Female Pelvic Health and Reconstructive Surgery

✍ Scribed by Bruce I. Carlin, Fah Che Leong

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 519
• Series: Drugs & the Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Details specific surgical techniques as well as the efficacy and efficiency of each modality to restore normal organ function, prevent secondary health consequences, and improve patient quality of life. Emphasizes the importance of thorough office evaluations to classify symptoms and plan appropriate therapeutic interventions for urinary incontinence, pelvic floor prolapse, urgency and nocturia, pelvic pain, and sexual dysfunction.

✦ Table of Contents

Preface......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Contributors......Page 10
The Epidemiology and Etiology of Incontinence and Voiding Dysfunction......Page 14
Diagnostic Evaluation of the Female Patient......Page 24
Bladder Physiology and Neurophysiological Evaluation......Page 40
Diagnosis and Assessment of Female Voiding Function......Page 56
Radiological Evaluation......Page 64
Urodynamic Evaluation of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction......Page 90
Injectable Agents for the Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence in Females......Page 120
Transabdominal Procedures for the Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence......Page 134
Transvaginal Surgery for Stress Urinary Incontinence......Page 150
Laparoscopic Approaches to Female Incontinence, Voiding Dysfunction, and Prolapse......Page 174
Diagnosis and Management of Obstruction Following Anti-Incontinence Surgery......Page 192
Pediatric Dysfunctional Voiding in Females......Page 208
Nonsurgical Treatment of Urinary Incontinence......Page 228
Sacral Nerve Root Neuromodulation/ Electrical Stimulation......Page 238
Musculoskeletal Evaluation for Pelvic Pain......Page 254
Diagnosis and Management of Interstitial Cystitis......Page 276
Abdominal Approach to Apical Prolapse......Page 294
Vaginal Prolapse: Types and Choice of Operation for Repair......Page 304
Colpocleisis for the Treatment of Vaginal Vault Prolapse......Page 324
Technique of Vaginal Hysterectomy......Page 342
Urethral Diverticulum......Page 364
Evaluation and Management of Urinary Fistulas......Page 376
Iatrogenic Urological Trauma......Page 394
Surgical Treatment of Rectovaginal Fistulas and Complex Perineal Defects......Page 410
Pessaries......Page 420
Menopause and Hormone Replacement Therapy......Page 430
Diagnosis of Female Sexual Dysfunction......Page 488
Index......Page 508
About the Editors......Page 518