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  • Urology
  • Female Pelvic Medicine

Background:

  • Overactive bladder (OAB) affects a significant portion of women.
  • Female voiding dysfunction (FVD) can coexist with OAB, complicating diagnosis and management.
  • The relationship between OAB symptoms and FVD requires further elucidation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the diagnostic role of urodynamic study (UDS) in women with OAB.
  • To analyze the correlation between OAB symptoms (dry vs. wet) and FVD.
  • To assess the prevalence of detrusor underactivity (DUA) and bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) in this population.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective analysis of clinical and urodynamic data from 163 women with OAB symptoms.
  • Categorization of OAB symptoms into dry and wet types.
  • Definition and assessment of FVD, including DUA (Qmax ≤ 15 mL/s, PdetQmax ≤ 20 cmH2O) and BOO (Qmax ≤ 15 mL/s, PdetQmax > 20 cmH2O).

Main Results:

  • Nearly half of the patients (47.9%) presented with dry OAB symptoms, while 52.1% had wet symptoms.
  • A high prevalence of bladder outlet obstruction (42.9%) and detrusor underactivity (8.6%) was observed.
  • Wet OAB symptoms were significantly associated with detrusor overactivity on UDS (p < 0.05), but FVD parameters did not differ significantly between dry and wet groups.

Conclusions:

  • A substantial number of women with OAB experience coexisting voiding dysfunction.
  • OAB symptom presentation alone is insufficient to predict the presence of FVD.
  • Urodynamic study (UDS) is essential for the accurate diagnosis of FVD in women presenting with OAB symptoms.