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Effect of weight loss on urinary incontinence in women. [PDF]

, 2011
BackgroundThe purpose of this research was review the epidemiology of the association of obesity and urinary incontinence, and to summarize the published data on the effect of weight loss on urinary incontinence.MethodsA literature review of the ...
Subak, Leslee L, Whitcomb, Emily L
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Anal sphincter damage after vaginal delivery: Functional outcome and risk factors for fecal incontinence [PDF]

, 2001
There has been an increasing need for the terminology on the conservative management of female pelvic floor dysfunction to be collated in a clinically based consensus report.This Report combines the input of members and elected nominees of the ...
Hop, W.C.J. (Wim), Leeuw, J.W. (Jan Willem) de, Struijk, P.C. (Pieter), Vierhout, M.E., Wallenburg, H.C.S. (Henk)   +4 more
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Pelvic floor dysfunction 6 years post-anal sphincter tear at the time of vaginal delivery [PDF]

, 2018
Introduction and hypothesis: This study aims to estimate fecal, urinary incontinence, and sexual function 6 years after an obstetrical anal sphincter tear.
Achtari, Chahin, Baud, David, Hohlfeld, Patrick, Meyer, Sylvain, Vial, Yvan   +4 more
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Anorectal gastric heterotopia as a rare cause of constipation: Case report and review of pediatric literature

JPGN Reports, EarlyView.
Abstract Gastric heterotropia (GHT) may present from the oropharynx to the anus and is commonly associated with Meckel's diverticula. Here, we describe a rare case of anorectal GHT localized to the distal anal canal. A 14‐month‐old male patient presented for evaluation of rectal bleeding, severe constipation, and abdominal distention with poor response
Kathryn M. Stephenson, Raj P. Kapur, Jeffrey R. Avansino, Lusine Ambartsumyan   +3 more
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IIIB-IV Degree Perineal Rupture Repair Using Overlapping and End-to-End Techniques with Pudendal Block Anesthesia

Indonesian Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2015
Objective: To compare the incidence of persistent sonographic anal sphincter defect, fecal urgency, anal and fecal incontinence after IIIb- IV degree perineal rupture repair using overlapping and end-to-end technique. Method: An open clinical trial
Nuring Pangastuti, Junizaf Junizaf, Ibnu Pranoto, Budi I Santoso, Tyas Priyatini   +4 more
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Role of differentially expressed microRNA-139-5p in the regulation of phenotypic internal anal sphincter smooth muscle tone. [PDF]

, 2017
The present study focused on the role of microRNA-139-5p (miRNA-139-5p) in the regulation of basal tone in internal anal sphincter (IAS). Applying genome-wide miRNA microarrays on the phenotypically distinct smooth muscle cells (SMCs) within the rat ...
Addya, Sankar, An, Steven S., Mee Yong, Hwan, Mohanty, Ipsita, Penn, Raymond B., Philllips, Benjamin, Rattan, Satish, Singh, Jagmohan   +7 more
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Hip fracture risk assessment: Artificial neural network outperforms conditional logistic regression in an age- and sex-matched case control study [PDF]

, 2013
Copyright @ 2013 Tseng et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution,
A Jimenez-valverde, BC Taylor, C Eller-Vainicher, CC Lin, CC Lin, CM Lofthus, DJ Sargent, EMC LAU, EMC LAU, G Santos-Garcı́a, G Schwartzer, G Ting, IA Basheer, J Magaziner, J Robbins, JA Kanis, Jiann-Shing Shieh, Jinn Lin, JL Patel, L Wehren, Li-Wei Hung, M Matheny, Maysam F Abbod, MF Meiller, MJ Parker, P Cunningham, R Fluss, R Marks, S Dreiseitl, S Sakai, SJ Winham, T Ayer, V Bewick, Wo-Jan Tseng   +33 more
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Late Bowel Symptoms in Long‐Term Survivors of Prostate Cancer Following Radiotherapy

The Prostate, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Despite advances in radiotherapy planning, some long‐term prostate cancer survivors experience persistent symptoms. Although overall quality of life appears comparable between patients treated with definitive and salvage radiotherapy and aligns with normative data, prostate‐specific deficits—particularly bowel symptoms—may persist ...
Isabella Gruber, Oliver Koelbl, Maria M. Meier   +2 more
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Fecal incontinence after total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer—impact of potential risk factors and pelvic intraoperative neuromonitoring

World Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2020
Background Fecal incontinence frequently occurs after total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer. This prospective study analyzed predictive factors and the impact of pelvic intraoperative neuromonitoring at different follow-up intervals.
Daniel W. Kauff, Yvonne D. S. Roth, Rika S. Bettzieche, Werner Kneist   +3 more
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Obstetrics and Fecal Incontinence [PDF]

Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery, 2014
Anal incontinence (AI) can be a debilitating condition for women following vaginal delivery. Operative vaginal delivery and anal sphincter laceration are important risk factors for the development of postpartum AI. Obtaining a comprehensive delivery history, along with a thorough physical examination of the perineum, vagina and rectum may aid the ...
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