As present knowledge about the physiological characteristics of intestinal urinary reservoirs is rather limited with regard to normal and abnormal reservoir sensation, compliance, activity, continence and other specifications, some definitions are understandably imprecise and vague. The report by the International Continence Society has been drawn up in an attempt to standardise assessment of intestinal urinary reservoirs and reporting of results, in order to gather more information about the relevant physiological characteristics and to establish precise definitions of normal and abnormal conditions.
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