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Vascular Risk Factors Tied to Increased Incontinence Risk

Previous stroke or TIA, increased BMI are among risk factors for urgency urinary incontinence
Acupuncture received mixed reviews in two new studies -- one focusing on stress incontinence and the other on polycystic ovary syndrome-related infertility. The research was published in the June 27 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Mixed Results on Acupuncture for Incontinence, Infertility

Benefit seen in stress incontinence; no benefit for infertility in polycystic ovary syndrome
For women undergoing surgery for stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse

Five-Year Risk of Repeat SUI, POP Surgery Less Than 10 Percent

Higher risks for women aged 65 and older, those initially undergoing pelvic organ prolapse surgery
Intradetrusor injection of onabotulinumtoxin A is safe and effective for bladder chemodenervation in overactive bladder

Review Explores Botulinum Toxin in Overactive Bladder Treatment

Liposome encapsulated onabotulinumtoxin A reduces urinary frequency, urgency, not incontinence
For frail older women

Behavioral Treatment, Physical Activity Aids Urinary Incontinence

Combining behavioral tx with physical activity may improve urinary incontinence in frail older women
Placement of a retropubic urethral sling fashioned from autologous vas deferens during robotic assisted radical prostatectomy does not improve recovery of continence

Autologous Urethral Sling No Benefit After Prostatectomy

No benefit seen in continence for sling placement during robotic assisted radical prostatectomy
Many males undergoing anterior urethroplasty experience improvement in urgency and urge incontinence

Urgency, Incontinence Improve After Anterior Urethroplasty

Preoperative prevalences of 58 and 31 percent, respectively, decrease significantly postoperatively
For women with refractory urgency urinary incontinence

Botox, InterStim Compared in Female Urinary Incontinence

Compared with sacral neuromodulation, onabotulinumtoxinA resulted in a small improvement
The tension-free vaginal tape-obturator procedure is usually still effective at 10 years after the procedure

Tension-Free Vaginal Tape-Obturator Has Lasting Benefit

After 10 years, objective and subjective cure rates were 69 and 64 percent, respectively
For women with stress urinary incontinence

Trans-Obturator Tape Cost-Effective for Urinary Incontinence

Randomized trial shows cost-effectiveness of trans-obturator versus tension-free vaginal tape