Urodynamics clinic

Getting here

Find us at:

Location details

Mercy Hospital for Women, level 6

How can people get access?

Take the lift or stairs to level 6.

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, 8.30am-5pm

Your appointment

What to do before

Please complete a three-day bladder diary before your appointment. Plan to arrive on time for your allocated appointment.

What to bring

• Please complete a three-day bladder diary and bring it with you to your test.
• Please arrive for your test with a comfortably full (not bursting) bladder. There may be a short wait after you arrive.
• The test takes about 30 minutes. You will see a doctor for a consultation after your test. You can expect to be at the hospital for about one hour.
• We will explain the test, answer your questions and seek your verbal permission to perform the test before we begin.

What to expect on the day

• You will change into a hospital gown and empty your bladder into a special urodynamic toilet. This is done in a private bathroom.
• You will then sit in a special procedure chair. This allows your doctor or nurse to perform the test safely.
• Fine tubes (catheters) will be moved in and out of your bladder. A small tube is also inserted into your rectum. These tubes measure your bladder pressures.
• Your bladder is filled with some sterile water through one of the tubes. We will perform some more measurements once you tell us your bladder is full.
• You will have an ultrasound to look at the movement of your bladder neck.
• You will empty your bladder again into the special urodynamic toilet. You may need one last tube inserted into your bladder if you can’t empty by yourself.
• There are no needles involved in this test.
• You will not be sedated. You can be given a local numbing gel into the urethra before the test, if you choose.
• All tubes are removed at the end of the test.

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