Abrams' Urodynamics

A practical guide to all aspects of urodynamic investigation and its role in modern health care 

Urodynamic testing is an ever-advancing field with applications in the management of patients from across a wide range of clinical areas. Bringing together fundamental principles and cutting-edge innovations, Abrams’ Urodynamics has been designed as an all-in-one guide to Functional Urology and Urogynecology, offering direct, up-to-date instruction on how to best perform and understand urodynamic tests within the overall treatment pathway. Its chapters cover everything from everyday basic practice to advanced complex cases, and are enhanced with more than 450 helpful illustrations. Including numerous revisions and new features, this fourth edition of the book boasts:     

    Coverage of all investigative approaches, including uroflowmetry, cystometry, video-urodynamics, and non-invasive techniques
    Details on the successful running of a urodynamic unit, with information on organizational issues, equipment set-up, and common problems and pitfalls
    Sections addressing children, women, men, the elderly, and neuropaths
    Extensive description of International Continence Society (ICS) Standards throughout
    Appendices that include ICS Standards and Fundamentals documents, ICIQ modules and Patient Information Leaflets 

With its wealth of clinical tips, illustrations, new innovations, and hands-on advice, Abrams’ Urodynamics is essential reading for all those wishing to better integrate urodynamic testing into their daily practice.

Table of contents

Contributors

Abbreviations

Preface

Basic principles

1. Basic urodynamics and fundamental issues

Marcus Drake, Andrew Gammie, Laura Thomas, Arturo Garcia, Hashim Hashim

2. Applied Anatomy and Physiology

Chendrimada Madhu and Marcus Drake

3. The Physics of Urodynamic Measurements

Andrew Gammie

Functional Urology

4. Patient Assessment

Musaab Yassin, Alan Uren, Nikki Cotterill

5. Treatments for Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction

Sharon Yeo, Hashim Hashim

Urodynamic techniques

6. Uroflowmetry

Amit Mevcha, Richard Napier-Hemy

7. Cystometry and pressure-flow studies

Marcus Drake, Rachel Tindle, Su-Min Lee

8. Videourodynamics

Marcus Drake, Michelle Ong, Devang Desai, Michel Wyndaele, Mark Woodward, Hashim Hashim

9. Ambulatory Urodynamics

Julie Ellis-Jones, Wendy Bevan10. Dharmesh Kapoor, Marcus Drake

10. Studies assessing urethral pressures

Dharmesh Kapoor and Marcus Drake

11 Non-invasive urodynamics

Alison Bray, Christopher Blake, Christopher Harding

Urodynamics in clinical practice

12. Urodynamics in Children

Jonathan S. Ellison, Guy Nicholls, and Mark Woodward

13. Urodynamics in Women

Wael Agur, Ruben Trochez, Antonin Prouza, George Kasyan, Abdelmageed Abdelrahman

14. Urodynamics in Men

Arturo García-Mora, Connie Chew, Marcus Drake

15 Structural changes of the bladder outlet

Michelle Ong, Marcus Drake and Devang Desai

16. Neurological disease and LUTS

Marcus Drake, Jeremy Nettleton, Mo Belal

17. Urodynamics in older people

Su-Min Lee, Emily Henderson

Running a urodynamics unit

18. Troubleshooting during urodynamics

Laura Thomas, Rachel Tindle, Andrew Gammie

19. Artefacts in urodynamics

Andrew Gammie

20. Anorectal Physiology

Laura Thomas and Kathryn McCarthy

21. Organisation of the Urodynamic Unit

Laura Thomas, Alexandra Bacon, Joanne Sheen and Andrew Gammie

22. Equipment

Andrew Gammie

23. Working with limited resources

Andrew Gammie, Laura Thomas, Marcus Drake, Eskinder Solomon

24. Research evidence on the clinical role of urodynamics

Andrew Gammie, Marcus Drake and Hashim Hashim

Appendices

Key patient assessment tools from the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaires (ICIQ)

ICIQ-FLUTS

ICIQ-MLUTS

ICIQ-BD

Fundamentals documents from the International Continence Society

N&U 2018 Volume 37 Supplement 6

Patient Information Leaflets from the Bristol Urological Institute

Free flow rate testing

Urodynamics

Practice, standards and equipment recommendations

International Consultation on Incontinence 2016; Executive summary: Urodynamic testing

United Kingdom Continence Society: Minimum standards for urodynamic studies, 2018

UK Centre for evidence based purchasing; Buyers’ Guide Urodynamics systems

International Continence Society Good Urodynamic Practices documents

Index 

Marcus Drake, DM, Professor of Urology, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.

Hashim Hashim, MD, Consultant Surgeon, Bristol Urological Institute, and Director of the Urodynamics Unit, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, UK.

Andrew Gammie, MA, Clinical Engineer, Bristol Urological Institute, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, UK.