Minimally Invasive Therapy for Urinary Incontinence and Pelvic Organ Prolapse

Gopal H. Badlani, MDProfessor & Vice Chair, Urology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Department of Urology, Winston-Salem, NC, USA

• Basic Urologic History and Questionnaires and the Role of Imaging in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery.- Urodynamics: Indications, Technique, and Fluoroscopy.- Retropubic Midurethral Synthetic Slings for Female Stress Urinary Incontinence.- Transobturator Tape.- Female SUI: Single-Incision Slings.- Fascial Slings: Is There Still a Place?.- Female Stress Urinary Incontinence Surgery Complications: Diagnosis, Evaluation and Management.- The Artificial Urinary Sphincter.- Complications of Male Incontinence Procedures: Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Management.- Stem Cells for the Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence.- Treatment of Overactive Bladder Refractory to Medications.- Intravesical Therapy for Refractory Overactive Bladder and Detrusor Overactivity in Adults: Botulinum Toxin-A.- Sacral Neurostimulation: Interstim.- Neuromodulation: PNS.- Pudendal Nerve Stimulation.- Pelvic Organ Prolapse: Planning for Surgery--Indications, Decision, Special Instruments, and Controversies.- Materials for Pelvic Repair.- Pelvic Organ Prolapse in the Anterior Compartment: Kits and Customized Repairs.- Pelvic Organ Prolapse: Posterior Repairs.- Apical Repairs.- POP Complications and Their Management.- Minimally Invasive Abdominal Surgery in the Management of Pelvic Dysfunction.

"The book covers the basic pathophysiology of female pelvic floor dysfunction, its evaluation and management as well management of male incontinence. The chapters are detailed, divided into coherent sub-sections and well edited to avoid major overlap. ... Surgeons who deal with urinary incontinence, both urologists and gynaecologists, would benefit from reading this book." (Rajeev Kumar, The National Medical Journal of India, Vol. 27 (5), September-October, 2014) "This is a concise overview of the evaluation and management of female and male incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. ... the book provides a reference for urologists and gynecologists who treat patients with incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. It fulfills the editor's objective: to compile a book that can be used by pelvic surgeons, both those who are fellowship trained and those who are not. ... a helpful addition to the collection of any urologic or gynecologic reconstructive surgeon." (Alana Murphy, Doody's Book Reviews, June, 2014)