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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, Simcha, Yagel, Vered H, Eisenberg   +2 more
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Management of pelvic floor dysfunction

The Lancet, 1997
different surgical procedures were performed in 77 patients (table). The pelvic floor service was established to develop a model to improve patient care, advance science, and train clinicians in new skills and knowledge for the complex pelvic floor problems that cross disciplines.
C W, Nager, D, Kumar, M A, Kahn, S L, Stanton   +3 more
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Epidemiology of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction

Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America, 2009
The epidemiology of female pelvic floor disorders, including urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, anal incontinence, and interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome is reviewed. The natural history, prevalence, incidence, remission, risk factors, and potential areas for prevention are considered.
Vivian W, Sung, Brittany Star, Hampton
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Pelvic Floor Dysfunction

Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine, 2023
Alethea J. Appavu, Sol Abreu-Sosa, Sheila A. Dugan   +2 more
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Obesity and pelvic floor dysfunction

Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 2015
Obesity is associated with a high prevalence of pelvic floor disorders. Patients with obesity present with a range of urinary, bowel and sexual dysfunction problems as well as uterovaginal prolapse. Urinary incontinence, faecal incontinence and sexual dysfunction are more prevalent in patients with obesity.
Kalaivani, Ramalingam, Ash, Monga
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