Pessary test: simple prognostic test in women with stress urinary incontinence

To overcome urethral obstruction and other shortcomings associated with previously described tests such as the Bonney test and the Marshall test, the pessary test was employed during preoperative evaluation of women with stress urinary incontinence. The similarity of changes seen in the resting and stress urethral closure pressure profiles with the pessary test and post-incontinence surgery, provided an objective evaluation of the pessary test as a simple and reliable clinical tool to predict successful outcome of anticipated incontinence surgery.