title: Current and future trends in the management of overactive bladder.
abstract: Urinary incontinence is a common problem which increases in prevalence in association with advancing age and has a significant adverse effect upon well-being and quality of life. It is not the "benign" condition that many take it for. Overactive bladder (frequency-urgency syndrome) is the commonest bladder problem in late life, affecting up to 41% of over-75-year-old individuals, and the elderly experience more severe disease. This small series should provide the reader with a comprehensive overview of the current thinking in the assessment and management of patients with overactive bladder syndrome, explores the history of the condition and current approaches to its medical and surgical management and explores where management may change in more complex populations. The current state and future developments in pharmacological therapy are also outlined.
authors.affiliation: University College Hospital, 25 Grafton Way, NW1 OPE, London, UK. a.wagg@ucl.ac.uk
authors.forename: Adrian
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wagg
authors.forename: Amitabha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Majumdar
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Toozs-Hobson
authors.forename: Anand K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Christopher R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Chapple
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hill
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011788:Quality of Life; D013577:Syndrome; D053201:Urinary Bladder, Overactive / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*