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The Anatomical Pathogenesis of Stress Urinary Incontinence in Women
Xunguo Yang1,2, Xingqi Wang1,2, Zhenhua Gao1,2
1The First Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650032, China.
Abstract:
Stress urinary incontinence is a common disease in middle-aged and elderly women, which seriously affects the physical and mental health of the patients. For this reason, researchers have carried out a large number of studies on stress urinary incontinence. At present, it is believed that the pathogenesis of the disease is mainly due to changes related to age, childbirth, obesity, constipation and other risk factors that induce changes in the urinary control anatomy, including the anatomical factors of the urethra itself, the anatomical factors around the urethra and the anatomical factors of the pelvic nerve. The combined actions of a variety of factors lead to the occurrence of stress urinary incontinence. This review aims to summarize the anatomical pathogenesis of stress urinary incontinence from the above three perspectives.
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