Leiomyomas are the most common pelvic tumors in women. About 20-30% of women older than 35 are affected. Rare conditions of leiomyomas have extrauterine locations. Myxoid degeneration is a rare type of leiomyoma degeneration. We report a case of solid-cystic myxoid leiomyoma in a 53-year-old woman complained of constipation, urinary hesitation, and malodorous vaginal discharge with palpable 17 ...

The spectrum of female urethral and periurethral disorders includes both benign and malignant entities. Establishing an accurate clinical diagnosis may be challenging because symptoms and physical findings frequently overlap among the various entities. Recent technologic advances in magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and ultrasonography (US) allow more detailed evaluation of urethral and periureth...

BACKGROUND The assessment of multiple aspects of male sexual function after pelvic fracture. METHODS A cross-sectional retrospective study of male sexual function was conducted. Patients admitted with traumatic pelvic fracture between January 1995 and June 2001 were included. One hundred and two patients were invited by mail. After performing a standardized clinical examination including an i...

St. Mark’s electrode used in the study has the distance between the stimuli and recording sites known in a region of difficult access for measuring. This would become the method more standardized and appropriate for pelvic floor, besides probably causing less discomfort than the transmuscular perineal route. These alternative methods for PNTML assessment might be useful in routine practice, mai...

Image-based quantifications of visceral adipose tissue (VAT) volumes from segmented VAT areas are increasingly considered for risk assessment in obese patients. The goal of this study was to determine the power of partial VAT areas to predict total VAT volume in morbidly obese patients (BMI > 40 kg/m(2)) as a function of gender, age and anatomical landmarks. 130 morbidly obese patients (mean BM...

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of pelvic diagonal movements, made with and without resistance, on the thickness of lumbar multifidus muscles. [Subjects and Methods] Participants in this study were healthy subjects who had no musculoskeletal disorders or lumbar-related pain. Participants were positioned on their side and instructed to lie with their hip flexor at ...

Introduction. Tubocutaneous fistula is a very rare condition; most cases described in the literature are secondary to endometriosis, tuberculosis, and complications of child birth and gynecological operations. Case Presentation. We report a case of 40-year-old woman who presented with tubocutaneous fistula secondary to pelvic inflammatory disease which was diagnosed in the setting of persistent...

AIM We examined 435 women of Aktobe region and 328 women of South Kazakhstan region, living in areas bordering the Aral Sea region during the study and comparative assessment of the impact of climatic and anthropogenic factors of Aral region on the reproductive health of the female population. MATERIAL AND METHODS The survey based on the comprehensive clinical-functional and laboratory studie...

Objective assessment Objective assessment of the pelvic floor muscles includes an abdominal, perineal, neurological and digital rectal examination. This assessment can be undertaken by a nurse or physiotherapist with specialist supervised training. The patient should be allowed to be chaperoned by a partner, friend or a member of staff. The objective assessment should always begin with an expla...