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Ultrasonography of the Adult Male Urinary Tract for Urinary Functional Testing
Published on: August 14, 2019
[Clinical evaluation of female urinary incontinence]
G Amarenco1, B Bayle, S S Ismaël
1Service de Rééducation neurologique et d'Explorations Périnéales, Hôpital Rothschild, Paris.
Examination:
Clinical evaluation of stress and urge incontinence is always necessary before therapeutic decisions. Full bladder examination may reveal stress incontinence during cough when cervico-urethral hypermobility is suspected, and leak during Vasalva manoeuvre when incontinence is due to intrinsic sphincter deficiency.
Objective Scores:
Pad test objectives the quantitative importance of incontinence. Symptom scores allow intra and inter individual comparisons. Psychosocial implications are studied with specific quality of life scales. They allow better therapeutic strategies in the management of urge and stress urinary incontinence. Objective evaluation of the different treatments and medico-economic approach of incontinence are thus possible.
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