[Dysuria in women and bladder hypocontractibility]

Urodynamic tests used to analyze 120 cases of non-neurogenic and non-iatrogenic dysuria in women provided data to which the following criteria were applied: maximum output less than 15 ml/s and/or residue greater than 100 ml. Clinical examination, including endoscopy, established a possible obstructive cause in 60 cases (36 patients with prolapse, 12 with urethral stenosis and 12 with cervical disease) the 60 other cases remaining unexplained. The frequency of reduced or absent contractility, 68% in the total population, is still 58% when a cervico-urethral obstruction exists.