key articles
The outcome of transobturator cystocele repair using biocompatible porcine dermis graft
Tuesday 8 July 2008. Mahdy et al. (2008) evaluateed the outcome of cystocele repair using Perigee® with biocompatible matrix (InteXen®).
After Institutional review Board approval, a retrospective chart review of patients who...
Authors: Mahdy, A., Elmissiry, M., Ghoniem, G.
Immediate Postvoid Residual Volumes in Women With Symptoms of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
Thursday, 3 July 2008 - Haylen et al. (2008) estimated the prevalence and clinical and urodynamic associations of postvoid residual volumes (PVRs), measured immediately after micturition, in women with symptoms of pelvic floor...
Authors: Haylen et al.
Pelvic Floor Fitness Using Lay Instructors
Wednesday, 2 July 2008 - Typically, pelvic muscle training for women with pelvic floor disorders is provided by medical personnel. Brubaker et al. (2008) evaluated the feasibility and symptom improvement after a nonmedical pelvic...
Authors: Brubaker et al.
Management of urethrovaginal fistulae
Tuesday, 1 July 2008 - Urethrovaginal fistulae are a rare condition. It is a conceptual mistake to consider urethrovaginal fistulae to be synonymous with vesicovaginal fistulae. Urethrovaginal fistulae are a different entity...
Authors: Punshkar et al.
Urodynamics in the management of female stress incontinence - which test and when?
Tuesday, 1 July 2008 - Patel and Chapple (2008) reviewed the literature from the last 12 months in the context of our existing knowledge base and reviews the contentious issue of the role of preoperative urodynamics for stress...
Authors: Patel & Chapple
Diagnosis and management of female bladder outlet obstruction
Monday, 30 June 2008 - Bladder outlet obstruction in women results from a remarkable diversity of underlying pathologies. The potential array of presenting symptoms often makes the diagnosis complex, although the condition is...
Authors: Kaufman et al.
Sacrocolpopexy without concomitant posterior repair improves posterior compartment defects
Wednesday, 25 June 2008 - The optimal approach for surgical correction of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) remains unclear. Guiahi et al. (2008) determined posterior compartment topography 1-year after sacrocolpopexy (SC).
Women who...
Authors: Guiahi et al.
Sexual function following pelvic floor surgery
Tuesday, 10 June 2008 - Thakar et al. (2008) prospectively evaluated sexual function in women who underwent surgery for incontinence and/or prolapse using the Pelvic Organ Prolapse-Urinary Incontinence Sexual Questionnaire...
Authors: Thakar et al.
Diagnosis and treatment of female sexual dysfunction
Saturday, 17 May 2008 - In a recent paper, Frank et al. (2008) discussed diagnosis and treatment of female sexual dysfunction. Female sexual complaints are common, occurring in approximately 40 percent of women. Decreased desire...
Authors: Frank et al.
Incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse in parous/nulliparous pairs of identical twins
Friday, 25 April 2008 - Buchsbaum and Duecy (2008) evaluated the role of vaginal delivery in the development of urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse in four sets of identical twins.
Four sets of identical twins were...
Authors: Buchsbaum & Duecy
