Refractory urgency urinary incontinence treatment in women: impact of age on outcomes and complications.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Women with refractory urgency urinary incontinence (ie, unresponsive to behavioral and pharmacological interventions) are treated with onabotulinumtoxinA or sacral neuromodulation.

Objective

The objective of the study was to compare treatment efficacy and adverse events in women <65 and ≥65 years old treated with onabotulinumtoxinA or sacral neuromodulation.

Study design

This study was a planned secondary analysis of a multicenter, randomized trial that enrolled community-dwelling women with refractory urgency urinary incontinence to onabotulinumtoxinA or sacral neuromodulation treatments. The primary outcome was a change in mean daily urgency urinary incontinence episodes on a bladder diary over 6 months. Secondary outcomes included ≥75% urgency urinary in

SUBMITTER: Komesu YM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5803754 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature