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Public Release Type
Journal
Publication Year
2012
Affiliation
University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92037-1300, USA. cnager@ucsd.edu
Authors
Abrams P, Albo M, Albo ME, Amundsen C, Arisco A, Arisco AM, Arya L, Barber M, Barber MD, Bland D, Boone TB, Brubaker L, Burge JE, Burgio KL, Burr L, Chai TC, Chang D, Clemens J, Columbo J, Connett J, Dandreo KJ, Daneshgari F, Dickinson T, Dinh R, Fenner D, Fischer M, Fitzgerald M, Ghetti C, Gomelsky A, Goode PS, Gormley E, Gormley EA, Gruss J, Henderson W, Holley RL, Howell A, Hsu Y, Huang L, Iglesia C, Jayachandran C, Jesse K, Johnson HW, Kahn M, Kelsey S, Kenton K, Khandwala S, Kinglee M, Kowalski R, Kraus S, Kraus SR, Kusek J, Kusek JW, Leemon B, Lemack G, Lemack GE, Leng W, Lightner DJ, Litman H, Litman HJ, Lloyd L, Lowder J, Luber K, Lukacz E, Markland A, Maynor J, Menefee S, Menefee SA, Mihova M, Mislanovich K, Moalli P, Moran J, Morin C, Mueller E, Murphy D, Myers D, Nagaraju P, Nager C, Nager CW, Norton P, Norton PA, Nygaard I, Peters K, Peterson J, Pocock S, Prather C, Rahn D, Rasooly R, Raynor M, Rich E, Richter HE, Rickey L, Rickey LM, Rozanski T, Rozanski TA, Schaffer J, Sirls L, Sirls LT, Stoddard A, Sutkin G, Tabaldo J, Tanwar K, Tennstedt S, Thrasher T, Tulke M, Urinary Incontinence Treatment Network, Varner R, Varner RE, Wadie B, Whitcomb E, Wilkerson R, Willingham R, Wilson TS, Winters J, Woodson K, Xu Y, Zazueta-Damian G, Zimmern P, Zyczynski HM
Studies
Citation
Nager CW, Brubaker L, Litman HJ, Zyczynski HM, Varner RE, Amundsen C, Sirls LT, Norton PA, Arisco AM, Chai TC, Zimmern P, Barber MD, Dandreo KJ, Menefee SA, Kenton K, Lowder J, Richter HE, Khandwala S, Nygaard I, Kraus SR, Johnson HW, Lemack GE, Mihova M, Albo ME, Mueller E, Sutkin G, Wilson TS, Hsu Y, Rozanski TA, Rickey LM, Rahn D, Tennstedt S, Kusek JW, Gormley EA, Urinary Incontinence Treatment Network. A randomized trial of urodynamic testing before stress-incontinence surgery. N Engl J Med 2012 May 24;366(21):1987-97. Epub 2012 May 2.

Abstract

Urodynamic studies are commonly performed in women before surgery for stress urinary incontinence, but there is no good evidence that they improve outcomes.