Pelviperineology

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Language and communicationWhy is it so difficult to define constipation? by: Giuseppe Dodi, Erica Stocco, Peter Petros

In the "land" of the pelvic floor where three main specialists, the urologist, gynaecologist and coloproctologist in most cases still work separately, but often share patients' complaints, a common language is quite important to better understanding what patients and colleagues mean when they say something. Defining constipation, and faecal incontinence as well, is a difficult task as patients and physicians have quite different feelings and opinions on the matter.  [More]

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Original article Efficacy and safety of transobturator polypropylene hernia mesh (TOT) for female urinary stress incontinence: mean and large follow-up (7 years) by Leonel Briozzo, Fernanda Nozar, Verónica Fiol, Soledad Bottaro, Fernanda Gómez

In 1994 DeLancey proposed the "hammock hypothesis", which states that "increases in urethral closure pressure during a cough probably arise because the urethra is compressed against a hammock-like supporting layer". Since Petros and Ulmsten`s concept (1996), minimal invasive surgery using a mid-urethral support without tension (tension free vaginal tape-TVT-technique) has been widespread.TVT has been shown to be effective with a cure rate of incontinence of more than 80%, thus eventually becoming the reference standard technique.  [More]

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Original article Transanal Doppler-guided Hemorrhoidal Artery Ligation and Recto Anal Repair vs Closed Hemorrhoidectomy for treatment of grade III-IV hemorrhoids. A randomized trial
by Eugeny Al Zagryadskiy, Sergey I Gorelov

Today, hemorrhoidal disease (HD) is considered to be a typical disease of civilization or lifestyle, and some 70% of the working population is faced with this problem at some stage. In most cases, the severity of ailments depends on how advanced the disease is. Therapeutic treatment of hemorrhoidal disease ranges from diet to medication. During the early stages of hemorrhoidal disease, good results can be achieved with infrared coagulation, sclerotherapy, and rubber-band ligation. [More]

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Case report Case report-hypothesis: a congenitally lax pubourethral ligament may be a contributing cause of vesico-ureteric reflux by Alfons Gunnemann, Shu Fon Muna, Peter Petros

There have been no new hypotheses for causation of vesico-ureteric reflux for many years. The aim of this report is to present a new hypothesis, deriving from the field of female stress incontinence. In females with stress urinary incontinence, application of pressure on the anterior vaginal wall at midurethra with a hemostat restores the funnelled geometry of the vesicourethral junction to normal, and continence.  [More]

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Short abstracts International Pelviperineology Congress October 6-9, 2011 - Dockside Convention Centre, Cockle Bay, Darling Harbour, Sydney, Australia

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Full abstracts International Pelviperineology Congress October 6-9, 2011 - Dockside Convention Centre, Cockle Bay, Darling Harbour, Sydney, Australia

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