Abstract Introduction Around 50%-70% of all women, at any moment their lives, will undergo pelvic surgery such as abdominal and vaginal hysterectomies, laparoscopic or robotic-assisted exploratory laparotomies for multiple reasons. These reasons include; endometriosis, chronic pain, adhesions secondary to inflammatory disease, infected perforated IUDs, previous surgeries, abscesses cysts, perit...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the clinical outcomes and urodynamic effects of tailored anterior transvaginal mesh surgery (ATVM) and tailored posterior transvaginal mesh surgery (PTVM). METHODS We developed ATVM for the simultaneous correction of cystocele and stress urinary incontinence and PTVM for the simultaneous correction of enterocoele, uterine prolapse, vaginal stump prolapse, and rectocele. ...

INTRODUCTION Constipation is a relatively common problem affecting 15 percent of adults in the Western world, and over half of these cases are related to pelvic floor disorders. This article reviews the clinical presentation and diagnostic approach to posterior pelvic floor disorders, including how to image and treat them. METHODS A Pubmed search using keywords "rectal prolapse," "rectocele,"...

Background: Complete colonic duplication is a very rare congenital anomaly that may have different presentations according to its location and size. Complete colonic duplication can occur in 15% of gastrointestinal duplication. We report two cases of complete colonic duplications, and their characteristics. Case Presentation: We present two patients with complete colonic duplication with differ...

BACKGROUND & AIMS Age, diarrhea, and certain chronic illnesses are risk factors for fecal incontinence (FI). However, the contribution of obstetric injury to the development of FI later in life is unclear. We sought to better understand the risk factors for FI. METHODS Through the Rochester Epidemiology Project, a nested case-control study of 176 randomly selected women with FI (cases; mean a...