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IncontinenceCh 24
2009-2010 Academic Year
MSIII Ob/Gyn Clerkship
Self-Directed Study
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Case Study
65 yo G4P4 presents to the Gyn clinic with c/o “losing urine”. It occurs most frequently when she coughs, sneezes, or laughs. She also thinks that things “are falling out of her vagina” after she stands for a prolonged period of time. She first noticed the problem 4 years ago, slowly worsening since then. No Meds. No PSHx. SVD x4, largest baby 9 lbs 4 oz.
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Questions to consider
1. What if the patient were 23 years old?• Need to consider connective tissue disorders if no other
risk factors (I.e. multiple deliveries, etc).
2. What if this were a 34 yo who is 12 weeks postpartum?
• Symptoms often improve after delivery; in general you want to wait 6-12 months before invasive treatment.
3. Do future child-bearing plans make a difference in your counseling?
• Future child-bearing can worsen sx’s, can cause treatment failures; in general conservative therapy until completed child bearing.
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4. What are the risk factors for prolapse?• Age; multiparity; Forceps/Vacuum; Caucasian; chronic
cough, ascites, heavy lifting, straining (increased intra-abdominal pressure)
5. Discuss laboratory tests and physical exam evaluation in this patient.
• Labs: Urinary analysis• Exam: BME, Q-tip test, Stress Test, Complex
cystometrics, Ultrasound
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Q-Tip testIncreased mobility of urethra with incontinence
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APGO Educational Topic 37
• A. Incorporate screening questions for urinary incontinence when eliciting a patient history.
• B. Discuss the difference between stress, urge, and overflow incontinence.
• C. Identify the following on physical exam: Cystocele, rectocele, vaginal vault/uterine prolapse.
• D. List behavorial, medical, and surgical methods to appropriately treat incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse.
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Screening Questions for Incontinence
• Do you leak urine when you cough or sneeze?• Do feel like you don’t empty your bladder?• Do you feel like you are going to the bathroom
all the time? How many times a day? How many times during the night? (Frequency / Nocturia)
• Do you need to wear a pad or carry a change of clothes?
• Do you experience urgency (if you don’t get to the bathroom right away, you will leak)?
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Screening Questions for Rectocele
• Do you have difficulty having bowel movements?
• Do you need to splint? (Place a finger in the vagina to help have a bowel movement)
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Types of Urinary Incontinence
• Stress– Leaking with increases in intra-abdominal pressure– NOT associated with bladder contraction
• Urge– IS associated with bladder contraction– Involuntary and uninhibited detruser spasm
• Overflow– Urinary retention and subsequent overflow due to low
bladder tone (neurologic injury, Diabetes)– Urinary retention and overflow due to outlet
obstruction
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Physical Exam Findings: Cystocele
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Phyical Exam Findings: Rectocele
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Physical Exam Findings: Vaginal Vault Prolapse
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Physical Exam Findings: Uterine Prolapse
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Treatments Behavioral Medical Surgical
Stress UI Kegel Exercises
Pessary
Topical Estrogen
A-Adrenergics
Slings (TVT/TOT)Abdominal retropubic urethropexy
Collagen injection
Urge UI Bladder Training (Other – nerve stimulation)
Anticholinergic
B-Agonists
Musculotropic
Tricyclic antidepressants
Dopamine Agonist
None
Overflow UI Self-catheterization None Remove obstruction
Prolapse Kegel Exercises
Pessary
None
**Usually hysterectomy in combo with surgery
Anterior or posterior colporrhaphy
Colpocleisis
Colpopexy