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Surgical treatment of urinary incontinence

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 1997

M Saxby  and
D Farrar
M Saxby
Affiliation:
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK
D Farrar
Affiliation:
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK
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Abstract

Incontinence is a common problem and the incidence increases with age. Approximately 85% of all cases of incontinence occur in women, essentially because bladder neck competence and pelvic floor/urethral sphincter activity is more readily compromised than in the male. Incontinence is an important cause of admission to and a common finding in nursing homes for the elderly but is not an inevitable sequela of aging.

Type
Review Article
Information
Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , August 1997 , pp. 229 - 234
Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press

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