Urodynamic evaluation of the intrinsically incompetent sphincter.
Differentiating causes for stress incontinence is important because treatments differ. Treatment failure occurs when surgery used to correct pelvic descent is applied to the intrinsically incompetent sphincter. Urodynamic tests that discriminate these causes are discussed.
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D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D014563:Urodynamics; D014636:Valsalva Maneuver