Women of all ages and social and cultural backgrounds can be affected by prolapse, urinary incontinence and faecal incontinence. For most, a cure can be found with the right investigation and subsequent treatment. For some, however, a cause can take time to be established, some may not want medical or surgical treatment, and for others a cure is not always possible. For these groups of women, d...

Background: Urinary incontinence (UI) is a common condition in women which can be caused by the weakening or dysfunction of pelvic floor muscles as a result of ageing, pregnancy or obesity. Prevalence of UI is higher in women than that of diabetes, depression and hypertension but rates are difficult to establish because there is evidence of a reluctance to seek help and assumptions that symptom...

and Poster accepted at:43 Annual Meeting of the International Continence Society, 2013Published at the ICS website.

Abstract Background Female epispadias is a rare congenital anomaly, with quoted incidence of 1 in 480,000.These patients present urinary incontinence and varying degrees external genitalia abnormality. This report presents the delayed presentation management 14-year-old female due to isolated epispadias. Case case noticed since infancy. Examination revealed bifid clitoris, depressed mons pubis,...

Most practitioners would agree that the main cause of urinary incontinence after RP is sphincter or neurological damage or urethral shortening due to the surgery. The external striated sphincter is tubular and has broad attachments over the fascia of the prostate near the apex. Its innervations arise from the pudendal nerves and the autonomic nerves in the pelvic plexus. Urinary continence reco...

10:40 10:50 Discussion All PART B 13:00 13:15 Disabilities affecting Continence and Bowel Function Mario Patricolo 13:15 13:30 Addressing Continence in Children With Learning Disabilities Mario Patricolo 13:30 13:50 Neuropathic Bladder and Bowel in Young Adults With Learning Disabilities Giovanni Mosiello Jian Guao Wen 13:50 14:10 Learning Disabilities and Incontinence: The Power of the Mind Je...

N Engl J Med 2004;350:786-99. Copyright © 2004 Massachusetts Medical Society. veractive bladder is a symptom complex that includes urinary urgency with or without urge incontinence, urinary frequency (voiding eight or more times in a 24-hour period), and nocturia (awakening two or more times at night to void). 1-3 The International Continence Society classifies overactive bladder as a syndrome ...