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Relative urethral leakage pressure versus maximum urethral closure pressure. The reliability of the measurement of urethral competence with the new tube-foil sleeve catheter in patients.

In 78 female patients the urethral leakage pressure, defined as the intravesical pressure at which leakage starts from the urethral orifice, was estimated with the tube-foil sleeve catheter. In accordance with the definition of maximum urethral closure pressure, the relative urethral leakage pressure was defined as urethral leakage pressure minus intravesical resting pressure. In the same patients urethral closure pressure was also measured by urethral pressure profilometry with a flexible micro pressure-sensor catheter. On the average the ratio of relative urethral leakage pressure/urethral closure pressure was about 0.5. Relative urethral leakage pressure and urethral closure pressure were higher than the maximum detrusor pressure increases during detrusor instabilities in 21 continent patients with motor urge. The relative urethral leakage pressure correlated better with the detrusor pressure elevations at which fluid loss from the urethral orifice started in 24 motor urge incontinent patients than urethral closure pressure did.

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Predictive value of maximum urethral closure pressure, urethral hypermobility and urethral incompetence in the diagnosis of clinically significant female genuine stress incontinence.

PURPOSE: We determined the value of urethral hypermobility, maximum urethral closure pressure (MUCP) and urethral incompetence in the diagnosis of stress urinary incontinence (SUI). MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this study 369 women with clinical symptoms suggestive of SUI without symptoms of bladder overactivity were evaluated in regard to urethral incompetence, urethral hypermobility and mean MUCP. The cohort was divided into 2 groups according to continence/incontinence status. ROC curves were used to test the performance of the various predicting factors. These factors were combined in forward stepwise logistic regression to find the cutoff point that simultaneously optimized sensitivity and specificity. RESULTS: Continent and incontinent patients differed with regards to urethral incompetence and hypermobility (each p <0.0001). Incontinent patients had a greater probability of a higher grade of each factor. Even after adjusting for the older age of incontinent patients by ANCOVA. MUCP was significantly lower in the incontinent group (p <0.001). The best univariate optimized cutoff point for discriminating continence from incontinence was obtained with urethral incompetence greater than grade I. CONCLUSIONS: The best single predictor of clinically significant SUI is urethral incompetence, followed by urethral hypermobility and MUCP. When combining several factors, namely grade II urethral incompetence with grade III hypermobility, grade III urethral incompetence with grades I to III hypermobility and grade IV urethral incompetence with or without urethral hypermobility, all indicated more than a 90% probability of clinically significant SUI.

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[Treatment of congenital urethral stenosis (urethral ring) in children. Optic internal urethrotomy in the congenital bulbar urethral stenosis in boys].

Congenital urethral stenosis in boys occurs at the junction of the entodermal primary urethra and ectodermal secondary urethra. Endoscopically this lesion is recognized as a ring-form stenosis just distal to the external urethral sphincter. It has been considered as rare congenital anomaly in American literature. But in our experience congenital urethral stenosis is an important cause of recurrent urinary tract infections, enuresis, pollakisuria or hematuria in pediatric urological practice. It also disturbs spontaneous healing of vesicoureteral reflux. The most effective treatment of this lesion is optic internal urethrotomy under direct vision. We would like to report our experience of optic internal urethrotomy for congenital urethral stenosis in boys. From 1974 to 1986, 226 boys with congenital bulbar urethral stenosis were treated in our clinic. Optic internal urethrotomy was performed using a Sachse urethrotome with a 10 or 13 Fr. sheath. Of the 176 ureters with vesicoureteral reflux, spontaneous disappearance of reflux after optic internal urethrotomy was noted in 62.5% of Grade I-II, 65.0% of Grade III, 28.9% of Grade IV and 16.7% of Grade V ureters. These spontaneous disappearance rates were significantly higher than those of primary vesicoureteral reflux in Grade III, IV and V ureters. Of the drug-resistant enuretic boys with a congenital bulbar urethral stenosis, enuresis disappeared or ameliorated in 69.4% after optic internal urethrotomy. Furthermore, urinary tract infections were mostly prevented by optic internal urethrotomy, irrespective of the presence or absence of vesicoureteral reflux. Our results support the view that congenital urethral stenosis (urethral ring) is an important clinical entity in pediatric urology.

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Observations on the function of the female urethra: III: An overview with special reference to the relation between urethral hypermobility and urethral incompetence.

AIMS: To analyze the relation between urethral hypermobility and urethral incompetence, and to summarize the interdependence between maximum urethral closure pressure (MUCP), urethral hypermobility, and urethral incompetence. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A group of 255 patients was selected from a large bank of cases. Inclusion criteria were age 20 years or above, no neurological disease, stable bladder, and no previous incontinence surgery or hysterectomy. The degree of hypermobility (cysto-urethrocele) and the degree of urethral incompetence (abdominal leak point pressure (ALPP)) were determined. Statistical analyses between urethral hypermobility and incompetence were performed with Spearman's correlation and the Jonckherre-Terpstra test. RESULTS: The Spearman's rank correlation test showed a statistically significant relation between urethral hypermobility and the degree of urethral incompetence (P = 0.0049). CONCLUSIONS: The statistically significant relation between urethral incompetence and hypermobility suggests that urethral incompetence will increase as the degree of urethral hypermobility does. Optimal conditions for urinary continence include a high maximum urethral closure pressure, absence of hypermobility, and a low degree of urethral incompetence. This last factor is assured by a strong support underneath the urethra permitting compression of the latter during straining. Failure of the urethral closure mechanism is highly probable with a diminished maximum closure pressure accompanied by urethral hypermobility often associated with a high degree of urethral incompetence. Clinically significant urinary incontinence may appear in many intermediate circumstances between these two extreme states, but stress urinary incontinence is essentially an activity-related phenomenon.

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Observations on the function of the female urethra: I: relation between maximum urethral closure pressure at rest and urethral hypermobility.

AIMS: To study the relation between maximum urethral closure pressure at rest and urethral hypermobility in female patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We selected 255 patients aged 20 years and older, with a stable bladder on multichannel urodynamics, without known neurological pathology, and without a history of pelvic or anti-incontinence surgery. A resting urethral pressure profile and the degree of urethral hypermobility were registered. Two-tailed analyses of variance (ANOVA) with Fisher's post-hoc tests were used to detect any statistically significant difference (P < 0.05) in urethral closure pressure between groups with varying degrees of urethral hypermobility. RESULTS: Mean age was 45.6 +/- 12.7 (range 20-77) years. Mean maximum urethral closure pressure for the entire group was 62.7 +/- 29 (range 10-150) cm of water. A statistically significant inverse relationship was found between age and maximum urethral closure pressure (r = 0.489, P < 0.0001) when both analyzed as continuous variables, and with age categorized in 10-year increments (P < 0.0001). When comparing mean urethral closure pressure in each group examined for urethral hypermobility, a statistically significant difference was noted when grades I, II, and III were compared to grade 0 hypermobility. No significant difference was observed when grades I, II, and III were compared to each other. Even if statistically non-significant, there exists an inverse relationship between the degree of urethral hypermobility and the maximum urethral closure pressure: a higher hypermobility is associated with a lesser urethral closure pressure. CONCLUSIONS: Urethral closure pressure falls significantly when urethral hypermobility is present. This decrease is not related to patient's age or parity. Our observations demonstrate an inverse relation between urethral closure pressure and the degree of cysto-urethrocele. As hypermobility increases, closure pressure decreases, even if this decrease does not reach the level of statistical significance.

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[Diagnosis of gonococcal urethritis and chlamydial urethritis by polymerase chain reaction].

A polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method was compared to standard methods (cultures for Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis and an enzyme-immunoassay for C. trachomatis) in diagnosis of gonococcal and chlamydial urethritis in 40 male patients with urethritis. Gonococcal urethritis was diagnosed by detection of a 206 bp DNA fragment amplified by PCR with N. gonorrhoeae-specific primers. Chlamydial urethritis was diagnosed by detection of a 242 bp DNA fragment amplified by PCR with C. trachomatis-specific primers. Gonococcal and chlamydial urethritis, gonococcal and non-chlamydial urethritis, non-gonococcal and chlamydial urethritis, and non-gonococcal and non-chlamydial urethritis were diagnosed in 8, 10, 14 and 8 patients, respectively, by the PCR method. In 9 patients with gonococcal and chlamydial urethritis, 10 with gonococcal and non-chlamydial urethritis, 12 with non-gonococcal and chlamydial urethritis, and 9 with non-gonococcal and non-chlamydial urethritis, diagnosed by the standard methods, the coincidence rates of the PCR to the standard methods were 78% (7/9), 90% (9/10), 100% (12/12), and 89% (8/9), respectively. The overall coincidence rate between the PCR and the standard methods in diagnosis of urethritis were high (90%). In addition, N.gonorrhoeae and C.trachomatis could be simultaneously detected from one urethral sample in approximately 6 hours by means of the PCR. Thus, the PCR method could clinically be applied and would offer several advantages to diagnosis of urethritis, compared to the standard methods.

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Use of fine-wire electrodes for electromyographic evaluation of the external urethral sphincter during urethral pressure profilometry in male cats.

Evaluation of urethral pressure profilometry (UPP) with simultaneous fine-wire electromyography of the external urethral sphincter (EUS) was conducted in 11 healthy adult male cats sedated with xylazine and ketamine. A 3.5-F urethral catheter with a closed end and two 1-mm side-ports was infused with sterile 0.9% NaCl solution at a rate of 2 to 3 ml/min. A fine-wire electromyographic (EMG) electrode was placed percutaneously into or near the external urethral sphincter prior to the onset of the UPP. The maximal urethral pressure achieved and functional profile length were recorded from UPP. Setting both catheter withdrawal rate and paper speed at 5 mm/s enabled the measurement of actual urethral length directly from UPP. Sphincter EMG activity was rated as slight (+), moderate (+ +), or intense (+ + +). All recordings were replicated once during each trial for 8 cats and trials were replicated 5 to 7 days later in 4 cats. Before catheterization, EMG activity of the external urethral sphincter was rated slight (+), whereas intense (+ + +) activity accompanied insertion. The activity evoked by movement of the catheter subsided, but intense EMG activity of the external urethral sphincter was recorded from onset to completion of catheter withdrawal in all cats in both trials. The mean maximal urethral pressure was 93.1 +/- 13.29 cm H2O. The mean function urethral length was 8.1 +/- 0.93 cm. Maximal urethral pressure or function profile length did not differ significantly between recordings within trials or between trials. Simultaneous recording of EMG activity and UPP of the external urethral sphincter was shown to be a simple, noninvasive technique for assessing neuromuscular and anatomic urethral function.

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Striated urethral sphincter activity does not alter urethral pressure during filling cystometry.

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between urethral pressure and the neuromuscular activity of the urethral sphincter with the use of quantitative electromyography during bladder filling. STUDY DESIGN: Women who underwent multichannel urodynamic testing with concentric needle electromyography of the striated urethral sphincter between December 2000 and February 2002 were studied. Raw electromyography signals were processed by a electromyography instrument that was equipped with automated motor unit analysis software programs. Quantitative electromyography software was used to analyze the electrical activity of the urethral sphincter during filling cystometry. RESULTS: One hundred women (mean age, 60 years [range, 22-82 years]; median parity, 3 children [range, 0-8 children]) were studied. Most women (79%) were postmenopausal, and 68% of those women were receiving hormone replacement therapy. Quantitative electromyography values increased significantly at 300 mL and maximum cystometric capacity; however, there was no significant increase in urethral pressure. The median change in urethral pressure at 300 mL and maximum cystometric capacity were 4 cm water (interquartile range, 0-8 cm) and 0 cm water (interquartile range, -4-8 cm), respectively (P = .229). The median change in quantitative electromyography at 300 mL and maximum cystometric capacity were 9 microV (range, 5-14 microV) and 10 microV (range, 7-19 microV), respectively (P < .0005). There was no correlation between change in urethral pressure and motor unit activation on quantitative electromyography at 300 mL or maximum cystometric capacity. Fifty-six women had no change or a decreased urethral pressure at maximum cystometric capacity, yet all but 1 of these women had increased motor unit activation on quantitative electromyography. CONCLUSION: Urethral pressure does not increase during filling cystometry, despite increased activity of the striated urethral sphincter, which suggests that urethral pressure change does not reflect the integrity of the striated urethral sphincter.

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Urethral sphincters response to cavernosus muscles stimulation with identification of cavernoso-urethral reflex.

The functional activity of the urethral sphincters during cavernosus muscles' contraction at coitus has been poorly addressed in the literature. We investigated the hypothesis that cavernosus muscles' contraction affects reflex contraction of the urethral sphincters to guard against semen reflux into the urinary bladder or urine leakage from the bladder during orgasm and ejaculation. The electromyographic (EMG) response of the external (EUS) and internal (IUS) urethral sphincters to ischio- (ICM) and bulbo- (BCM) cavernosus muscle stimulation was studied in 15 healthy volunteers (9 men, 6 women, age 39.3 +/- 8.2 SD years). An electrode was applied to each of ICM and BCM (stimulating electrodes) and the 2 urethral sphincters (recording electrodes). The test was repeated after individual anesthetization of the urethral sphincters and the 2 cavernosus muscles, and after using saline instead of lidocaine. Upon stimulation of each of the 2 cavernosus muscles, the EUS and IUS recorded increased EMG activity. Repeated cavernosus muscles' stimulation evoked the urethral sphincteric response without fatigue. The urethral sphincters did not respond to stimulation of the anesthetized cavernosus muscles nor did the anesthetized urethral sphincters respond to cavernosus muscle stimulation. Saline infiltration instead of lidocaine did not affect the urethral sphincteric response to cavernosal muscle stimulation. Results were reproducible. Cavernosus muscles' contraction is suggested to effect EUS and IUS contraction. This action seems to be reflex and mediated through the 'cavernoso-urethral reflex.' Urethral sphincters contraction upon cavernosus muscles contraction during sexual intercourse presumably prevents urine leak from the urinary bladder to urethra, prevents retrograde ejaculation, and propels ejaculate from the posterior to the penile urethra. The cavernoso-urethral reflex can act a diagnostic tool in the investigations of patients with ejaculatory disorders.

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Urethral pressure variations diagnosed by multiple urethral pressure transducers. A common phenomenon in women suffering from urinary incontinence.

The prevalence of urethral pressure variations (variation of urethral pressure greater than 15 cm H2O) was investigated, with the use of a data-based multitransducer catheter, in female patients suffering from urinary incontinence. Urethral pressure variations were diagnosed in 45 (63%) of 71 patients. This prevalence was greater than in previous studies, possibly for methodological reasons; the urethral pressure was simultaneously measured by five urethral microtransducers, thereby registering all variations in maximal urethral pressure. The present method also showed that urethral pressure variations were simultaneously present in different urethral sites, but that the amplitude of variation differed between the different points of registration. In most cases, urethral pressure variations were already apparent at the start of urethrocystometry. Voluntary holding, in an effort to inhibit the desire to void, can cause these variations in urethral pressure. Hence urethral pressure variations may be a normal physiological phenomenon.

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[Clinical trial of the effect of urethral catheter on the etiology of urethral stenosis following transurethral resection of the prostate].

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the effect of the urethral catheter and urethral secretions in the development of urethral stricture post-transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP). METHODS: A clinical study was conduced on 109 patients treated by TURP. The patients were randomly assigned to one of the following groups: A (suprapubic catheter), B (urethral catheter), C (urethral cleansing). The incidence of urethral stricture in the different groups was compared using the chi-square test and survival was analyzed by the Kaplan Meier method. RESULTS: 5 patients were lost to follow-up (4.5%). The median number of days the catheter was indwelling was one day for group A, and 4 days for groups B and C. The overall incidence of urethral stricture was 4.3%; by groups the incidence was 3.8% for group A, 3% for B and 5.9% for group C. The differences were not statistically significant. CONCLUSION: The study showed no statistically significant differences in the incidence of post-TURP urethral stenosis in patients with a suprapubic or urethral catheter. Furthermore, urethral stenosis was not less frequent in patients in whom urethral cleansing was performed.

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Traumatic posterior urethral injury and early realignment using magnetic urethral catheters.

PURPOSE: We determined the success of early urethral realignment using magnetic urethral catheters. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the records of 13 patients with complete urethral disruption treated with endourological realignment 0 to 11 days after injury using coaxial magnetic urethral catheters. RESULTS: Urethral realignment was established in 11 of the 13 patients (85%) using magnetic urethral catheters. Of the 10 patients for whom followup was available urethral strictures developed in 5 (50%) a mean of 6.1 months after realignment, necessitating a mean of 1.4 corrective procedures per patient. Impotence was noted in 1 of 7 patients (14%) and no urinary incontinence developed after realignment. CONCLUSIONS: Urethral realignment within 2 weeks of injury using magnetic urethral catheters is a safe and simple technique with minimal morbidity. The stricture formation, impotence and incontinence rates of this technique are comparable to those reported for delayed urethroplasty. We advocate early realignment using magnetic urethral sounds as an alternative treatment for traumatic urethral disruption.

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Voiding and sexual dysfunctions after pelvic fracture urethral injuries treated with either initial cystostomy and delayed urethroplasty or immediate primary urethral realignment.

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of the different immediate treatment modalities on the sexual and voiding functions in pelvic fracture urethral injuries. METHODS: The records of 38 male patients with traumatic posterior urethral injuries were reviewed, 18 of whom were treated by initial suprapubic cystostomy and delayed repair (Group 1), and 20 by primary urethral realignment (Group 2). Types of pelvic fractures and urethral injuries were classified according to surgical and radiological findings. Long-term voiding functions were determined by the patient questionnaire, residual urine and uroflow. Sexual functions were also determined by the patient questionnaire and a penile duplex ultrasound study. RESULTS: Mean follow-ups of Groups 1 and 2 were 37 and 39 months, respectively. Membranous urethral disruption extending to the urogenital diaphragm was the most frequent urethral injury (type 3), with incidences of 66.7% and 77.7%, respectively. There were no statistically significant differences in mean age, incidence of pelvic fracture types and urethral injury types between groups (p > 0.05). After the immediate treatments, 16.7% and 55% of the patients regained normal urination, and stricture developed in 83.3% and 45% of the patients, respectively. In 44.4% of the patients in Group 1 and 10% in Group 2, urethral strictures required open urethroplasty (p < 0.05). Erectile impotence before urethroplasty in 17.6% and 20%, anejaculation after urethroplasty in 17.6% and 15% and incontinence in 5.6% and 10% of the patients were found in Groups 1 and 2, respectively (p > 0.05). However, 88.8% and 90% of patients eventually achieved normal urination with complete continence. CONCLUSION: Sexual and voiding dysfunction after pelvic fracture posterior urethral injury seem to be the result of the injury itself, not of the immediate treatment modalities. In urethral disruption injuries, primary urethral realignment seems more favourable than suprapubic cystostomy and delayed repair.

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Human immunodeficiency virus DNA in urethral secretions in men: association with gonococcal urethritis and CD4 cell depletion.

To evaluate the prevalence and correlates of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected cells in urethral secretions, samples were collected from 106 HIV-seropositive men with and without urethritis. HIV DNA was detected by polymerase chain reaction in 27% of 184 urethral specimens and was associated with CD4 cell depletion (P for trend, .03) and with urethritis (odds ratio [OR], 2.4; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.2-4.6) or gonorrhea (OR, 2.9; 95% CI, 1.5-5.8). Two multivariate models were constructed that included age, CD4 cell count < 200/mm3, and either urethritis or gonococcal infection. Detection of HIV-infected cells in urethral secretions was independently associated with < 200 CD4 cells/mm3 (OR, 2.2; 95% CI, 0.9-5.2; P = .05) and urethritis (OR, 2.7; 95% CI, 1.3-5.3; P = .003) in the first model and with gonococcal infection (OR, 3.2; 95% CI, 1.6-6.4; P < .001) in the second model. Successful treatment of gonococcal urethritis was associated with a 2-fold reduction in urethral HIV DNA (44% vs. 21%; P = .02). Thus, treatment of gonococcal urethritis may be an effective strategy for reducing HIV transmission.

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Primary urethral reconstruction: the cost minimized approach to the bulbous urethral stricture.

PURPOSE: Treatment for urethral stricture disease often requires a choice between readily available direct vision internal urethrotomy (DVIU) and highly efficacious but more technically complex open urethral reconstruction. Using the short segment bulbous urethral stricture as a model, we determined which strategy is less costly. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The costs of DVIU and open urethral reconstruction with stricture excision and primary anastomosis for a 2 cm bulbous urethral stricture were compared using a cost minimization decision analysis model. Clinical probability estimates for the DVIU treatment arm were the risk of bleeding, urinary tract infection and the risk of stricture recurrence. Estimates for the primary urethral reconstruction strategy were the risk of wound complications, complications of exaggerated lithotomy and the risk of treatment failure. Direct third party payer costs were determined in 2002 United States dollars. RESULTS: The model predicted that treatment with DVIU was more costly (17,747 dollars per patient) than immediate open urethral reconstruction (16,444 dollars per patient). This yielded an incremental cost savings of $1,304 per patient, favoring urethral reconstruction. Sensitivity analysis revealed that primary treatment with urethroplasty was economically advantageous within the range of clinically relevant events. Treatment with DVIU became more favorable when the long-term risk of stricture recurrence after DVIU was less than 60%. CONCLUSIONS: Treatment for short segment bulbous urethral strictures with primary reconstruction is less costly than treatment with DVIU. From a fiscal standpoint urethral reconstruction should be considered over DVIU in the majority of clinical circumstances.

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[Urodynamic studies before and after gradual urethral dilatation with metal sounds for female urethral stricture].

We evaluated the urodynamics in women with urethral stricture after urethral dilatation. A total of 16 patients underwent treatment with gradual urethral dilatation at increasing intervals (2 weeks, 1 month, 3 months and 6 months). Their urethra was dilated up to 30 F. with metal sounds. Urethral calibration with bougie à boule, uroflowmetry and urethral pressure profile were performed before urethral dilatation and 1 week after the last dilatation. The urethral caliber was increased from 18.1 +/- 0.6 F. to 23.5 +/- 1.0 F. (P less than 0.005), average flow rate from 9.4 +/- 0.8 ml/sec to 11.2 +/- 1.1 ml/sec (P less than 0.025) and maximum urethral pressure with a full bladder decreased from 105.4 +/- 9.4 cmH2O to 87.5 +/- 10.5 cmH2O (P less than 0.05). With gradual urethral dilatation with metal sounds, (1) the urethra was significantly dilated, (2) maximum urethral pressure was significantly decreased and (3) average flow rate was significantly increased.

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Studies of female urethral pressure profile. Part II. Urethral pressure profile in female incontinence.

Most pressure values, except U1 and areas under the curve, were significantly lower in the 456 curves obtained in 38 incontinent women than in normal subjects. Standard deviations of all parameters are important because of variations in the degree of patient relaxation, explaining a large overlapping zone in which curves from the incontinent and the normal groups are superimposed. There are 3 factors that cause a reduction in urethral pressure profile: 1) aging and menopause (which are attributed to reduction in urethral compliance), 2) multiparity and 3) previous significant urogynecological operations. Besides urethral compliance urethral pressure profile studies allow measurement of 5 other components of the urethral resistance: 1) the degree of patency of the vesical neck, 2) the maximum voluntary sphincter contraction, 3) the functional urethral length, 4) the facilitatory urethral relaxation reflex and 5) the degree of urethral displacement to some extent. Separate measurements of each urethral factor should allow a more accurate analysis of urethral resistance and, consequently, enhance the quality of therapeutic indications in the management of female incontinence.

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