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Pelvic Floor Dysfunction

2020
Pelvic floor disorders are common among female patients, especially in those above 60 years of age, occurring in one of every three women with dysfunction of urinary and bowel control (Olsen et al., Obstet Gynecol. 89:501–6, 1997). The Integral Theory considers the pelvic floor as a unit where the organs are connected and maintained with balance by the
Lucia Camara Castro Oliveira   +3 more
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Chronic pelvic floor dysfunction

Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 2014
The successful treatment of women with vestibulodynia and its associated chronic pelvic floor dysfunctions requires interventions that address a broad field of possible pain contributors. Pelvic floor muscle hypertonicity was implicated in the mid-1990s as a trigger of major chronic vulvar pain.
Dee, Hartmann, Julie, Sarton
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Pelvic floor dysfunction and obesity

Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 2023
Obesity is a growing condition within the society and more patients, who have underlying obesity, are presenting with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD). The effect of obesity on general health has been well documented, and its impact on the cardiovascular, endocrine, and musculoskeletal systems has been extensively ...
Chioma Chilaka   +2 more
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Pelvic Floor Dysfunction

2013
The pelvic floor is a complex system, with passive and active components that provide pelvic support, maintain continence, and coordinate relaxation during urination and defecation [1].
Jean Noel Buy, Michel Ghossain
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Pelvic Floor Dysfunction

2014
Disorders of the pelvic floor are common and patients with these disorders present to clinicians from various fields including gastroenterologists, surgeons, gynecologists, and urologists. They manifest with multitudes of dysfunction that affect defecation, continence, urination, and sexual function.
Askin Erdogan, Satish S. C. Rao
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Pelvic Floor Dysfunction

DeckerMed Surgery, 2015
Pelvic floor dysfunction encompasses a broad spectrum of disorders and symptoms, including pelvic organ prolapse, fecal incontinence, dysfunctional bowel and/or bladder evacuation, urinary incontinence, and chronic pain. Challenges in treating these patients are due, in part, to inconsistent definitions and diagnostic criteria, an underreporting of ...
Tracy L. Hull, Michael A. Valente
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Imaging pelvic floor dysfunction

Best Practice & Research Clinical Gastroenterology, 2009
Pelvic floor function and structure are complex, and imaging (integrated with an understanding of physiology) is central to guiding the clinician in managing patients with incontinence, constipation, difficult rectal evacuation and pelvic organ prolapse.
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Pelvic Floor Dysfunction

2016
The pelvic floor is a tunnel or dome-shaped muscular sheath made up of striated muscle and is positioned to enclose and support the genitourinary and anorectal compartments. The pelvic floor forms the inferior boundary of the abdominopelvic cavity extending from the pubic symphysis anteriorly to the coccyx posteriorly and between the two pelvic side ...
Brij B. Agarwal, P. Sivalingam
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Ultrasonography in Pelvic Floor Dysfunction

Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America, 2019
Obstetric anal sphincter injury (OASI) and levator ani muscle (LAM) trauma are common disorders in parous women. Four sonographic signs have been published in cases of OASI: external or internal anal sphincter discontinuity; thickening of external anal sphincter at the area of repair; thinning of internal anal sphincter in the area of rupture in ...
Hadas Allouche, Kam   +2 more
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