Conservative treatment of female stress urinary incontinence

To synthetize evidence-based results related to nonsurgical management for urinary incontinence in women. Electronic search in Pubmed, Cinahl, Cochrane Library, and National Library for Health. There were 72 randomized control studies and eight review from the Cochrane Library. Moderate to high levels of evidence suggest that weight loss from obesity state, pelvic muscle training, and bladder training may resolve urinary incontinence in women. The effects of electrical stimulation of pelvic floor, oestrogene therapy were inconstant or inhomogeneous. Duloxetine may improve continence and quality of life, but its range in therapeutic algorithm is still to be defined.