title: [Ultrasound for the diagnosis of female urinary incontinence].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The value of ultrasonography for the study of female urinary incontinence has been redefined over the last years.
  
  
  METHODS
  We review the literature about the value of ultrasound in the workup of females with urinary incontinence, mainly transperineal ultrasound for the female stress urinary incontinence (SUI).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Many papers have been published over the last few years. Upper urinary tract ultrasound has not a place in the workup of genuine female SUI. Transperineal ultrasound allows to evaluate the mobility of the bladder neck and urethra, the thickness of the bladder wall, the funnel shape of the bladder neck, the presence of SUI or pelvic organ prolapse (POP), to visualize mesh implants, to help with biofeedback, and to evaluate changes after surgical treatment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Ultrasounds in general, and transperineal or translabial ultrasound in particular, are in the process of becoming the standard diagnostic method in urogynecology. Their wide availability, the standardization of parameters, the possibility of evaluating not only the bladder but also the levator ani muscle or pelvic organ prolapses (POP) contribute to this fact. It allows to obtain data in a non invasive way before and after therapy.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, España. mjcidre00@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Miguel Angel
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Jiménez Cidre
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: López-Fando Lavalle
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Quicios Dorado
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: de Castro Guerín
authors.forename: Agustín
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fraile Poblador
authors.forename: Teodoro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mayayo Dehesa
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology