Urinary incontinence: Not a ‘normal’ part of aging: Postgraduate Medicine: Vol 90, No 2

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Although muscles of the urinary tract do lose some of their tone with age, the elderly do not have to accept incontinence as their lot. Once coexisting problems have been eliminated and the type of incontinence determined, several treatment options are available. The authors describe how the lower urinary tract works; outpatient evaluation of the incontinent elderly; and effective behavior modification techniques, devices, drugs, and surgical procedures.

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