2024 Canadian Urological Association guideline: Female stress urinary incontinence
Kevin Carlson, Matthew Andrews, Alexandra Bascom, Richard Baverstock, Lysanne Campeau, Chantale Dumoulin, Joe Labossiere, Jennifer A. Locke, Geneviève Nadeau, Blayne Welk
Abstract
We decided to use a question-and-answer format to provide brief, accessible, and practical answers to common questions addressing the evaluation and management of FSUI.The guideline panel was created to provide representation from a mix of community and academic urologists and allied health professionals from across Canada, in keeping with the CUA guideline rules.Disagreements during the guideline process were resolved by consensus-building.Conflicts of interests for the authors are included at the end of the guideline.The views or interests of the CUA did not influence the final set of recommendations.The guideline panel was led by Dr. Kevin Carlson and Dr. Blayne Welk.The group first met virtually in December 2021.Objectives to guide the development of this document were agreed upon: 1) to be comprehensive without replicating existing evidence reviews; 2) to provide evidence-based and expert-based opinions on relevant topics within FSUI; and 3) to address the unique needs of Canadian urologists where appropriate.All guideline members were asked to submit relevant topics that could be addressed in a questionand-answer format, and the final list of questions was agreed upon by the panel.Further feedback was received from CUA members at the 2022 CUA annual meeting.Individual sections were assigned to members, with another panel member acting as primary reviewer.