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1
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What is urinary incontinence?

A

An involuntary leakage of urine

2
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What are the 5 types of urinary incontinence?

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Stress incontinence, urge incontinence, mixed incontinence, overflow incontinence, continuous incontinence

3
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What is stress incontinence?

A

Urine leakage occurring when the intra-abdominal pressure exceed the urethral pressure e.g. coughing, straining, laughing or lifting

4
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In stress incontinence what is usually weak?

A

Pelvic floor muscles

5
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When does stress urinary incontinence usually occur?

A

post- partum due to damage to pelvic floor muscles weakening the urethral sphincter

6
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What are other risks of stress incontinence?

A

Constipation due to straining, obesity, post menopausal, pelvic surgery

7
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What is urge incontinence?

A

Overactive bladder due to detrusor hyperactivity causing uninhibited bladder contraction leading to rise in intravesical pressure and subsequent leakage of urine

8
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What causes an overactive bladder?

A

neurogenic causes such as stroke, infection malignancy or idiopathic, medication like cholinesterase inhibitors

9
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What is mixed UI?

A

Stress UI and urge UI together

10
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What is overflow UI?

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Chronic urinary retention complication where the progressive stretching of the bladder wall leads to damage to the efferent fibres of the sacral reflex and loss of bladder sensation, the bladder then becomes grossly distended as the bladder fills, however pressure builds and this causes constant dribbling

11
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What is the cause of overflow UI?

A

Prostatic hyperplasia but also spinal cord injury or congenital defects

12
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What is Continuous UI?

A

Constant leakage of urine meaning the patient is wet all the time. this is typically due to anatomical abnormality such (like ectopic ureter) or bladder fistula (vesicovaginal fistula) or sever overflow incontinence

13
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What examinations do you do for UI?

A

Enlarged prostate, prolapse, fistula

14
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What investigations do you need for UI?

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Midstream urine dipstick, post void bladder scans, urodynamic assessment, outflow urodynamics to measure detrusor activity
cystoscopy

15
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What is the non surgical management for UI?

A

weight loss, reduce caffeine, avoid drinking and stop smoking

16
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What is the conservative management for UI?

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Pelvic floor muscle training with duloxetine

17
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What is the conservative management for UI?

A

Anti-muscarinic drugs such as oxybutynin to inhibit detrusor contraction and bladder training

18
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What is the surgical management for Urge UI?

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botulum toxin A injections, percutaneous sacral nerve stimulation, augmentation cytosplasty (detubularised segment of bowel is inserted into the bladder wall to increase bladder capacity, or urinary diversion via ileal conduit

19
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What is the surgical management for stress UI?

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Tension free vaginal tape, open colposuspension (involving elevation of the bladder neck and urethra through a lower abdominal incision) intramural bulking agents or an artificial urinary sphincter