in elderly females with incontinence

Kalman Vančura
Antun Tucak
Branko Grahovac
Stjepan Matković
Spasenija Nedeljković

Abstract

We evaluated 42 elderly women over 65 years, with symptoms of urinary incontinence. The urodynamic features of 42 incontinent women, investigated by cystometry and the urethral pressure profile, according to Brown-Winchkam technics are reported. The methods of measuring urodynamic variables, their definitions, and the units in which they were expressed conform to the standards proposed by International Continence Society (ICS). The most common urodynamic finding in these patients was the presence of unstable detrusor contractions and in ten females the urodynamic findings were practically normal. There were no correlations between the maximum urethral pressure and functional urethral profile length between the groups according to cystometric diagnosis. In our study was observed a higher percentage of urinary incontinence in elderly females than mentioned by some other authors.

Keywords

continence; elderly female

Hrčak ID:

198085

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/198085

Publication date:

1.12.1987.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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