... incontinent females. There was no change of the pressures or the lengths after the operation compared with the values before the operation. All patients reported continence after the operation which was objectively confirmed by positive urethral closure pressures. The results support the theory given...

...G.E. Enhorning Urinary continence exists provided urine has no other outlet than through a section of the urethra where pressure at all times, except during normal micturition, is higher than it is in the bladder. Closure pressure, the difference between maximal intraurethral pressure...