Uroflowmetry for predicting postoperative voiding difficulties in women with stress urinary incontinence

Summary. Pre-operative knowledge of uroflowmetry and postvoiding residual urine volumes in a group of 45 women undergoing urinary incontinence surgery failed to predict risks of postoperative voiding difficulties. Only one out of nine patients needing prolonged post-operative bladder drainage (7 days) gave a pre-operative history of voiding difficulties. More than half the patients (5/9) who needed prolonged catheterization had normal flow rates pre-operatively and five of the nine patients with reduced flow rates were able to resume spontaneous voiding within 7 days following incontinence surgery.