Urogynecology
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- American Urogynecologic Society
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- Assessing
and Managing Urinary Incontinence in Primary Care
- Full-text article from Medscape Women's Health. CME credit is available. Note: Free, one-time
registration with Medscape is required to view this article.
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- The Biomechanics of Stress Urinary Incontinence
- BRL researchers are looking at the biomechanics of the pelvic floor, gaining an understanding of why the often
debilitating and embarrassing problem of SUI develops in women.
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- Causes of Incontinence
- From Access to Continence Care and Treatment. Includes information on the causes of acute urinary incontinence,
chronic urinary incontinence, stress incontinence, urge incontinence, overflow incontinence, and functional incontinence.
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- Childbirth, Continence, and the Pelvic Floor
- An editorial from the New England Journal of Medicine. (December 23, 1993 Volume 329,
Number 26)
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- Clinical Investigations in Female Urinary Incontinence
- Includes information on gynecological examination, stress provocation test, neurological examination, the frequency/volume
chart, measurement of residual urine, and urinalysis.
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- Conservative Treatment of Urinary Stress
Incontinence
- by Patty Kulpa, MD. A full-text article from The Physician and Sportsmedicine. (Vol 24
- No. 7 - July 96)
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- Digital Urology Journal
- A peer reviewed journal of adult and pediatric urology on the WWWeb.
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- A Disposable
Adhesive Patch for SUI
- Abstract from Fam Med 1998 Apr;30(4):258-264.
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- The Effect
of Posterior Wall Support Defects on Urodynamic Indices in SUI
- Abstract from Obstet Gynecol 1998 May;91(5 Pt 1):710-714.
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- Epidemiology and Female Urinary Incontinence
- By Hogne Sandvik. Female urinary incontinence (UI) is a condition with severe economic and psychosocial
impact. The author has studied the epidemiology of UI in the general female population and the prevailing management
of UI by Norwegian general practitioners (GPs).
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- Evaluation
of Female Urinary Incontinence
- Full-text article from Medscape Women's Health. CME credit is available. Note: Free, one-time
registration with Medscape is required to view this article.
- The Initial Evaluation for Incontinence in Women
- Overview of treatments available for incontinent women.
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- Laparoscopic Bladder
Neck Suspension
- The open Burch retropubic suspension has a success rate of 90% to 95%. An alternative, the laparoscopic Burch
procedure, has been recently introduced. Note: Free, one-time registration with Medscape is required
to view this article.
- The mechanism
of successful colposuspension in genuine stress incontinence
- Abstract from Chung Hua I Hsueh Tsa Chih (Taipei) 1998 Mar;61(3):146-150.
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- Non-Surgical Therapy for Stress Urinary
Incontinence
- Surgery promises the highest chance of curing stress urinary incontinence but limits future options. When an
anti-incontinence procedure fails, cure rates of subsequent attempts are poor. Conservative estimates predict that
non-surgical therapy will cure 10 percent of patients with stress incontinence and substantially improve another
40 percent.
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- Pelvic floor
exercises versus vaginal weight cones in genuine stress incontinence
- Abstract from Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 1998 Mar;77(1):89-93.
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- Percutaneous
Bladder Neck Stabilization for Stress Urinary Incontinence in Women: Technique, Risks & Benefits
- Full-text article from Medscape Women's Health. CME credit is available. Note: Free, one-time
registration with Medscape is required to view this article.
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- Pubovaginal
Sling Using Polypropylene Mesh and Vesica Bone Anchors
- Abstract from Urology 1998 May;51(5):708-713.
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- Quantification
of cough-related urine loss using the paper towel test
- Abstract from Obstet Gynecol 1998 May;91(5 Pt 1):705-709.
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- Results of
a Multicenter Trial of the CapSure (Re/Stor) Continence Shield on Women with SUI
- Abstract from Urology 1998 May;51(5):697-706.
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- Right Ectopic Ureter with a Duplicated Collecting System
- Case study: An eight year old black female presented to her pediatrician with complaints of frequency,
urgency and dysuria.
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- Selecting
the Best Surgical Option for Stress Urinary Incontinence
- Full-text article from Medscape Women's Health. CME credit is available. Note: Free, one-time
registration with Medscape is required to view this article.
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- 24 Year-old Woman with UTI and History of Duplex Kidney and Ureterocele
as a Child
- Case study: This 24 year old woman had a urinary infection at age 2 years which led to a VCUG that showed
a large ureterocele in the bladder.
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- Urinary Incontinence and Pelvic Muscle Rehabilitation
Index
- This page leads to articles, essays, and reviews about the non surgical treatment of urinary incontinence and
new techniques available for the rehabilitation of pelvic muscles.
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- Urinary Incontinence in Women
- Urinary incontinence is a common and difficult problem that affects predominantly women. In the United States
alone, we spend $10-15 billion per year on treatment and health care associated with urinary incontinence. As an
example, approximately one half of women in nursing homes are there primarily because of urinary incontinence.
- Urinary Tract Infections in Adults
- Urinary tract infection (UTI) is an exceedingly common problem prompting seven million office visits and one
million hospitalizations in the United States each year. Advances in the understanding of both host and bacterial
factors involved in UTI have led to many improvements in therapy.
- Urogenital
Aging: The Current And Future Role Of Local Low Dose Estrogen Therapy
- Symposium Report. Note: Free, one-time registration with Medscape is required to view this article.
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