Urodynamics.

Voiding dysfunction has profound physical, emotional, and financial ramifications for patients and health care practitioners from all fields. The improvement of diagnostic testing in the area of voiding dysfunction, throughout decades, has resulted in improved patient outcomes. The components of urodynamic studies can allow practitioners an objective measurement to assist in making a correct diagnosis, hence appropriate interventions. An urodynamic study decreases the risk of a patient undergoing unnecessary surgical procedures. Urodynamics is an invasive procedure, though with the maintenance of sterile technique and patient education it is generally well tolerated with few adverse effects. Copyright 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.