ABSTRACT

Introduction Many traumatic, congenital, tumoral, or degenerative neurological pathologies have direct consequences on vesicourethral function. Imaging techniques will give information on the anatomical and morphological status of the urinary tract. Endoscopy will provide further information, such as mucosal appearance, small tumors, urethral stenosis, the degree of prostatic enlargement, and urethrovesical mobility in females. Urodynamics is the only diagnostic tool that allows functional evaluation of the urinary tract. It does not replace any of the other diagnostic modalities, but rather complements them. It plays a major role in therapeutic decisions and during follow-up.