The 3-day bladder diary is a feasible, reliable and valid tool to evaluate the lower urinary tract symptoms in women.

AIMS: To evaluate the feasibility (% of completion), reliability (test-retest and inter-observer) and validity (convergent vs. questionnaires and vs. urodynamic study-UDS) of the 3-day bladder diary (3dBD) in women with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). METHODS: Epidemiological, descriptive, cross-sectional and prospective study. Fourteen Functional Urology and Urodynamic Units participated. One hundred thirty-six women with mean age (SD) 55.2 (13.8) years with LUTS, without bladder catheterization and who were able to fill in the 3dBD were included. An UDS was performed. They filled in the 3dBD in two times separated by 15 days (test and retest), the International Consultation on Incontinence-Short Form (ICIQ-UI SF) and the Bladder Control Self-Assessment Questionnaire (BSAQ). RESULTS: One hundred ten women completed 3dBD for test and retest. Feasibility: each 3dBD has 42 variables, 77.2% women completed 80%. Test-retest reliability: there were not differences in the proportion of patients classified as positive for each symptom (urgency: P = 0.3173; incontinence: P = 1; nocturia: P = 0.0522; frequency: P = 0.4386). The Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) ranged from 0.67 to 0.92, except for night time VVmax which was lower (0.54). Inter-observer reliability: ICC ranged from 0.64 to 0.99, except for day time VVmax (0.29) and the number of urgency episodes (0.45). VALIDITY: Spearman correlation coefficients for ICIQ-UI SF and BSAQ ranged from 0.4 to 0.6 (P < 0.0001) and for UDS were lower (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The 3dBD showed good feasibility, reliability and validity to be used in the assessment of LUTS in women.

Incontinencia urianria post-prostatectomía. El esfinter artificial / Urinary incontinence after aradical prostatectomy. Urianry artificial sphinter

El esfínter artificial (EA) es actualmente el tratamiento considerado como “gold standard” en el tratamiento de la incontinencia urinaria post prostatectomía radical. La incontinencia de orina post prostatectomía radical es una complicación que se presenta en un 5-25% de los pacientes sometidos a este tratamiento. Esta complicación genera en los pacientes un deterioro importante en cuanto a su calidad de vida. Tratamientos conservadores y mínimamente invasivos han sido utilizados sin éxito, como por ejemplo los ejercicios de Kegel, el uso de absorbentes, farmacoterapia y electroestimulación o cirugía menor como los inyectables. Esta revisión resume las ventajas y complicaciones del esfínter artificial y su efectividad en el manejo de la incontinencia urinaria tras una prostatectomía radical(AU)

Urinary artificial sphincter (UAS) is currently the gold standard treatment for urinary incontinence after radical prostatectomy. 5-25% of the patients undergoing radical prostatectomy develop urinary incontinence. This complication generates important deterioration in the quality of life of these patients. Conservative and minimally invasive treatments, such as Kegel exercises, use of pads, drugs, and electrostimulation, or minor surgery have been used without success. This review summarizes the advantages and complications of the urinary artificial sphincter and its efficacy in the management of urinary incontinence after radical prostatectomy(AU)

[Urinary incontinence after radical prostatectomy. Urinary artificial sphinter]. / Incontinencia urinaria post-prostatectomía. El esfinter artificial.

Urinary artificial sphincter (UAS) is currently the gold standard treatment for urinary incontinence after radical prostatectomy. 5-25% of the patients under-going radical prostatectomy develop urinary incontinence. This complication generates important deterioration in the quality of life of these patients. Conservative and minimally invasive treatments, such as Kegel exercises, use of pads, drugs, and electrostimulation, or minor surgery have been used without success. This review summarizes the advantages and complications of the urinary artificial sphincter and its efficacy in the management of urinary incontinence after radical prostatectomy.