Urodynamic Assessment in Postmenopausal Women

Abstract

Lower urinary tract (LUT) symptoms are not uncommon in postmenopausal&nbsp;Myanmar women. The aim of the study was to study the urodynamic&nbsp;assessment in postmenopausal women. A cross-sectional, analytical study&nbsp;was conducted to eligible 114 postmenopausal women (81 symptomatic&nbsp;women and 33 asymptomatic women) attending at Gynaecological Out-patient Department of Central Women&rsquo;s Hospital (Yangon) from&nbsp;October 2012 to June 2014. Examination included body mass index (BMI),&nbsp;vaginal examination, cough test, and 1 hour pad test. Urine RE was done to&nbsp;all patients to exclude urinary tract infection. Urodynamic investigation was&nbsp;done in those patients who had no urinary tract infection and it was carried&nbsp;out at Urosurgical Ward of No. 2 Military Hospital, Yangon. The most&nbsp;frequent symptom among the study population was urinary incontinence&nbsp;(50%) followed by urgency (45.6%), night time frequency (38.6%).&nbsp;Symptom-based clinical diagnosis of study population were: stress urinary&nbsp;incontinence (SUI) in 9.6%, urgency urinary incontinence (UUI) in 4.9%,&nbsp;mixed urinary incontinence (MUI) in 25.4%, overactive bladder (OAB) in&nbsp;16.7%, and voiding problem in 28.9% of study population.</p