The need for invasive urodynamic functional studies prior to the surgical treatment of uncomplicated female stress incontinence has been questioned following the findings of recent randomized controlled trials. But how generalizable are these research findings to the urogynaecological population in practice?
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Daly, J., Cartwright, R. Preoperative urodynamics—self evident or evidently unnecessary?. Nat Rev Urol 12, 539–540 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrurol.2015.207
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