In the first part information on neurophysiology of the lower urinary tract and on pathophysiology related to cerebral, spinal and peripheral lesions and how they are reflected in clinical symptoms are provided. There after a standard diagnostic approach will be presented and the value of the classic urodynamic techniques discussed.
In the second part an overview on the therapeutic strategies in 2012 in patients (1) with an overactive detrusor and (2) with an underactive detrusor, each combined either with an underactive sphincter, an overactive sphincter or a normal sphincter will be given.
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