Conservative Treatment of Female Stress Incontinence with Imipramine
| Autor: | Ivan Gilja, Josip Parazajder, Marjan Radej, Marijan Kovačić |
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| Rok vydání: | 1984 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male Imipramine Stress incontinence Urinary Incontinence Stress Urology Urinary incontinence Female stress incontinence Urethra Pressure medicine Humans Imipramine Hydrochloride business.industry Middle Aged medicine.disease Conservative treatment medicine.anatomical_structure Anesthesia Female medicine.symptom business After treatment medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Urology. 132:909-911 |
| ISSN: | 1527-3792 0022-5347 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)49941-1 |
| Popis: | The results of a clinical study of conservative treatment of women with stress incontinence are presented. A daily dose of 75 mg. imipramine hydrochloride was given for 4 weeks. Special attention was paid to the effects of imipramine on the functional urethral length and maximum urethral closure pressure. A total of 21 women (71 per cent) stated that they were continent after treatment with imipramine, while 9 (29 per cent) did not improve and treatment was stopped. According to our results, imipramine extended the functional urethral length and made it independent of stress factors in women who were continent after treatment with imipramine. In patients with persistent incontinence the functional urethral length was extended significantly but was shortened with stress despite imipramine therapy. We believe that imipramine could be an alternative treatment in selected cases with stress incontinence. |
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