Treating Women with Recurrent Stress Urinary Incontinence: A Hornet's Nest Still Needing Proper Clinical Evidence

Wael Agur; Caroline Pope; Tamsin Greenwell; J Athene Lane; Alison White

doi:10.1016/j.eururo.2020.10.030

Treating Women with Recurrent Stress Urinary Incontinence: A Hornet's Nest Still Needing Proper Clinical Evidence

Eur Urol. 2021 Jan;79(1):6-7. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2020.10.030. Epub 2020 Nov 5.

Authors

Wael Agur¹, Caroline Pope², Tamsin Greenwell³, J Athene Lane², Alison White⁴

Affiliations

¹ School of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK; University Hospital Crosshouse, NHS Ayrshire and Arran, Kilmarnock, UK. Electronic address: wael.agur@glasgow.ac.uk.
² Department of Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK; Bristol Randomised Trials Collaboration, Bristol Trials Centre, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
³ Department of Urology, University College London Hospital, London, UK.
⁴ Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Representative, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.

PMID: 33162246
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2020.10.030

Abstract

Evidence is lacking on the best treatment for women presenting with recurrent stress urinary incontinence. PURSUIT is a randomised trial of urethral bulking agent injection versus surgical intervention. It will provide high-quality evidence to aid counselling and inform choice.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Evidence-Based Medicine
Female
Humans
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Recurrence
Urinary Incontinence, Stress / therapy*

Grants and funding

17/95/03/DH_/Department of Health/United Kingdom