Vaginal surgery for incontinence and prolapse [electronic resource] / Philippe E. Zimmern [and others] (eds.)

Provides comprehensive information on vaginal anatomy and physiology. This book contains practical guidelines for office evaluation of incontinence and prolapse, and a series of detailed chapters on reconstructive procedures for urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence and prolapse. It also addresse...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors: Zimmern, Philippe
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Springer, ©2006.
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Table of Contents:
  • Vaginal anatomy for the pelvic surgeon
  • Epidemiology of incontinence and prolapse
  • Urinary incontinence
  • Prolapse
  • Fecal incontinence
  • Neurophysiologic testing
  • Outcome measures for assessing efficacy of incontinence procedures
  • Transvaginal surgery for stress urinary incontinence due to urethral hypermobility
  • Stress urinary incontinence secondary to intrinsic sphincteric deficiency
  • The mid-urethral tapes
  • Anterior compartment
  • Uterine and vaginal vault prolapse
  • Enterocele and rectocele/perineorrhaphy
  • Surgery for fecal incontinence
  • The vaginal approach after failed previous surgery
  • Vaginal approach to postsurgical bladder outlet obstruction
  • Vaginal approach to recurrent pelvic prolapse
  • Intraoperative complications of vaginal surgery
  • Vesicovaginal and urethrovaginal fistulas
  • Urethral diverticula and other periurethral masses
  • Bladder neck closure.