Volume 68, Issue 4, Pages 664-671 (October 2015) Orthotopic Ileal Bladder Substitution in Women: Factors Influencing Urinary Incontinence and Hypercontinence  Tobias Gross, Susan D. Meierhans Ruf, Claudia Meissner, Katharina Ochsner, Urs E. Studer  European Urology  Volume 68, Issue 4, Pages 664-671 (October 2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2015.05.015 Copyright © 2015 European Association of Urology Terms and Conditions

Fig. 1 Incidence of hysterectomy in continent patients with and without postvoid residual (PVR) (groups 1 and 4) and incontinent patients with and without PVR (groups 2 and 3). PVR=postvoid residual urine. European Urology 2015 68, 664-671DOI: (10.1016/j.eururo.2015.05.015) Copyright © 2015 European Association of Urology Terms and Conditions

Fig. 2 Incidence of attempted nerve-sparing cystectomy in continent patients with and without postvoid residual (PVR) (groups 1 and 4) and incontinent patients with and without PVR (groups 2 and 3). PVR=postvoid residual urine. European Urology 2015 68, 664-671DOI: (10.1016/j.eururo.2015.05.015) Copyright © 2015 European Association of Urology Terms and Conditions

Fig. 3 Median maximal urethral closing pressure at rest at the time of final postoperative continence and voiding status. PVR=postvoid residual urine. European Urology 2015 68, 664-671DOI: (10.1016/j.eururo.2015.05.015) Copyright © 2015 European Association of Urology Terms and Conditions

Fig. 4 Endoscopic finding of a denervated hypotonic proximal urethra that acts like a flap valve (arrow) when voiding. Patients with this finding were incontinent and unable to void to completion. European Urology 2015 68, 664-671DOI: (10.1016/j.eururo.2015.05.015) Copyright © 2015 European Association of Urology Terms and Conditions

Fig. 5 Endoscopic finding of a hypertonic proximal urethra. These patients were continent but presented with residual urine a few months postoperatively. European Urology 2015 68, 664-671DOI: (10.1016/j.eururo.2015.05.015) Copyright © 2015 European Association of Urology Terms and Conditions

Fig. 6 Preoperative median maximal urethral closing pressure at rest segregated according to final postoperative continence and voiding status. PVR=postvoid residual urine. European Urology 2015 68, 664-671DOI: (10.1016/j.eururo.2015.05.015) Copyright © 2015 European Association of Urology Terms and Conditions

Fig. 7 Urethral pressure profiles of 12 patients who were incontinent in the early postoperative period (columns on the left) and became continent later on (columns on the right). All values are medians. PVR=postvoid residual urine. European Urology 2015 68, 664-671DOI: (10.1016/j.eururo.2015.05.015) Copyright © 2015 European Association of Urology Terms and Conditions