title: Uroflowmetry and pressure/flow study of voiding in women.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Uroflowmetry and pressure-flow study are procedures used for the evaluation of micturition.
  
  
  METHODS
  Uroflowmetry is mainly a screening test to pick up abnormal voiding patterns and an abnormal trace warrants further investigation. A certain test-retest variation exists in terms of flow-rates and pattern.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Uroflowmetry is not helpful in diagnosing the types of incontinence found in women and its value as a routine test in the assessment of incontinent patients remains to be documented. Pressure-flow study of voiding enables the differentiation between true obstruction and of a hypoactive detrusor function. Test-retest variation of the obtained parameters, however, is significant. The role of pressure-flow study voiding in the preoperative assessment of patients with stress incontinence needs clarification.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Glostrup County Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lose
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008365:Manometry; D011312:Pressure; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012212:Rheology; D012737:Sex Factors; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014554:Urination