Sphincter function in the urethra and the anal canal: A comparison in women with manifest urinary incontinence

Autor:	K. Haadem, Marianne Bengtsson, J. A. Dahlstrom, G. Lingman
Rok vydání:	1991
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Urology Urinary system Obstetrics and Gynecology Urinary incontinence Anal canal Surgery Double incontinence Catheter Urethra medicine.anatomical_structure Concomitant medicine Sphincter medicine.symptom business
Zdroj:	International Urogynecology Journal. 2:85-89
ISSN:	1433-3023 0937-3462
DOI:	10.1007/bf00376567
Popis:	Thirty-three women with urinary incontinence — 26 with stress and 7 with urge incontinence — were examined with anal profilometry, a low complaint recording system using a perfusion catheter. No statistical differences were found in anal variables between the two subgroups. Individual urethral and anal pressures were unrelated. A significant relationship (r =0.41) was found between body weight and the reservoir pressures (i.e., bladder and rectal pressures). Seventeen women reported problems with anal incontinence, of whom all but one belonged to the stress incontinent subgroup. Anal pressures were lower in the urinary incontinent group as a whole than in a younger control group (P
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