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Urinary incontinence secondary to severe labial agglutination

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The purpose of the study was to describe the presentation and management of urinary incontinence because of severe labial adhesions. Records of all patients diagnosed with labial agglutination and urinary incontinence at the Division of Gynecologic Specialties between January 1999 and February 2006 were reviewed. Clinical presentation, management, and treatment outcome were extracted from the records. Five subjects were identified. Mean age was 78 (range 59–87) years. Four subjects presented with mixed and one with urge urinary incontinence. Four reported change in flow of stream with voiding. Physical examination showed near-total occlusion of the introitus and urethral meatus in four subjects and partial occlusion in one subject. All were treated topically with estrogen and/or steroids. None of the subjects improved with conservative management, and all required lysis of the labial adhesions. Postoperatively, all were treated with daily topical estrogen and three with concurrent topical steroids. All subjects reported resolution of voiding dysfunction; three had complete resolution of their incontinence. Lysis of labial adhesions combined with postoperative topical estrogen and steroids appears to be an effective treatment in women with this condition.

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA

    James Q. Pulvino, Michael K. Flynn & Gunhilde M. Buchsbaum

  2. Obsterics and Gynecology, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Ave Box 668, Rochester, NY, 14642, USA

    James Q. Pulvino

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Pulvino, J.Q., Flynn, M.K. & Buchsbaum, G.M. Urinary incontinence secondary to severe labial agglutination. Int Urogynecol J 19, 253–256 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-007-0415-8

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