Urodynamics and the Evaluation of Female Incontinence: A Practical Guide

by Donald R. Ostergard and Peter K. Sand

Urodynamic evaluation of the incontinent female has come of age. It is no longer accept- able to subject women to surgical procedures for urinary incontinence based solely on the physician's clinical impression of the cause of the urine loss. Multiple studies in the uro- gynecological literature have told us that the error rate for stress incontinence is about 25% and the error rate for the unstable bladder is 50% when these diagnoses are based solely...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3540199047
• ISBN13: 9783540199045
• Release Date: June 1995
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 271 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.3" x 11.0"