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The treatment of posterior compartment vaginal defects
Posterior compartment prolapse can be thought of as a relaxation or separation of the tissues of the rectovaginal septum and perineal body. Common symptoms include difficulty with defecation and, less...
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R. Duane Cespedes
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233-241
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Artificial urinary sphincter: lessons learned
Since its introduction in 1973 (American Medical Systems [AMS] model 721), the artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) has become a widely accepted therapy, particularly for male urinary incontinence. Over...
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Andrew C. Peterson,
George D. Webster
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265-274
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Neuromodulation, staged intervention, and new instruments
Use of neuromodulation to treat voiding dysfunction has been studied for decades. In 1997, InterStim (Medtronic, Minneapolis, Minnesota) was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat...
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Kenneth M. Peters
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275-291
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Male slings in the treatment of sphincteric incompetence
The incidence of urinary incontinence is approximately 1% to 3% after prostatectomy for benign disease , and after radical prostatectomy, the incidence has been reported to range from 2.5% to 87% . Th...
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J. Christian Winters
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251-263
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Urethral and bladder injections for incontinence including botox
Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and urge incontinence (UI) are increasingly significant health concerns for millions of women. Approximately 180,000 surgical procedures are performed for genuine SUI...
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Rodney A. Appell
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159-164
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Female urethral diverticula
Surgical excision is the definitive treatment of urethral diverticulum (UD) and the only reasonable surgical option for treating midurethral and proximal UD. Transvaginal excision of a urethral divert...
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Harriette M. Scarpero,
Roger R. Dmochowski,
Patrick B. Leu
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205-212
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Urethrolysis
Urethral obstruction after surgery to treat stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is reported to occur in 5% to 20% of patients. Studies report that the incidence of surgery for treating SUI has increased...
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Howard B. Goldman
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197-204
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Pubovaginal fascial sling for the treatment of all types of stress urinary incontinence: surgical technique and long-term outcome
A plethora of surgical techniques has been devised for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence, but over the past decade, two approaches have emerged as the gold standards—the Burch colposuspensi...
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Jerry G. Blaivas,
David C. Chaikin
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165-175
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Orthotopic urinary diversion in the female patient
The evolution of urinary diversion after radical cystectomy has been impressive over the past century. The ideal form of diversion has yet to be determined, but orthotopic reconstruction offers the mo...
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Emily E. Cole,
Joseph A. Smith
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293-300
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Female urethral reconstruction
The female urethra is relatively short compared with its male counterpart and is generally between 2 and 4 cm in length. It is made up of an inner layer of mucosal epithelium with numerous infoldings ...
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Nirit Rosenblum,
Victor W. Nitti
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213-223
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The tension-free vaginal tape procedure
The first sling operation was reported by Von Giordano in 1907. Von Giordano used a gracilis muscle flap in a patient with epispadias . In 1970, the Goebell-Frankenheim-Stoekel procedure was described...
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Steven D. Kleeman,
Mickey M. Karram
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177-184
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Cystocele repair with interpositional grafting
Anterior compartment vaginal prolapse, also known as cystocele, is one of numerous types of pelvic floor relaxation that arise from weakening of the endopelvic fascia and herniation of pelvic viscera ...
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Patrick B. Leu,
Harriette S. Scarpero,
Roger R. Dmochowski
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225-231
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Advances in Surgery for Incontinence
It is becoming increasingly recognized that the associated morbidity and costs associated with urinary incontinence is placing a greater and greater burden on patients, their caregivers, and third-par...
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Martin I. Resnick
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Advances in Surgery for Incontinence
I am excited to present a new issue of the Atlas of Urologic Clinics that deals with advancements in incontinence surgery. We have taken a global approach in viewing the various procedures, and I have...
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Roger R. Dmochowski
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The SPARC Sling System
The SPARC Sling System (American Medical Systems, Minnetonka, Minnesota) is a minimally invasive sling procedure that implants a loosely knitted, self-fixating, 1-cm-wide, 4-0 polypropylene mesh at th...
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David R. Staskin,
Renuka Tyagi
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185-195
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Robotic pelvic prolapse surgery
Recent advances in minimally invasive surgery include the increased use of laparoscopic techniques for the performance of a variety of complex genitourinary reconstructive surgeries. Advances in sutur...
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S. Duke Herrell,
Roger R. Dmochowski
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243-250
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