Stress urinary incontinence: a simple and practical approach to diagnosis and treatment.
A study to evaluate the efficacy of a simple and inexpensive diagnostic and therapeutic approach to stress incontinence in 46 elderly women is described. The treatment had two aspects: estrogens, both orally and topically, and a pelvic floor exercise program. The study shows that stress incontinence and stress incontinence with urgency incontinence in non-institutionalized, ambulant elderly women can be diagnosed and successfully treated in the great majority of cases without the need for expensive and potentially hazardous diagnostic and therapeutic modalities.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004967:Estrogens / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000379:methods; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*
D004967:Estrogens