2013
Surgical preparation: are patients “ready” for stress urinary incontinence surgery?
Brubaker L, Litman H, Rickey L, Dyer K, Markland A, Sirls L, Norton P, Casiano E, Paraiso M, Ghetti C, Rahn D, Kusek J. Surgical preparation: are patients “ready” for stress urinary incontinence surgery? International Urogynecology Journal 2013, 25: 41-46. PMID: 23912506, PMCID: PMC3833875, DOI: 10.1007/s00192-013-2184-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStress urinary incontinence surgeryPatient Preparedness QuestionnaireUrinary incontinence surgeryQuality of lifeIncontinence surgerySurgical outcomesPre-operative urodynamic studyPost-operative satisfactionSecondary outcome measuresHalf of womenOverall incontinenceSUI surgeryUrge incontinenceClinical characteristicsUrodynamic studiesTreatment satisfactionVALUE trialUDI scorePatient preparednessPatient satisfactionOffice evaluationOutcome measuresPreparedness scoreSurgerySecondary analysis
2007
The Volume at Which Women Leak First on Urodynamic Testing is Not Associated With Quality of Life, Measures of Urethral Integrity or Surgical Failure
Lowenstein L, Dooley Y, Kenton K, Rickey L, FitzGerald M, Mueller E, Brubaker L. The Volume at Which Women Leak First on Urodynamic Testing is Not Associated With Quality of Life, Measures of Urethral Integrity or Surgical Failure. Journal Of Urology 2007, 178: 193-196. PMID: 17499809, DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.03.031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncontinence Impact QuestionnaireUrogenital Distress InventoryUrodynamic stress incontinenceValsalva leak point pressureIncontinence volumeUrethral closure pressureLeak point pressureStress incontinenceDistress InventoryImpact QuestionnaireBladder volumeMaximal urethral closure pressureMaximum urethral closure pressureClosure pressureLow bladder volumesQuality of lifeGreater botherPreoperative qualityContinence surgeryUrodynamic testingConsecutive womenSurgical failureSling procedurePostoperative assessmentSurgical outcomes