An assessment of the Frewen regime in the treatment of detrusor dysfunction in females.
Twenty-seven women with symptoms of frequency, urgency and urge incontinence were assessed urodynamically. Their detrusor behaviour fell into 3 groups: (1) reduced detrusor compliance, (2) uninhibited detrusor contractions, and (3) detrusor stability. Each patient was treated by Frewen's regime of bladder drill, detrusor inhibitory drugs, sedation and simple psychological counselling. At 3 months symptoms were markedly improved or cured in 86% of patients. Reduced compliance was the only detrusor abnormality which was reversible.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D003376:Counseling; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010276:Parasympatholytics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D014563:Urodynamics
D010276:Parasympatholytics; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs