Kathryn Larsen Burgio, Profesora de psicologia conductual en la
Universidad de Alabama en Birmingham, publica(Burgio K.L Behavior therapies for urinary
incontinence in the elderly. Clinics in geriatric medicine 1.986;2(4):809‐27)abriendo el vasto campo de
la reeducacion vesical y demostrando que los ejercicios del piso pelvico muscular son altamente
eficaces en eliminar o mejorar sustancialmente los episodios de perdidas involuntarias de orina que se
producen en la mujer por esfuerzos de diversas indoles.
Actualmente todos los modelos de decision en la terapeutica de mujeres con incontinencia
urinaria de esfuerzo comienzar obligatoriamente con los planes de fisioterapia de piso pelvico y
Es autora del libro`Staying Dry: A Practical Guide to Bladder Control',un libro de autoayuda
para mujeres y hombres con incontinencia.
(1.986: Burgio LD; Burgio KL Behavioral gerontology: application of
behavioral methods to the problems of older adults. Journal of applied behavior analysis 1.986;19(4):321‐8); (1.990: Burgio
KL Behavioral training for stress and urge incontinence in the community. Gerontology 1.990;36 Suppl 2:27‐34); (1.990: McDowell
BJ; Burgio KL; Candib D . Behavioral and pharmacological treatment of persistent urinary incontinence in the elderly. Journal of the
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners 1.990;2(1):17‐23); (1.990: Burgio K L; Engel BT Biofeedback‐assisted behavioral training for
elderly men and women. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 1.990;38(3):338‐40) ;(1.991: Burgio KL; Matthews KA; Engel
BT Prevalence, incidence and correlates of urinary incontinence in healthy, middle‐aged women. The Journal of
urology 1.991;146(5):1255‐9); (1.992: McDowell BJ; Burgio KL; Dombrowski M; Locher JL; Rodriguez E An interdisciplinary approach
to the assessment and behavioral treatment of urinary incontinence in geriatric outpatients. Journal of the American Geriatrics
Society 1.992;40(4):370‐4); (1.994: Burgio KL Behavioral therapy: practical approach to urinary incontinence. Contemporary
urology 1.994;6(2):24, 29‐36, 41); (1.997: Goode PS; Burgio KL Pharmacologic treatment of lower urinary tract dysfunction in
geriatric patients. The American journal of the medical sciences 1.997;314(4):262‐7);(1.998: Burgio KL; Locher JL; Goode PS; Hardin
JM; McDowell BJ; Dombrowski M; Candib D Behavioral vs drug treatment for urge urinary incontinence in older women: a
randomized controlled trial. JAMA: the journal of the American Medical Association 1.998;280(23):1995‐2.000); (2.002: Burgio
Kathryn L Influence of behavior modification on overactive bladder. Urology 2.002;60(5 Suppl 1):72‐6; discussion 77);( 2.003: Burgio
Kathryn L; Goode Patricia S; Locher Julie L; Richter Holly E; Roth David L; Wright Kate Clark; Varner R Edward Predictors of outcome
in the behavioral treatment of urinary incontinence in women. Obstetrics and gynecology 2.003;102(5 Pt 1):940‐7); (2.004: Burgio
Kathryn L Behavioral treatment options for urinary incontinence. Gastroenterology 2.004;126(1 Suppl 1):S82‐9).
Kathryn Larsen Burgio y su libro de gran trascendencia
Laurent Boccon‐Gibod y colaboradores publica el trabajo donde se
menciona, cuando realizar una biopsia aleatoria de mucosa vesical en cancer de vejiga y referencia a los
antigenos de superficie en grupo de celulas sanguineas.
Debe reservarse para tratamiento y vigilancia de tumores grado III sin considerar su estadio.
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