Daniel Altman

..To estimate prospectively the effect of first delivery on subjective bladder function and to assess the influence of subsequent deliveries and obstetric events..

..To describe the perioperative morbidity associated with transvaginal mesh repair of pelvic organ prolapse...

..There were no severe adverse events attributed to the polypropylene mesh...

..We aimed to establish the risk for stress-urinary-incontinence surgery after hysterectomy for benign indications...

..To evaluate if pelvic floor innervation differed in patients with rectocele compared to control subjects and to assess if nerve fiber density of the rectovaginal wall correlated to the clinical presentation of rectocele...

..To evaluate obstetric sphincter lacerations after a kneeling or sitting position at second stage of labor in a multivariate risk analysis model...

..To assess the clinical outcome after abdominal sacrocolpopexy using a porcine dermal graft compared with a synthetic mesh...

..To prospectively evaluate clinical outcome of rectocele repair using xenograft 3 years after surgery...

..This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of genital prolapse surgery and urinary incontinence in female patients operated on for rectal prolapse compared with a matched control group without rectal prolapse...

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..This study was designed to evaluate rectocele repair using collagen mesh...

..Improvement was not restricted to postoperative restoration of vaginal topography, and previous surgery had a negative effect on anatomical outcome...

..Vaginal topography and POP-Q staging predict neither radiological size nor visceral involvement in posterior vaginal wall prolapse. Radiological evaluation may therefore be a useful complement in selected patients...

..The use of standardized mesh kits for repair of pelvic-organ prolapse has spread rapidly in recent years, but it is unclear whether this approach results in better outcomes than traditional colporrhaphy...

..To identify risk factors for mesh exposures after anterior pelvic organ prolapse repair using a standardized trocar guided polypropylene mesh kit...

..To investigate the annual rates, types and indications for hysterectomy on benign indications in Sweden 1987-2003...

..The purpose of this study was to compare the risk of surgically treated stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and pelvic organ prolapse (POP) in relation to mode of delivery and age at first childbirth...

..To clinically and histologically evaluate inflammatory response following rectocele repair using porcine collagen mesh...

..The objective of the study was to compare the prevalence of incontinence disorders in relation with spontaneous vaginal delivery or cesarean section...

..To assess the effects of trocar guided transvaginal mesh on lower urinary tract symptoms after anterior vaginal wall prolapse repair...

..This study aimed to determine the prevalence of bowel dysfunction and anal incontinence in relation to vaginal vault prolapse surgery in women hysterectomized on benign indications...

..To determine the diabetes- and obesity-related risks for surgically managed stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse...

..The purpose of this study was to identify risk factors for surgery of vaginal vault prolapse in hysterectomized postmenopausal women...

..Hysterectomy is the most common gynecologic operation among women; study findings indicate that hysterectomy is associated with renal cell carcinoma...

..The objective of the study was to determine the risk for pelvic organ prolapse surgery attributed to hysterectomy on benign indications..

..CONCLUSION: Anal incontinence among primiparous women increases over time and is affected by further childbirth. Anal incontinence at 9 months postpartum is an important predictor of persisting symptoms...

..This study aims to determine the risk of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI) surgery related to mode of hysterectomy focusing on vaginal hysterectomy...

..To prospectively assess clinical outcomes after pelvic organ prolapse repair with a standardized trocar-guided surgical device using polypropylene mesh...

..To study the association between hysterectomy for benign indications and pelvic organ fistula disease...

..To estimate the risk for stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse surgery related to vaginal birth or cesarean delivery...

..To investigate the urodynamic effects of anterior vaginal wall prolapse surgery using either trocar guided transvaginal mesh or colporraphy...

..It does not support the use of bladder contrast at radiologic investigation in the routine preoperative assessment of patients with genital prolapse...

..To assess the influence of smoking, coffee and tea consumption on the risk for bladder pain syndrome (BPS) using the O'Leary Interstitial Cystitis Symptom Index (ICSI)...

..Unwanted postoperative effects on bowel function are a topic of recent debate. The aim of the present study was to prospectively evaluate the influence of hysterectomy on bowel function...

..We aim to investigate whether familial factors confound the association between maternal smoking during pregnancy and overweight in early adulthood in young Swedish males born 1983-88...

..To estimate sexual dysfunction before and after trocar-guided transvaginal mesh surgery for pelvic organ prolapse...

..To assess the impact of oral contraceptives on lower urinary tract dysfunction in premenopausal women...

..This study was a prospective evaluation of the long-term effects of hysterectomy on bowel function using self-reported outcome measures on symptoms of constipation, rectal emptying difficulties, and anal incontinence...

..The importance of genetic factors for BPS is receiving growing attention, but data so far are of a preliminary nature...

..6; 95% CI, 1.4-31.4). Other medical and life style interactions did not remain at significant levels in an adjusted multivariable analysis. Obese women are at increased risk for mild to moderate flatus incontinence...

..In this population-based cohort study, we studied the effects of hysterectomy, with or without oopherectomy, on the risk of later life CVD...

..The present study does not support the assumption that abdominal or vaginal hysterectomy is associated with de novo or deteriorating symptoms of urinary incontinence...

..The aim of work is to study the natural progression of anal incontinence (AI) in women 10 years after their first delivery and to identify risk factors associated with persistent AI...

..We prospectively evaluated the histological inflammatory response to the large polypropylene transvaginal mesh used for pelvic organ prolapse surgery...

..To determine the genetic and environmental influence on the liability for stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse surgery...

..Little is known about the role of inflammation in the etiology of breast cancer. The aim of this study was to examine possible associations between a history of mastitis requiring hospitalization and subsequent risk of breast cancer...

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..Thus, the association between prenatal smoking exposure and offspring risk of low intellectual performance appears to be completely confounded by familial (genetic and early environmental) factors...

..This case series aims to determine the feasibility of performing a tension-free vaginal tape procedure after failed transurethral injection treatment in women with stress urinary incontinence...

..9, 95% CI 1.7-8.5) were independent predictors for SUI at 9 months follow-up. Vaginal delivery is associated with an increased risk for lower urinary tract symptoms 9 months after childbirth when compared to elective cesarean section...

..Nationwide use and costs of anticholinergic drug for overactive bladder are unknown...

..The optimal surgery for lateral defects is not well defined. Our objective was to assess the effects of anterior trocar-guided transvaginal mesh repair versus anterior colporrhaphy in women with lateral defects...

..To summarize and describe present knowledge regarding the incidence, cause and risk factors of pelvic organ fistula related to hysterectomy...

..The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of antibiotic treatment on outcome in the conservative management of patients with mild AD...

..All women delivered normally sized babies with normal Apgar scores. An early intervention program may be successful in helping obese women control weight gain during pregnancy without adverse perinatal outcomes...