VIDEOURODYNAMIC STUDIES

Videourodynamic evaluation that incorporates radiographic imaging with simultaneous measurement of bladder and urethral pressure is the most precise method available for diagnosing complex incontinence and void ing disorders. In addition, videourodynamics has been instrumental to the development of our present knowledge about urethral and bladder fu nction including the concepts of detrusor and abdominal leak point pre ssures. Although these studies are more expensive and time consuming, the authors have found videourodynamic evaluation indispensable when t he diagnosis remains in question after simple urodynamics and when the studies and clinical scenario do not agree.