key articles
An update on the laparoscopic approach to urogynecology and pelvic reconstructive procedures
Sunday, 16 November 2008 - Advances in minimally invasive surgery have led to the increasing adoption of laparoscopic techniques in urogynecology and reconstructive pelvic surgery. Diwadkar et al. (2008) reviewed the...
Authors: Diwadkar et al.
Urocortin plays a potential role in male reproduction
Wednesday, 22 October 2008 - Urocortin (Ucn) a 40 amino acid neuropeptide and its related receptors have been investigated thoroughly in female reproduction system. However there are little data about the role of these...
Edited by: FGR
Cooperation with other EAU bodies is the key - ESFFU board aims at passing the message to a broad public
Friday, 10 October 2008 FGR: Why did the European Society of Neuro-Urology (ESNU) and the European Society of Female Urology merge and form the new ESFFU?
Heesakkers: The feeling was with most board members of the ESNU and of...
By: Franz-Günter Runkel
Patient reported and anatomical outcomes after surgery for pelvic organ prolapse
Friday, 3 October 2008 - El-Azab et al. (2008) modified Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory (PFDI) and Pelvic Floor Impact Questionnaire (PFIQ) to assess pelvic organ prolapse (POP) in Arabic Muslim women. They also compared...
Authors: El-Azab et al.
Efficacy of tolterodine on overactive bladder symptoms and sexual and emotional quality of life in sexually active women
Tuesday, 2 September 2008 - Rogers et al. (2008) evaluated overactive bladder (OAB) symptoms and sexual and emotional health in sexually active women with OAB/urgency urinary incontinence (UUI) treated with tolterodine extended...
Authors: Rogers et al.
Female perineal membrane: a study using pelvic floor semiserial sections from elderly nulliparous and multiparous women
Tuesday, 2 September 2008 - To describe the architecture and topohistology of the female perineal structures, especially the perineal membrane (PM), Kato et al. (2008) examined frontal sections (one side) and horizontal or...
Authors: Kato et al.
A 5-year prospective follow-up study of vaginal surgery for pelvic organ prolapse
Monday, 1 Septembr 2008 - Miedel et al. (2008) evaluated anatomic, functional, short- and long-term outcome of vaginal surgery for pelvic organ prolapse.
The prospective observational study included 185 consecutive women planned...
Authors: Miedel et al.
Predicting the risk of failure of closure of obstetric fistula and residual urinary incontinence using a classification system
Monday, 1 September 2008 - Goh et al. (2008) assessed the possibility of predicting the risk of failure of closure and post-fistula urinary incontinence.
Women attending the fistula clinics were assessed pre-operatively, and...
Authors: Goh et al.
Behavioral therapy to enable incontinence women to discontinue drug treatment
Wednesday, 20 August 2008 - Women with urge urinary incontinence are commonly treated with antimuscarinic medications, but many discontinue therapy. Burgio et al. (2008) determined whether combining antimuscarinic drug therapy...
Authors: Burgio et al.
Surgical techniques in substitution urethroplasty using buccal mucosa for the treatment of anterior urethral strictures
Tuesday, 29 July 2008 - Since the resurgence in the use of buccal mucosa (BM) in substitution urethroplasty in the late 1980s and early 1990s, there has been controversy as to which surgical technique is the most appropriate for...
Authors: Patterson & Chapple
