[Bonney maneuver and its derivatives: History, technique, significance and prognostic value].

INTRODUCTION

Historically a positive Bonney maneuver indicates the need for surgical management of stress urinary incontinence. This maneuver is regularly used in French daily practice without formal proof of its predictive value.

MATERIAL: A Medline search was performed with the terms "Bonney test" and "urinary incontinence" to include 10 relevant articles in this review.

RESULTS

Eight articles study the mechanism of the maneuver or its derivatives, evoking a direct pressure on the urethra. Two studies are interested in the real predictivity of the maneuvers on the success of surgical treatment by urethral strip, reporting a positive predictive value of the Bonney maneuver between 96.2 and 100%.

CONCLUSION

Further studies are needed to objectify the utility of this maneuver.