Textbook of Female Urology and Urogynecology

Linda Cardozo, OBE, MD, FRCOG, is Professor of Urogynecology and Consultant Gynecologist at King’s College Hospital, London, UK. David R. Staskin, MD, is Director, Female Urology and Male Voiding Dysfunction, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center and Associate Professor of Urology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

• Preface. Editors-in-Chief. Section Editors. Current Contributors. SURGERY FOR URINARY INCONTINENCE. How and Why Incontinence Surgery Works. Peri- and Postoperative Care. Traditional Surgery and Other Historical Procedures for Stress Incontinence. Retropubic Urethropexy. Fascial Slings. Retropubic Mid-Urethral Sling Procedure for the Treatment of Female Urinary Stress Incontinence. Transobturator Tape for Surgical Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence: Outside-In Technique. Single-Incision Mini-Slings. Readjustable Slings: SAFYRE and REMEEX. Artificial Urinary Sphincter for Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence in Women. Diagnosis and Treatment of Obstruction Following Incontinence Surgery: Urethrolysis and Other Techniques. Complications of Stress Urinary Incontinence Surgery. Mesh Complications and Their Management. SURGERY FOR UROGENITAL PROLAPSE. Classification and Epidemiology of Pelvic Organ Prolapse. Anterior Vaginal Wall Prolapse. Enterocele. Rectocele: Anatomic and Functional Repair. Vaginal Approach to Apical Suspension. Open Abdominal Approach to Supporting the Vaginal Apex. Uterine Preservation and Hysteropexy. Surgery for Urogenital Prolapse: Colpocleisis. Biological and Synthetic Grafts in Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery. Complications of Synthetic Mesh Used to Repair Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Stress Urinary Incontinence. Management of the Perineum, Episiotomy, and Perineal Reconstruction. Primary Repair of Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injuries. Surgery for Fecal Incontinence. Rectal Prolapse and Other Causes of Defecatory Dysfunction. LAPAROSCOPY AND ROBOTICS. The Role of Laparoscopic Surgery in Urogynecology: An Introduction. Abdominal and Pelvic Anatomy Through the Laparoscope. Training and Accreditation in Laparoscopic and Robotic Pelvic Floor Surgery. Laparoscopic Colposuspension. Laparoscopic Sacrocolpopexy. Laparoscopic Sacrohysteropexy. Prevention, Recognition and Treatment of Complications in Laparoscopic Pelvic Floor Surgery. The Role of Robotic Surgery. Cost-Effectiveness in Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery in Urogynecology. New Techniques in Laparoscopic Pelvic Floor Surgery. COMPLEX PROBLEMS. Diagnosis of Urogenital Fistula. Transvaginal Repair of VVF. Transabdominal Vesicovaginal and Vesicouterine Fistula Repair. Management of Obstetric Urogenital Fistula. Management of Iatrogenic Ureteral Injury and Ureterovaginal Fistula. Management of Urethrovaginal Fistula. Urethral Diverticulum. Diagnosis and Management of Female Urethral Stricture Disease. Bladder Reconstruction and Urinary Diversion. Gynaecological Developmental Abnormalities. Pediatric Urogynecology. Female Cosmetic Genital Surgery. Gender-Affirming Surgery, Care, and Common Complications. Index.