title: Urodynamic and rectomanometric findings in urinary incontinence.
abstract: To investigate the correlation of urinary and fecal incontinence, 52 patients with urinary incontinence underwent cystometry and rectomanometry. Twenty-five patients suffered from stress, 20 from urge and 7 from overflow urinary incontinence. The rectomanometry showed normal results in 29 patients, 5 presented with a compensated and 18 with a partially compensated sphincter incompetence. Whereas 18 of 20 urge incontinent patients had a normal rectal sphincter function, in contrast 16 of 25 stress incontinent patients suffered from rectal sphincter incompetence. In conclusion, there is a marked correlation between stress urinary incontinence and rectal sphincter incompetence. This supports the general thesis that a weakness of the entire pelvic floor is one of the characteristic features of urinary incontinence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pannek
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Haupt
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Sommerfeld
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schulze
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Senge
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004576:Electromyography; D005242:Fecal Incontinence / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008365:Manometry; D008875:Middle Aged; D017773:Pelvic Floor / Q000503:physiopathology; D012007:Rectum / Q000503:physiopathology; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000503:physiopathology; D014563:Urodynamics / Q000502:physiology*