Overactive Bladder

Behavioral Therapies

Clinicians should offer behavioral therapies including bladder training, bladder control strategies, pelvic floor muscle training, and fluid management as first line therapy to all patients with overactive bladder.

Pharmacologic Management

Oral anti-muscarinics

Extended release (ER) formulation are preferred.

Oral β3-adrenoceptor agonists

Transdermal oxybutynin (patch or gel)

Anti-muscarinic plus β3-adrenoceptor agonist

Anti-muscarinics contraindications:

Narrow-angle glaucoma

Antimuscarinics cautions:

Impaired gastric emptying

History of urinary retention

Using other medications with anti-cholinergic properties

Frail patient

β3-adrenoceptor cautions:

Frail patient

Third-Line Treatments

Intradetrusor onabotulinumtoxinA

100U

Patient should be able and willing to perform self-catheterization if necessary.

Peripheral tibial nerve stimulation (PTNS)

Sacral neuromodulation (SNS)

Fourth-Line Treatment

Augmentation cystoplasty

Urinary diversion

Stress Urinary Incontinence

Female patients:

Non-surgical Management

Pelvic floor muscle training (± biofeedback)

Continence pessary

Vaginal inserts

Duloxetine: when surgery is not indicated. Use dose titration.

Surgical Management

Midurethral sling

Synthetic polypropylene mesh sling placement is the most common surgery currently performed for female stress urinary incontinence.

Retropubic or trans-obturator

Autologous fascia pubovaginal sling

Burch colposuspension

Bulking agents

Surgical options for Intrinsic Sphincter Deficiency:

Pubovaginal slings

Retropubic midurethral slings

Bulking agents

Cautions:

We do not suggest synthetic midurethral sling if there is:

Simultaneous urethral diverticulectomy

Simultaneous repair of urethrovaginal fistula

Simultaneous urethral mesh excision

History of radiation therapy

Significant scarring

Poor tissue quality

Recurrent Stress Urinary Incontinence

Options: synthetic sling, colposuspension or autologous sling

Overflow Incontinence

Chronic urinary retention is defined as post void residue of >300 mL that has persisted for at least six months. It can cause overflow incontinence.

If there is a treatable cause, cause should be treated.

Patient might need clean intermittent catheterization.

Bethanechol, a cholinergic agonist, is not recommended.

Incontinence after Prostate Surgery

Pelvic floor muscle exercises

It is the first line management.

Pharmacologic Management

Urgency urinary incontinence

Should be treated as mentioned in overactive bladder section.

Stress urinary incontinence

May use duloxetine only to hasten recovery of urinary continence.

Bulking Agents

Maybe used only for patients with mild incontinence.

Male Slings

May be considered as a treatment option for mild to moderate stress urinary incontinence.

Male slings will not be considered in patients with severe stress incontinence.

Men with previous radiotherapy or urethral stricture surgery may have less benefit from male slings.

Artificial Urinary Sphincter

Will be considered for patients with bothersome stress urinary incontinence.

A single cuff perineal approach is preferred.

Mechanical failure is common with the AUS.

Rate of explantation because of infection or erosion is high.