The Significance of Estimation of Urine Leakage on Fluoroscopic Cystourethrography in Female Stress Urinary Incontinence: Correlation with Subjective Degree and Valsalva Leak Point Pressure.
- Author:
Jong Bouk LEE
1
;
Jae Hwan LEE
;
Ho Hun JEONG
;
Joong Ki KYOUN
Author Information
1. Department of Urology, Gachon Medical School, Incheon, Korea. jblee@ghil.com
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Standing cystourethrography;
Fluoroscopy;
Urine leakage
- MeSH:
Female;
Fluoroscopy;
Humans;
Urinary Catheters;
Urinary Incontinence*;
Urinary Incontinence, Urge
- From:Journal of the Korean Continence Society
2002;6(1):56-62
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: To compare the estimated degree of urine leakage during straining on standing cystourethrography(CUG) under fluoroscopy with subjective degree and Valsalva leak point pressure(VLPP), and to determine it's clinical significance. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 157 consecutive women who presented with stress urinary incontinence with a mean age of 47 years were included in this study. Standing CUG was performed in the state of urethral catheter insertion and removal. Degree of urine leakage was determined on the fluoroscopy during standing CUG by one urologist, and VLPP was determined by another observer. Each of subjective degree, leakage amount and VLPP was classified into 3 grade and compared it's results to each other. RESULTS: High correlation was present between the leakage amount and VLPP(p<0.05), and the subjective degree and VLPP(p<0.001), but subjective degree was not highly correlated with leakage amount. Among the clinical parameters, urge syndrome and urge incontinence only had the positive effect to urine leakage. CONCLUSIONS: Estimation of leakage amount during standing CUG on fluoroscopy seems to be a simple and useful method in the objective evaluation of urine leakage, but it should be considered to be the possibility of over-estimation in the cases of associated urge syndrome and urge incontinence.
