As population demographics continue to evolve, specifics on age-related outcomes of stress urinary incontinence interventions will be critical to patient counseling and management planning. Understanding medical factors unique to older women and their lower urinary tract conditions will allow caregivers to optimize surgical outcomes, both physical and functional, and minimize complications within this population.
Clinics in geriatric medicine. 2015 Jul 26 [Epub]
David R Ellington, Elisabeth A Erekson, Holly E Richter
Division of Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 176 F Suite 10382, 619 19th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35249-7333, USA. , Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, 1 Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA. , Division of Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 176 F Suite 10382, 619 19th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35249-7333, USA.