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Epidemiology and natural history of pelvic floor dysfunction
Richard C. Bump,Peggy Norton +1 more
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Understanding both the specific predisposing factors that place an individual woman at risk and the precise events of the labor and delivery process that initiate injury and dysfunction is important for primary prevention.About:
This article is published in Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America.The article was published on 1998-12-01. It has received 573 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Pelvic floor dysfunction & Urinary incontinence.read more
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Surgical management of pelvic organ prolapse in women
TL;DR: Meta-analysis on the impact of continence surgery at the time of prolapse surgery was performed with data from seven studies, and abdominal sacral colpopexy was associated with a lower rate of recurrent vault prolapse and dyspareunia than with vaginal sacrospinous col popexy.
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Short forms of two condition-specific quality-of-life questionnaires for women with pelvic floor disorders (PFDI-20 and PFIQ-7).
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed short forms of 2 valid and reliable condition-specific quality-of-life questionnaires for women with disorders of the pelvic floor including urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, and fecal infinence (Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory and Pelvic Floor Impact Questionnaire).
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Pelvic organ prolapse
TL;DR: No effective prevention strategy for prolapse has been identified, and considerations include weight loss, reduction of heavy lifting, treatment of constipation, modification or reduction of obstetric risk factors, and pelvic-floor physical therapy.
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Surgical management of pelvic organ prolapse in women (Withdrawn Paper. 2007, art.no. CD004014)
TL;DR: Abdominal sacrocol popexy is associated with a lower rate of recurrent vault prolapse and dyspareunia than the vaginal sacrospinous colpopexy and Posterior vaginal wall repair may be better than transanal repair in the management of rectoceles in terms of recurrence of prolapse.
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Psychometric evaluation of 2 comprehensive condition-specific quality of life instruments for women with pelvic floor disorders.
Matthew D. Barber,Matthew D. Barber,Maggie Kuchibhatla,Maggie Kuchibhatla,Carl F. Pieper,Carl F. Pieper,Richard C. Bump,Richard C. Bump +7 more
TL;DR: The PFDI and the PFIQ are reliable, valid, condition-specific quality of life instruments for women with pelvic floor disorders and proved to be internally consistent and reproducible.
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The standardization of terminology of female pelvic organ prolapse and pelvic floor dysfunction
Richard C. Bump,Anders Mattiasson,Kari Bø,Linda Brubaker,John O.L. DeLancey,Peter Klarskov,Bob L. Shull,Anthony R. Smith +7 more
TL;DR: A standard system of terminology recently approved by the International Continence Society, the American Urogynecologic Society, and the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons for the description of female pelvic organ prolapse and pelvic floor dysfunction is presented.
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Epidemiology of surgically managed pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence.
TL;DR: Pelvic floor dysfunction is a major health issue for older women, as shown by the 11.1% lifetime risk of undergoing a single operation for pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence, as well as the large proportion of reoperations.
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TL;DR: The Eye of Flute: Chumash Traditional History and Ritual as Told by Fernando Librado Kitsepawit to John P. Harrington as discussed by the authors, was published by the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
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U.S. householder survey of functional gastrointestinal disorders. Prevalence, sociodemography, and health impact.
Douglas A. Drossman,Zhiming Li,E Andruzzi,R D Temple,Nicholas J. Talley,W G Thompson,William E. Whitehead,J Janssens,Peter Funch-Jensen,E Corazziari +9 more
TL;DR: Symptom reporting, except for incontinence, declines with age, and low income is associated with greater symptom reporting, and the rate of work/school absenteeism and physician visits is increased for those having a functional gastrointestinal disorder.
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Anal-sphincter disruption during vaginal delivery
TL;DR: The incidence of damage to the anal sphincter and the relation of injury to symptoms, anorectal physiologic function, and the mode of delivery was sought to determine.