V2-04 ALLOGRAFT DERMIS FOR FEMALE PELVIC FLOOR REPAIR

Pelvic Floor Function in the Female

Identifying the Essential Components of Designing a Self-care application for female with Pelvic Floor Disorders

Background and Aim: Pelvic floor disorders are a common disease which, with varying degrees of severity, disrupts daily life and also decreases the quality of life of the individual. This disease can be cured by lifestyle modifications and self-care education; on the other hand, smartphones have become a good platform for health services and therapeutic interventions. The aim of this study was ...

Dynamics of the Female Pelvic Floor

Female urinary incontinence has been recently termed a “silent epidemic”, requiring systematic attention and a multidisciplinary approach towards economically ameliorating its impact. In this paper we examine the role of the pelvic floor (PF) in maintaining urinary continence by evaluating the dynamics produced during its voluntary and reflex activation. Analytical methods for the acquisition a...

Functional anatomy of the female pelvic floor.

The anatomic structures in the female that prevent incontinence and genital organ prolapse on increases in abdominal pressure during daily activities include sphincteric and supportive systems. In the urethra, the action of the vesical neck and urethral sphincteric mechanisms maintains urethral closure pressure above bladder pressure. Decreases in the number of striated muscle fibers of the sph...

Cost of pelvic floor repair for faecal incontinence.

BACKGROUND Pelvic floor repair is often unsuccessful for the treatment of incontinence. Some patients undergo repeated operations, and a few may require a stoma that can result in further operations. METHOD We have examined the cost of two forms of pelvic floor repair: post-anal repair (PAR; n = 47) and total pelvic floor repair (TPFR; n = 32). RESULTS Persistent incontinence, which had an ...