EPIDEMIOLOGY OF THE LOWER URINARY TRACT DYSFUNCTIONS IN THE FEMALE DIABETIC POPULATION

The authors deal with “female diabetic cystopathy” with particular regard to the incidence of the most frequent disorders that characterise the syndrome. The study was carried out on 255 patients, in collaboration with outpatients’ surgeries specialised in diabetes. Other aspect s specially emphasized were the association of vesicourethral functional disorders with alterations of the pelvic statics and the severity of the symptoms in relation to the age of the patients and the duration of their diabetes.