Featuring contributions by an international team of the worlds experts in urology and gynecology, this fifth edition reinforces its status as the classic comprehensive resource on female urology and urogynecology and an essential clinical reference in the field. There are new chapters throughout and new commentaries on important documents in the appendixes; each volume is now available separately. *Offers a comprehensive guide to surgical aspects *Covers important and common topics such as pelvic organ prolapse and robotic surgery and newer topics such as transgender surgery *Presents a practical and manageable level of detail
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.
Linda Cardozo, OBE, MD, FRCOG, is Professor of Urogynecology and Consultant Gynecologist at Kings College Hospital, London, UK. David R. Staskin, MD, is Director, Female Urology and Male Voiding Dysfunction, St. Elizabeths Medical Center and Associate Professor of Urology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
