SUFU 2008 Winter Meeting - POS #14 - The Effect of Posterior Compartment Repair on Outcome of Suburethral Sling
Friday, 09 May 2008
Introduction and Objectives:
While concomitant repair of posterior compartment defects (PCD) has traditionally been thought to improve the cure rate of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) surgery, recent publications suggest PCD repair increases SUI recurrence after surgical SUI treatment.
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SUFU 2008 Winter Meeting - POS #16 - Standardization of Pelvic Organ Prolapse on MRI
Friday, 09 May 2008
Introduction and Objectives:
The coexistence of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and pelvic organ prolapse (POP) occurs as a result of pelvic floor weakening.
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SUFU 2008 Winter Meeting - POS #18 - Impact of Clinical and Urodynamic Evaluation on Patients’ Choice of Treatment for Female Stress Urinary Incontinence
Friday, 09 May 2008
Introduction and Objectives:
Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI) is prevalent in about 23 – 37% of American women.1
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SUFU 2008 Winter Meeting - POS #19 - Bovine Dermis: A Novel Biologic Substitute for Autologous Tissue in Sling Surgery
Friday, 09 May 2008
Introduction and Objectives:
Acellular bovine dermis (BOV) is a novel material for surgical treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI), and lacks an assessment of clinical outcomes or in vivo biocompatibility.
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SUFU 2008 Winter Meeting - POS #20 - Does Severity of Objective Degree of Stress Incontinence (SUI) Predict Diagnosis of SUI by Urodynamics (UDS) or Physical Exam?
Friday, 09 May 2008
Introduction and Objectives:
To assess the effectiveness of severity of symptoms of SUI to predict an objective diagnosis of SUI by valsalva leak point pressure (VLPP) on UDS and cough test on physical exam (PE).
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SUFU 2008 Winter Meeting - POD #28 - Is Obesity Truly a Risk Factor for Failure in Sling Surgery for Stress Incontinence in Women?
Wednesday, 07 May 2008
Introduction and Objectives: Obese women have been previously shown to have similar durable outcomes after undergoing pubovaginal slings (PVS) constructed from autologous rectus fascia (ARF), porcine dermis (PD), and polypropylene midurethral slings (PP).
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SUFU 2008 Winter Meeting - POS #BS13 - Pubo-urethral Ligament Injury Causes Long Term Stress Urinary Incontinence in Female Rats
Monday, 05 May 2008
Introduction and Objectives: Mid-urethral slings were invented based on the integral theory of deficiency of pubo-urethral ligament (PUL) in women.
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SUFU 2008 Winter Meeting - POS #BS15 - Periurethral Injection of Autologous Adipose-Derived Stem Cells with Hepatocyte Growth Factor-Impregnated PLGA Microspheres for Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence in an Animal Model
Monday, 05 May 2008
Introduction and Objectives: Current strategies for treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) fail to target the pathophysiology of intrinsic sphinteric deficiency.
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SUFU 2008 Winter Meeting - POS #MP6 - The Adjustable Continence Therapy (ACT) System: Preliminary Results of the North America Act Clinical Study Group
Monday, 05 May 2008
Introduction and Objectives:
Management of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) associated with intrinsic sphincter deficiency can be difficult after prior failed therapies.
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SUFU 2008 Winter Meeting - POS #MP7 - Preoperative Urodynamic Testing does not Predict Postoperative Voiding Dysfunction among Women Undergoing Surgery for SUI: Results from a Prospective Randomized Trial Comparing Burch Versus Sling
Monday, 05 May 2008
Introduction and Objectives:
Voiding dysfunction (VD) occurs in 2-20% of patients following surgery for stress urinary incontinence (SUI).
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SUFU 2008 Winter Meeting - POS #MP25 - Biochemical Relationships Between Urodynamic Pressures During Cough and Valsalva in Normal and Stress Incontinent Women
Monday, 05 May 2008
Introduction and Objectives: Precision in relational descriptions between standardized urodynamic pressures during cough and valsalva events and the functional event (leakage) is likely to advance our understanding of the etiology of stress urinary incontinence.
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SUFU 2008 Winter Meeting - POS #MP10 - Artifical Urinary Sphincter vs. Male Perineal Sling for Treatment of Post Prostatectomy Incontinence: What do Patients Choose?
Monday, 05 May 2008
Introduction and Objectives:
Currently there are two surgical procedures to treat post prostatectomy stress incontinence (PPI), artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) and male sling (MS).
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SUFU 2008 Winter Meeting - POS #BS10 - Temporal Effects of Vaginal Distension and Bilateral Pudendal Nerve Transection on Leak-Point Pressure and Urethral Anatomy in Female Mice
Friday, 02 May 2008
Introduction and Objectives: Vaginal distension (VD) and pudendal nerve injury (PNI) have been used for creation of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in rats.
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SUFU 2008 Winter Meeting - POD #9 - The Combination of Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation with Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Neuromodulation in the Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence
Wednesday, 30 April 2008
Introduction and Objectives: Stress incontinence has been show to be successfully treated by pelvic muscle floor rehabilitation with or without biofeedback or electrical stimulation.
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