[Transvaginal estrogen therapy in urinary stress incontinence]. / Terapia estrogenica transvaginale dell'incontinenza urinaria da sforzo.
Minerva Ginecol
; 42(12): 539-44, 1990 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-2089297
ABSTRACT
Thirty-four postmenopausal stress incontinence patients were divided in two groups 17 were treated with 0.5 mg oestriol vaginal cream for 90 days, 17 controls were treated with moisturizing cream. All had low urethral pressures and dystrophy. Treated patients showed improvement of maximum urethral pressure, urethral closure pressure, and volume at first sensation of fullness. Dystrophy was cured in most patients; in 17% incontinence was cured and in 41% subjectively improved.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Urinary Incontinence, Stress
/
Estriol
Type of study:
Clinical_trials
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Language:
It
Journal:
Minerva Ginecol
Year:
1990
Document type:
Article