title: Urodynamic studies of women with prolapse and stress incontinence before and after surgical repair.
abstract: Twenty-one women, 11 suffering from both prolapse and stress incontinence and 10 with prolapse only were investigated before and at different intervals after surgical repair of the disorders. The investigations comprised a gynaecological examination, urine culture, observation of residual urine and simultaneous urethro-cystometry including measurement of the urethral pressure profile.--The prolapse patients were operated upon by conventional Manchester technique. The patients suffering from both prolapse and stress incontinence were operated with a combined vaginal-abdominal repair using Lyodura slings.--It was found that the pre-operative urethral pressure at rest was lower in the inconinent-prolapse patients compared with that in patients suffering from prolapse only. After surgery the urethral pressure at rest was significantly decreased in the incontinent-prolapse patients whereas it did not change in patients operated because of prolaspe only.--Prior to the operation, all incontinent-prolapse women had a negative urethral closure pressure at stress. After surgery the closure pressure became positive in all patients and none complained about urinary incontinence. In all patients suffering from prolapse only the urethral closure pressure was positive at stress before as well as after surgery. The functional and the absolute urethral lengths increased in both categories of patients after the operation.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011312:Pressure; D014521:Urethra / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000601:surgery*; D014563:Urodynamics; D014596:Uterine Prolapse / Q000601:surgery*