Anterior compartment descent: A new measure in the assessment of urethral hypermobility in women with urinary incontinence

Abstract

The anterior compartment descent could be a valuable tool for the assessment of urethral hypermobility. Further effort should be directed into the standardization of the technique, determination of the normal range of anterior compartment descent, and its intra- and interobserver reliability.

Risk of urinary stones among women with pelvic organ prolapse: A national population‐based cohort study

“…In general, after menopause, increased urinary excretion of calcium is known to cause an increased incidence of urolithiasis in postmenopausal women. [2][3][4] POP is known to cause a kink in the urethra that will cause urinary retention. As urinary retention is known to be a risk factor for urolithiasis, the authors tried to discriminate between patients with urinary stones caused by POP-related urinary retention and those with urinary stones caused by postmenopausal calcium overexcretion.…”

“…POP is a common condition in older women . Nephrolithiasis has high prevalence rates in the global population .…”

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POP is a common condition in older women. 1,2 Nephrolithiasis has high prevalence rates in the global population. 3 We aimed to estimate whether a higher prevalence of urinary tract stones in older women, except those caused by increased urinary calcium excretion, was associated with POP.The study used the National Health Insurance Research Database from 1996 to 2013.

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Present value of the Urethral mobility test as a tool to assess Stress urinary incontinence due to Intrinsic sphincteric deficiency

“…Although is invasive and that several European guidelines (e.g. EAU, NICE/UK, French) either do not offer comment or recommend its use it is still considered in American guidelines such as the latest Surgical Treatment of Female Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI): AUA/SUFU Guideline 9 and we can see on recently published evidence that it is still part of the repertoire of available diagnostic and follow-up tests for stress urinary incontinence for certain study groups 10,11 . Q-tip ability in predicting UDS findings is still unclear for the above our aim is to assess the level of correlation and agreement between ALPP and the degree of urethral mobility measured by the Q-tip test in females with SUI.…”