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Abstract:
To determine the reliability of the Marshall-Marchetti test as a diagnostic and prognostic preoperative screening test for stress urinary incontinence, the changes observed in urethral pressure profiles under resting and stressful situations were recorded and compared following varying degrees of elevation of the urethra and the urethrovesical junction. The characteristic similarity of changes was evident in the functional profile length, urethral closure pressure, and cough pressure profile of the urethra during performance of the Marshall-Marchetti test and intentional urethral occlusion. This study clearly invalidated the Marshall-Marchetti test by objectively demonstrating that the Marshall-Marchetti test restored continence under stress of coughing by occluding the urethra and the urethrovesical junction.
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