Dynamic evaluation of pelvic floor reconstructive surgery

Dynamic evaluation of pelvic floor reconstructive surgery.

Doctor Palma and colleagues, from State University of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil, performed on page 209 a prospective study to achieve visualization of the reestablishment of anatomy after reconstructive surgery in the different pelvic compartments. They studied a total of 30 female patients with stress urinary incontinence (SUI), anterior and posterior vaginal wall prolapse, or both, that und...

Dynamic evaluation of pelvic floor reconstructive surgery using radiopaque meshes and three-dimensional helical CT.

PURPOSE This prospective study was performed to achieve visualization of the reestablishment of anatomy after reconstructive surgery in the different pelvic compartments with non-absorbable radiopaque meshes, providing valuable anatomic information for surgeons implanting meshes. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 30 female patients with stress urinary incontinence (SUI), anterior and posterior...

Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery

The role of tridimensional dynamic ultrasound for pelvic floor evaluation.

INTRODUCTION Dynamic endoanal ultrasound has emerged in recent years as a test that could replace the now existing tests in the diagnosis of pelvic floor disorders. The aim of this paper is to determine the usefulness of echodefecography in the diagnosis and evaluation of patients with symptoms of anorrectal obstruction, and show the results obtained after its implementation in a pelvic floor u...

Use of Grafts in Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery

There has been growing interest in the use of grafts in pelvic reconstructive surgery. This article will address available graft materials and assess their clinical efficacy and safety. We conducted a Pubmed MEDLINE literature search for full-length English text studies with follow-up periods of at least one year. There are many reports on synthetic and biological graft materials; the majority ...