ReviewInvestigative and clinical urology2017
Epidemiology of underactive bladder: Common but underresearched.
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- Beyond urodynamics: non-invasive approaches to diagnosing detrusor underactivity in men with lower urinary tract symptoms - a systematic review.BMC urology · 2025Pooled it
- Selected Patients with Benign Prostatic Enlargement and Detrusor Underactivity may Benefit from Prostate Surgery: An Exploratory Study.Urology research & practice · 2026Article
- Wearables for the Bladder: Stakeholder Perspectives on Moving Multiple Sclerosis Bladder Dysfunction Interventions Into the 21st Century.International journal of MS care · 2024Article
- Detrusor underactivity in symptomatic anterior pelvic organ prolapse.Central European journal of urology · 2024Article
- Development of a predictive tool for sacral nerve modulation implantation in the treatment of non-obstructive urinary retention and/or slow urinary stream: a study from the Neuro-Urology Committee of the French Association of Urology.World journal of urology · 2023Article
- Ageing influences detrusor contractions to prostaglandin, angiotensin, histamine and 5-HT (serotonin), independent to the Rho kinase and extracellular calcium pathways.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Investigating Urine Biomarkers in Detrusor Underactivity and Detrusor Overactivity with Detrusor Underactivity Patients.Biomedicines · 2023Article
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- Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Therapy Reverses Detrusor Hypoactivity in a Chronic Kidney Patient.Biomedicines · 2023Article
- Prevalence and urodynamic characteristics of detrusor overactivity with impaired contractility in the community-dwelling elderly with non-neurogenic lower urinary tract symptoms: Is it from a single or two independent bladder dysfunctions?Investigative and clinical urology · 2021Article
- The Prevalence of Detrusor Underactivity and its Symptoms Co-relation with Urodynamic Study Findings in Patients with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms.Research and reports in urology · 2020Article
- The effects of "unilateral midurethral sling cut down" in women with voiding dysfunctions after anti-incontinence surgery.International urology and nephrology · 2019Article
- Urine biomarker could be a useful tool for differential diagnosis of a lower urinary tract dysfunction.Tzu chi medical journalReview
- Ultrastructural changes in the underactive bladder.Tzu chi medical journalReview
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Abstract
Detrusor underactivity (DU) or underactive bladder is a common cause of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), but it is still poorly understood and underresearched. Although there has been a proposed definition by International Continence Society in 2002, no widely accepted diagnostic criteria have been established for this entity in clinical practice. Therefore, it has been rare to identify community-based researches on the epidemiology of DU until now. Only certain studies have reported the prevalence of DU in community-dwelling cohorts with significant LUTS using arbitrary urodynamic criteria for DU and these investigations have indicated that DU accounts for 25%-48% and 12%-24% of elderly men and women, respectively. However, these prevalence data based on the urodynamic definition apparently are limited in their extrapolation to the general population. Despite the clinical ambiguity of DU, its clinical effects on quality of life are quite significant, especially in the elderly population. An overall and proper comprehension of epidemiologic studies of DU may be crucial for better insight into DU, relevant decision making, and a more reasonable allocation of health resources. Therefore, researchers should find clues to the solution for the clinical diagnosis of this specific condition of LUTS from contemporary epidemiologic studies and try to develop a possible definition of 'clinical' DU from further studies.
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