Urogynaecology Flashcards
Discuss bladder pain syndrome
-Defintion (4)
-Difference with interstitial cystitis
-Prevalence
- Defintion
-Pelvic pain, pressure and discomfort perceived from the bladder
-Lasting 6/52 to 6/12 depending on association def chosen.
-Includes at least one urinary sx (urge / frequency)
-Infection or other identifiable cause has been rulled out - Interstitial cyctitis is baldder pain syndrome + typical cystoscopic features
-Hunners lesions, glomerulations, macroscopic haematuria on release of pressure. - Prevalance 2-6%. Women 2-5x more common to expereince
How should bladder pain syndrome be investigated
(6) investigations
(3) not recommended
- Bladder diary for 3 days
- First morning void to assess bladder capacity
- Food diary to assess association with particular foods
- MSU for urine analysis - rule out infection
- Consider cystoscopy if persistant haematuria but don’t need to make diagnosis
- Consider urodynamics if coexsisting OAB symptoms, incontinence or voiding dysfunction
- Cystoscopy NOT recommended - findings don’t match well with sx. Important if needing to rule out other causes
- Hydrodistension
- Postassium sensitivity test
What are the findings on cystoscopy related to bladder pain syndrome (4)
Cystscopy is not required for dx of BPS
-Findings correlate poorly with sx
-Can exclude other possible causes though
-Hunner lesions - erythematous, superficial mucosal lesions
-Glomerulations - peticheal haemorrhages
-Painful filling
Discuss management of bladder pain syndrome
-Conservative measures (5)
-Medical measures (2)
-Intravesciular measures (3)
-fourth line treatment (3)
-fifth line treatment (1)
- Conservative management
-Patient eduction
-Fluid managment - avoid over filling or dehydration
-Deitary modification - avoid acidic foods
-Avoid irritants - caffeine, alcohol, artificial sweetners
-Psychotherapy - mindfulness,stress release - Medical measures
-Analgesia - paracetamol, brufen, amytriptyline. Avoid opiates - Intravesicular treatments
-Intravesciular lidocaine
-Intravesicular hyaluronic acid
-Intravesicular botox - Fourthline
-Cystoscopy and fulgeration or laser of Hunner lesions
-Hydrodistension
-Neuromodulation
-Cyclosporin A - Urinary divesiosn +/- cystectomy
What are the definitions of the following
-Urinary incontinence
-Stress urinary incontinence
-Urge urinary incontinence
-Mixed urinary incontinence
-Postural urinary incontinence
-Continuous urinary incontinence
-Over active bladder syndrome-wet and dry
-Frequency
-Nocturia
- Involuntary urinary leakage expereinced in bladder storage phase
- Involuntary urinary leakage during periods of increased intra-abdominal pressure
- Involuntary urinary leakage associated with urge sx
- Involuntary urinary leakage assoiciated with urge sx and during increased intra-abdominal pressure
- Involuntary urinary leakage with change in position
- Continuous involuntary urinary leakage
- Urinary urgency associated with frequency and nocturia which can lead to urinary leakage (wet) or not (dry) in abscence of other pathology
- Frequency - defined by patient perception
- Nocturia - waking more than once to void
Discuss the prevalance of urinary incontinence (5)
25-45% of all women expereince some kind or UI
4-7% have daily incontince
Prevalence increases up to 50 yrs. Plateaus from 50-70 and increases thereafter
SUI tends to decrease after 50
UUI and MUI tend to increase after age 60
Discuss factors associated with urinary incontinence (11)
- Age
- Obesity
- Obstetric factors - parity, instrumental delivery, epi or perineal injury, BW, duration of second stage
- Menoapuse - low estrogen state - receptors in urinary tract, increase in UTI
- Hysterectomy if >60yr at time of operation - increases risk by 60%
- UTI
- Cognitive impairment
- Functional impairment
- Neurological disease
- Smoking
- Family hx
Discuss the investigations for urinary incontinence (7)
- Urinalysis
-Infection, renal stone, cancer, diabetes - Post void residual - assess by catheter or bladder scan
-Large PVR can suggest neurological dx or detrousor failure - Pad test - not recommended by NICE as no good evidence
->1g increase per hr or >4g in 24hrs is significant - Bladder diary - 3 days sufficient
- Cystoscopy - Not routinely indicated
- Urodynamics - hx alone is 70-90% sens and 50% spec. unclear if hx alone is improved by urodynamics according to cochrane review
- Renal USS
Discuss how low intravesicular pressure is maintained (3)
- Transmission of intra-abdominal pressure to the proximal urethra and bladder neck prior to the bladder
- Distensibility of the bladder means it can fill while still maintaing low pressures
- Hydrostatic pressure in the bladder
Discuss how urethral function is maintained (4)
- Engorgment of the urethral submucosa and production of urethral secretions ensure water tight seal
- Intrinsic smooth muscles supply constant pressure at rest
- Extrinsic striated muscles contract the pelvic floor
- Urethral support from pubocervical fascia posteriorly with compression against these with increase abdominal pressure
- Urethral support from anterior and lateral pubourethral ligaments connecting urethra to pubic bone
Describe the storage phase of the micturition cycle
During the filling/storage phase the pelvic nerves sense an empty bladder (PNS) and stimulates the hypogastric nerve (SNS).
The hypogastric nerve is stimulated to enable detrusor relaxation and internal urethral sphincter contraction and therefore avoid micturition.
Suppression of the pontine micturition centre occurs by action of the periaqueductal grey. This results in suppression of the pelvic nerves and contraction of the perineal nerve which is somatic and under conscious control.
Discuss initiation phase of the micturition cycle
- As bladder becomes full sensory impulses become fast via afferent nerve S2-S4
- Conscious inhibition of micturition continues until appropriate time to void
- Initiation begins with relaxation of the pelvic floor
- Descending inhibitory impulses are suppressed
Discuss voiding phase or the micturition cycle
During voiding the pontine micturition centre is no longer suppressed and signals to the pelvic nerves which result in contraction of the detrusor muscle.
The hypogastric nerves are inhibited and this results in the relaxation of the internal urethral sphincter.
The pudendal nerve is inhibited and results in relaxation of the pelvic floor and external urethral sphincter.
Discuss recurrent UTI
-Prevalence (2)
-Definition (2)
-Investigations (4)
-Management (3)
- Prevalence:
-50% of women will suffer 1 UTI
-2.4% of women will have recurrent UTI - Defintion
-2 or more UTI in 6 months
-3 or more UTI in 12 months - Investigations
-Urine microscopy + culture with sensitivities
-STI screen if at risk
-Post void residual volumes in post menopausal women
-Cystoscopy if:
-Gross haematuria, obstruction, high PVR, persistant bactauria post treatment
-Cycstoscopy might show malakoplakia - yellow soft plaques ass with recurrent UTI - Management
-Conservative - hydration, optimal voiding, hygiene practices.
-Cranberry - not that efective. Pills best.
-Local oestrogen if vulvovaginal atrophy
-Antibiotics - consider 6/12 trial.
-Intravesicular antibiotics - gentamicin by self cath for 6/52
-Hiprex - bacteriostatic agent RR for recurrent UTI 0.24
Discuss pelvic organ prolapse
-Defintion
-Epidemiology (3)
-Risk factors (7 groups)
- Defintion
Herniation of pelvic or abdominal organs through the vaginal canal - Epidemiology
-41% of women 50-79yrs have a degree of uterine prolapse
-Lifetime risk of POP surgery - 7-10%
-Repeat surgery rate 30% - Risk factors
- Age
- Obseity > 30 = OR of 1.4
- Pregnancy and child birth
-Worse with VB 3 x CS = damage of 1 x VB
-Worse with increase parity
-Worse with foceps delivery
-Levator avulsion - Chronically raised intra-abdominal pressure
-COPD, asthma, smokers cough, constipation - Family Hix - 2-3x increased risk
- Collagen defects - hereditary or acquired _ Marfans, Erhlos Danlos ect
- Previous gynae surgery
- highest if hysterectomy for prolapse
-Burch colposuspension - prone to posterior prolapse
-SSF prone to anterior prolapse
Discuss the support of pelvic organs
-Structures at each level
-What they support
-What a defect in them leads to in terms of POP
- Level 1
-Uterosacral and cardinal ligament complex
-Supports upper1/3rd of vaginal and cervix
-Defect leads to apical descent - Level 2
-Paravaginal fascia attached to the arcuate tendinous fascia (WHite line)
-Supports upper 2/3rds of vagina and rectum
-Defect leads to cystocele - Level 3
-Fusion of vaginal endopelvic fascia to perineal body posteriorly, levator ani laterally and urethra anteriorly
-Supports lower 1/3rd of vagina,, ureathra and anal canal
-Defect leads to rectocele, urethral mobility, SUI
What is the pathogensis of pelvic organ prolase (5)
- Damage to levator ani muscles
- Decreased muscle tone from atrophy and aging
- Widened genital hiatus
- Unapposed intraabdominal pressure on tissue
- Connective tissue stretch over time
Discuss the POP-Q
-What it is
-How to use it
-What are the stages (5)
- Standardised way of assessing stage of POP with good inter-rater reliability
- How to use it
-Outlines different points in the vagina
-Level is recorded in realtion to the hymen which is at 0
-More proximal to the hymen is negative, more distal is positive
-Takes into consideration vaginal length, perineal body length, genital hiatus width
-Range of decent. - Stages
Stage 0 - No decent (Both upper and lower anterior and posterior vaginal walls = -3
Stage I - Leading edge < -1cm
Stage II - Leading edge > -1 and < +1cm
Stage III - Leading edge >+1 but not complete eversion
Stage IV - Leading edge >2cm - complete eversion
Discuss conservative management options for POP (5)
- Do nothing - many women aSX. but unlikely to se
- Conservative measures
-Decrease strain on pelvic floor
-Weight loss
-Treat chronic cough
-Treat constipation
-Avoid heavy lifting - Pelvic floor muscle training
-Improvement in sx
-No improvement in POP score
-No improvement in QoL - Vaginal oestrogen - helps with vaginal irritation from exposed mucosa in those with vaginal atrophy
- Pessaries
-Best for apical and anterior prolapse
-Ring, continence or space occupying (equivalently good)
-Use if not suitable for surgery
Discuss posterior colporrhapy (posterior repair)
-Method
-Indication
-Success rate
-Other considerations
- Method
Either native tissue suture repair or graft augmented repair via vaginal approach.
Midline plication of rectovaginal fascia - Indication
-rectocele (posterior compartment prolaspe) - Success rate 86-93%
- Other considerations
-No data to support benefit of mesh or biological graft
-Sometimes combined with transervse perinei muscles (perineorrhaphy)
Anterior colporrhaphy (Anterior compartment repair)
-Method
-Indication
-Success rates
-Other considerations
- Method
Either native tissue suture repair or graft augmented approach via vagina.
Midline incision of anterio vaginal wall and mid line plication of pubocervical fascia with sutures. - Success rates 40-88%
- Other considerations
-Apical defects co-incide with anterior defects
-Anterior compartment is the most prone to recurrence
-Synthetic mesh or biological graft reduces the risk of recurrence.
-Synthetic mesh associated with increase blood loss, long er surgery, denovo stress incontinence
-Synthetic mesh = 11.4% risk of erosions, repeat surgeries for mesh 7%
Discuss sacrospinous ligament suspension /Sacrospinous colpopexy
-Method
-Indication
-Success rates
-Other consideration
- Method
NTR via the vagina using delayed absorbable sutures to affix the vaginal apex to the sacrospinous ligaments.
Do in women how have had a hysterectomy (can do concurrently) - Indication
-Repair of apical prolapse - Success rates 90%
- Other considerations
-Risk to pudendal nerve bundle
-SSF can be unilateral. No evidence for bilateral. R side safest
-Increases risk of cystocele as exaggerates horizontal axis of vagina
-Maintains length of vagina
Discuss uterosacral ligament suspension
1. Method
2. Indication
3. Success rates
4. Other considerations
- Method
Native tissue repair via the vagina using delayed absorable sutures to affix the apex of the vagina to the uterosacral ligaments
Do in women how have had a hysterectomy (can do concurrently)
Do vaginally - Repair of apical prolapse
- Success rates 70-75%
- Other consideration
-Risk of urethral injury 1-2%
-Risk of neuropathic sciatic pain 7%