Urological Neurology and Urodynamics: Urodynamics and the Etiology of Post-Prostatectomy Urinary Incontinence: The Initial Columbia Experience

No AccessJournal of UrologyClinical Urology: Original Article1 Mar 1995Urological Neurology and Urodynamics: Urodynamics and the Etiology of Post-Prostatectomy Urinary Incontinence: The Initial Columbia Experience Erik T. Goluboff, David T. Chang, Carl A. Olsson, and Steven A. Kaplan Erik T. GoluboffErik T. Goluboff More articles by this author , David T. ChangDavid T. Chang More articles by this author , Carl A. OlssonCarl A. Olsson More articles by this author , and Steven A. KaplanSteven A. Kaplan More articles by this author View All Author Informationhttps://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-5347(01)67629-8AboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints ShareFacebookLinked InTwitterEmail Post-prostatectomy incontinence is a disabling disorder. Urodynamic studies in 56 patients with post-prostatectomy incontinence were reviewed to determine its etiology. Of the patients 31 had undergone transurethral prostatectomy and 25 radical retropubic prostatectomy. After careful history and neurourological examination, uroflowmetry, post-void residual determination and synchronous multichannel video pressure/flow studies were done. The most common etiology for incontinence was detrusor instability alone, which was present in 34 patients (61%), including 24 (77%) after transurethral resection of the prostate and 10 (40%) after radical retropubic prostatectomy. Stress incontinence alone was present in only 3 patients (5%), including 1 (3%) after transurethral resection of the prostate and 2 (8%) after radical retropubic prostatectomy. Detrusor instability with stress incontinence was present in 19 patients (34%), including 6 (19%) after transurethral resection of the prostate and 13 (52%) after radical retropubic prostatectomy. Of these 19 patients 4 (21%) had poorly compliant bladders. 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