Reflex urethral instability.
Eleven patients with incontinence and large post-voiding residual urine volumes have been studied with a urodynamic technique. Results indicate that reflex urethral relaxation was responsible for urinary incontinence. A probable relationship of this syndrome to bladder overdistension is suggested by ancillary evidence.
D000328:Adult; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014521:Urethra / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000503:physiopathology; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014563:Urodynamics