Abstract
SUMMARY Objective: To determine the health-related quality of life (HRQol) in women with overactive bladder (OB) syndrome after treatment with botulinum toxin. Method: It realize a cases analysis study of patients with OB syndrome used Spanish version of the King's Health Questionnaire (KHQ). Results: The study was realized in 10 cases of patients with OB syndrome. The predominant symptom was urge incontinence in 70% of cases. According to the points of the KHQ it was observed that the quality of life improves with the intravesical application of botulinum toxin from 53.4 to 11.4 points after application of treatment. Among the side effects were fever (1 case) and urinary retention (1 case). Featured relapse 2% of patients which required a new dose intravesical botulinum toxin. Conclusions: Medical treatment with intravesical botulinum toxin constitutes an effective treatment for refractory OB syndrome.
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