M P Fitzgerald

Summary

Affiliation: Loyola University Medical Center
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Rehabilitation of the short pelvic floor. II: Treatment of the patient with the short pelvic floor
    M P Fitzgerald
    Division of Women s Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, 2160 South First Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
    Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct 14:269-75; discussion 275. 2003
  2. ncbi Randomized multicenter feasibility trial of myofascial physical therapy for the treatment of urological chronic pelvic pain syndromes
    Mary P Fitzgerald
    Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
    J Urol 189:S75-85. 2013
  3. ncbi The association of nocturia with cardiac disease, diabetes, body mass index, age and diuretic use: results from the BACH survey
    Mary P Fitzgerald
    Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois 60153, USA
    J Urol 177:1385-9. 2007
  4. ncbi Chronic pelvic pain
    Mary P Fitzgerald
    Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Bldg 103, Room 1004, 2160 South First Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
    Curr Womens Health Rep 3:327-33. 2003
  5. ncbi Rehabilitation of the short pelvic floor. I: Background and patient evaluation
    M P Fitzgerald
    Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, 2160 South First Avenue, Maywood, IL 60152, USA
    Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct 14:261-8. 2003
  6. ncbi Physiology of the lower urinary tract
    Mary P Fitzgerald
    Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
    Clin Obstet Gynecol 47:18-27. 2004
  7. ncbi Risk factors for anal sphincter tear during vaginal delivery
    Mary P Fitzgerald
    Loyola University Medical Center, Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 109:29-34. 2007
  8. ncbi Medium-term follow-up on use of freeze-dried, irradiated donor fascia for sacrocolpopexy and sling procedures
    Mary Pat Fitzgerald
    Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, USA
    Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct 15:238-42. 2004
  9. ncbi Anatomic and functional changes of the lower urinary tract during pregnancy
    Mary P Fitzgerald
    Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Urology, Loyola University Medical Center, 2160 South First Avenue, Bldg 1003, Room 1004, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
    Urol Clin North Am 34:7-12. 2007
  10. ncbi Childhood urinary symptoms predict adult overactive bladder symptoms
    Mary Pat Fitzgerald
    Department of Obstetrics Gynecology and Urology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois 60153, USA
    J Urol 175:989-93. 2006

Research Grants

  1. Sensory Testing in Subjects with Interstitial Cystitis
    Mary FitzGerald; Fiscal Year: 2004
  2. BOTULINUM TOXIN THERAPY FOR INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS/CHRON*
    Mary FitzGerald; Fiscal Year: 2007
  3. Nocturia and Chronic Medical illness
    Mary FitzGerald; Fiscal Year: 2007

Detail Information

Publications60

  1. ncbi Rehabilitation of the short pelvic floor. II: Treatment of the patient with the short pelvic floor
    M P Fitzgerald
    Division of Women s Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, 2160 South First Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
    Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct 14:269-75; discussion 275. 2003
    ..Therapy can be facilitated by pudendal or epidural nerve block. Patients contribute to their success through home maintenance programs...
  2. ncbi Randomized multicenter feasibility trial of myofascial physical therapy for the treatment of urological chronic pelvic pain syndromes
    Mary P Fitzgerald
    Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
    J Urol 189:S75-85. 2013
    ..We determined the feasibility of conducting a randomized clinical trial designed to compare 2 methods of manual therapy (myofascial physical therapy and global therapeutic massage) in patients with urological chronic pelvic pain syndromes...
  3. ncbi The association of nocturia with cardiac disease, diabetes, body mass index, age and diuretic use: results from the BACH survey
    Mary P Fitzgerald
    Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois 60153, USA
    J Urol 177:1385-9. 2007
    ..We examined the association of nocturia with age, race/ethnicity, gender, cardiac disease, diabetes, body mass index and diuretic use...
  4. ncbi Chronic pelvic pain
    Mary P Fitzgerald
    Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Bldg 103, Room 1004, 2160 South First Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
    Curr Womens Health Rep 3:327-33. 2003
    ..These insights suggest that we consider directing our treatment efforts away from the visceral organ presumed to be primarily responsible for the CPP and toward treatment of the neurologic mechanisms that sustain chronic pain...
  5. ncbi Rehabilitation of the short pelvic floor. I: Background and patient evaluation
    M P Fitzgerald
    Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, 2160 South First Avenue, Maywood, IL 60152, USA
    Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct 14:261-8. 2003
    ..There are associated trigger points and characteristic extrapelvic connective tissue abnormalities. We report the characteristic patterns of myofascial and connective tissue abnormalities in 49 patients presenting with this syndrome...
  6. ncbi Physiology of the lower urinary tract
    Mary P Fitzgerald
    Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
    Clin Obstet Gynecol 47:18-27. 2004
  7. ncbi Risk factors for anal sphincter tear during vaginal delivery
    Mary P Fitzgerald
    Loyola University Medical Center, Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 109:29-34. 2007
    ..To identify risk factors associated with anal sphincter tear during vaginal delivery and to identify opportunities for preventing this cause of fecal incontinence in young women...
  8. ncbi Medium-term follow-up on use of freeze-dried, irradiated donor fascia for sacrocolpopexy and sling procedures
    Mary Pat Fitzgerald
    Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, USA
    Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct 15:238-42. 2004
    ..The use of freeze-dried, irradiated donor fascia for both SCP and sling procedures was associated with an unacceptably high failure rate in our series...
  9. ncbi Anatomic and functional changes of the lower urinary tract during pregnancy
    Mary P Fitzgerald
    Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Urology, Loyola University Medical Center, 2160 South First Avenue, Bldg 1003, Room 1004, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
    Urol Clin North Am 34:7-12. 2007
    ....
  10. ncbi Childhood urinary symptoms predict adult overactive bladder symptoms
    Mary Pat Fitzgerald
    Department of Obstetrics Gynecology and Urology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois 60153, USA
    J Urol 175:989-93. 2006
    ..In this analysis we investigated the relationship between childhood and adult urinary symptoms in middle-aged women...
  11. ncbi How do urinary diaries of women with an overactive bladder differ from those of asymptomatic controls?
    Mary P Fitzgerald
    Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
    BJU Int 96:365-7. 2005
    ..To quantify clinically important differences in common diary variables between asymptomatic controls and women with symptoms of overactive bladder (OAB), controlling for the effects of age and race...
  12. ncbi Colpocleisis: a review
    Mary P Fitzgerald
    Loyola University Medical Center, 2160 South First Avenue, Bld 103, Room 1004, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
    Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct 17:261-71. 2006
    ..To summarize published data about colpocleisis and to highlight areas about which data are lacking...
  13. ncbi What is the pain of interstitial cystitis like?
    M P Fitzgerald
    Department of Urology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
    Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct 17:69-72. 2006
    ....
  14. ncbi Prolapse severity, symptoms and impact on quality of life among women planning sacrocolpopexy
    M P Fitzgerald
    Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, USA
    Int J Gynaecol Obstet 98:24-8. 2007
    ..To explore the relationship between severity of pelvic organ prolapse (POP), symptoms of pelvic dysfunction and quality of life using validated measures...
  15. ncbi Bother arising from urinary frequency in women
    M P Fitzgerald
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Section of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, Rush Presbyterian St Luke s Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    Neurourol Urodyn 21:36-40; discussion 41. 2002
    ..A racially diverse study of the voiding habits of asymptomatic North American women is mandated...
  16. ncbi Randomized multicenter feasibility trial of myofascial physical therapy for the treatment of urological chronic pelvic pain syndromes
    Mary P Fitzgerald
    Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois 60153, USA
    J Urol 182:570-80. 2009
    ..We determined the feasibility of conducting a randomized clinical trial designed to compare 2 methods of manual therapy (myofascial physical therapy and global therapeutic massage) in patients with urological chronic pelvic pain syndromes...
  17. ncbi Nocturia, nocturnal incontinence prevalence, and response to anticholinergic and behavioral therapy
    M P Fitzgerald
    Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
    Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct 19:1545-50. 2008
    ..Among these urge incontinent women, tolterodine with or without supervised behavioral therapy had little impact on either nocturic frequency or nocturnal incontinence...
  18. ncbi Pelvic support, pelvic symptoms, and patient satisfaction after colpocleisis
    M P Fitzgerald
    Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, 2160 South First Avenue, Bldg 103, Room 1004, Maywood, IL, 60153, USA
    Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct 19:1603-9. 2008
    ..Colpocleisis was effective in resolving prolapse and pelvic symptoms and was associated with high patient satisfaction...
  19. ncbi Pelvic-floor strength in women with incontinence as assessed by the brink scale
    Mary P Fitzgerald
    Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, 2160 S First Ave, Bldg 103, Room 1004, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
    Phys Ther 87:1316-24. 2007
    ..The purpose of this study was to describe how clinical pelvic-floor muscle (PFM) strength (force-generating capacity) is related to patient characteristics, lower urinary tract symptoms, and fecal incontinence symptoms...
  20. ncbi Chronic lower urinary symptoms do not predict bacteriuria
    Mary FitzGerald
    Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
    Int J Gynaecol Obstet 101:302-3. 2008
  21. ncbi Urinary incontinence symptom scores and urodynamic diagnoses
    Mary P Fitzgerald
    Department of Obstetrics Gynecology, Division of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, Rush Presbyterian St Luke s Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    Neurourol Urodyn 21:30-5. 2002
    ..Scores on the symptom scales were inadequate predictors of eventual urodynamic diagnoses, especially among women with advance-stage POP...
  22. ncbi Responsiveness of quality of life measurements to change after reconstructive pelvic surgery
    M P Fitzgerald
    Section of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rush Presbyterian St Luke s Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
    Am J Obstet Gynecol 185:20-4. 2001
    ....
  23. ncbi Role of urethral electromyography in predicting outcome of Burch retropubic urethropexy
    K Kenton
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, Rush-Presbyterian-St Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
    Am J Obstet Gynecol 185:51-5. 2001
    ..Urethral electromyography may be used to assess the neuromuscular integrity of the striated urethral sphincter and to help predict which women will have successful retropubic urethropexy procedures...
  24. ncbi Complex repetitive discharges during urethral sphincter EMG: clinical correlates
    M P Fitzgerald
    Section of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rush Presbyterian St Luke s Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
    Neurourol Urodyn 19:577-83. 2000
    ..Urethral CRDs appear to be a non-specific finding, and it is premature to alter the approach to patients with lower urinary tract dysfunction for this reason...
  25. ncbi Risk factors for an elevated postvoid residual urine volume in women with symptoms of urinary urgency, frequency and urge incontience
    M P Fitzgerald
    Rush Presbyterian-St Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct 12:237-9; discussion 239-40. 2001
    ..In patients with UI the presence of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) > or = stage II, symptoms of voiding difficulty and the absence of the symptom of stress incontinence, predicted 82% of patients with an elevated PVR...
  26. ncbi The etiology of urinary retention after surgery for genuine stress incontinence
    M P Fitzgerald
    Section of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rush Presbyterian St Luke s Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    Neurourol Urodyn 20:13-21. 2001
    ..Our study supports other research that suggests that failure of relaxation of the striated urethral sphincter contributes to postoperative urinary retention...
  27. ncbi Urodynamic prolapse reduction alters urethral pressure but not filling or pressure flow parameters
    E R Mueller
    Department of Urology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois 60153, USA
    J Urol 177:600-3. 2007
    ....
  28. ncbi Failure of allograft suburethral slings
    M P Fitzgerald
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery, Rush Presbyterian St Luke s Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    BJU Int 84:785-8. 1999
    ..To report our experience of using freeze-dried irradiated fascia lata allografts for suburethral sling procedures...
  29. ncbi Urinary habits among asymptomatic women
    M P Fitzgerald
    Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, USA
    Am J Obstet Gynecol 187:1384-8. 2002
    ..It is probably inappropriate to apply a single set of normative values to all women in the United States because of the significant variability in regional climates and populations...
  30. ncbi Variability of 24-hour voiding diary variables among asymptomatic women
    M P Fitzgerald
    Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, USA
    J Urol 169:207-9. 2003
    ..Pooled data concerning raw urinary frequency and urine volumes may vary significantly without any treatment. When urinary frequency is of interest, the number of voids per liter intake may represent the most stable measure...
  31. ncbi Validation of the clinical bulbocavernosus reflex
    C Wester
    Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois 60153, USA
    Neurourol Urodyn 22:589-91; discussion 591-2. 2003
    ..Of the seven women with clinically absent BCR, just one had absent CARs. CONCLUSIONS: In this sample of women with detrusor overactivity, the clinical BCR did not have strong correlation with the electrically obtained reflex...
  32. ncbi Myosin isoforms in female human detrusor
    M P Fitzgerald
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Section of Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery, Rush Presbyterian St Luke s Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    Neurourol Urodyn 20:23-9. 2001
    ..Animal models utilizing outlet obstruction of the bladder to provoke detrusor instability and detrusor hypertrophy are known to alter myosin isoform distribution and may not be appropriate models of detrusor instability in human females...
  33. ncbi The antigenicity of fascia lata allografts
    M P Fitzgerald
    Department of Obstetrics Gynecology, Division of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, Rush Presbyterian St Luke s Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612 3865, USA
    BJU Int 86:826-8. 2000
    ..To determine whether commercially available fascia lata allograft material contains donor antigens...
  34. ncbi Donor fascia in urogynaecological procedures: a canine model
    M P Fitzgerald
    Division of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, Rush Presbyterian St Luke s Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
    BJU Int 87:682-9. 2001
    ..To explore the in vivo characteristics of donor fascia used in urogynaecological procedures, in a canine model...
  35. ncbi Pubic osteomyelitis and granuloma after bone anchor placement
    M P Fitzgerald
    Section of Urogynecology, Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL, USA
    Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct 10:346-8. 1999
    ..The use of bone anchors in suburethral sling surgery is associated with possible increase in patient morbidity, and no benefit to the patient has been shown...
  36. ncbi Gender differences in 24-hour urinary diaries of asymptomatic North American adults
    E Mueller
    Department of Urology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois 60302, USA
    J Urol 173:490-2. 2005
    ..Those gender specific studies found that urinary diary variables are affected by age and race. By comparing the data from those studies we determined the effect of gender on voiding habits...
  37. ncbi Sciatic nerve injury induces functional pro-nociceptive chemokine receptors in bladder-associated primary afferent neurons in the rat
    R Foster
    Department of Urology, Loyola University Health System, Maywood, IL, USA
    Neuroscience 183:230-7. 2011
    ..More importantly, nociceptive somatovisceral sensation may be mediated by upregulation of chemokine signaling in visceral sensory neurons...
  38. ncbi Interrater reliability of filling cystometrogram interpretation in a multicenter study
    P Zimmern
    Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA
    J Urol 175:2174-7. 2006
    ..We report interrater reliability findings for the filling cystometrogram...
  39. ncbi Urinary hesitancy and retention during treatment with sertraline
    L Lowenstein
    Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Loyola Medical Center, 2160 South First Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
    Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct 18:827-9. 2007
    ..Retention is apparently an uncommon complication of sertraline. Discontinuation should be considered for patients presenting with voiding difficulties...
  40. ncbi The volume at which women leak first on urodynamic testing is not associated with quality of life, measures of urethral integrity or surgical failure
    Lior Lowenstein
    Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois 60153, USA
    J Urol 178:193-6. 2007
    ..We determined if the bladder volume at which urodynamic stress incontinence is first detected is related to preoperative quality of life, urethral sphincter assessment or surgical outcome in women undergoing continence surgery...
  41. ncbi Risk factors for fecal and urinary incontinence after childbirth: the childbirth and pelvic symptoms study
    Kathryn L Burgio
    University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, and Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama 35233, USA
    Am J Gastroenterol 102:1998-2004. 2007
    ..To identify risk factors for postpartum FI and UI...
  42. ncbi The impact of fecal and urinary incontinence on quality of life 6 months after childbirth
    Victoria L Handa
    Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
    Am J Obstet Gynecol 197:636.e1-6. 2007
    ..The objective of the study was to investigate the impact of postpartum fecal incontinence (FI) and urinary incontinence (UI) on quality of life (QOL)...
  43. ncbi Lower urinary tract symptoms, quality of life and pelvic organ prolapse: irritative bladder and obstructive voiding symptoms in women planning to undergo abdominal sacrocolpopexy for advanced pelvic organ prolapse
    Holly E Richter
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35233, USA
    J Urol 178:965-9; discussion 969. 2007
    ..We compared lower urinary tract and voiding symptoms in women with and without symptoms of stress urinary incontinence who were planning to undergo abdominal sacrocolpopexy for pelvic organ prolapse...
  44. ncbi Concentric needle electrodes are superior to perineal surface-patch electrodes for electromyographic documentation of urethral sphincter relaxation during voiding
    Sangeeta T Mahajan
    Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, USA
    BJU Int 97:117-20. 2006
    ..To compare interpretations of electromyographic (EMG) recordings from perineal surface patch electrodes (PSPEs) to those from urethral concentric needle electrodes (CNEs) during voiding...
  45. ncbi Race and ethnicity do not contribute to differences in preoperative urinary incontinence severity or symptom bother in women who undergo stress incontinence surgery
    Stephen R Kraus
    Department of Urology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229 3900, USA
    Am J Obstet Gynecol 197:92.e1-6. 2007
    ..The purpose of this study was to determine whether race/ethnicity affects urinary incontinence (UI) severity and bother in women who undergo surgery for stress incontinence...
  46. ncbi Normal preoperative urodynamic testing does not predict voiding dysfunction after Burch colposuspension versus pubovaginal sling
    Gary E Lemack
    UT Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 HarryHines Blvd, Dallas, Texas 75390 9110, USA
    J Urol 180:2076-80. 2008
    ..We determined if preoperative urodynamic findings predict postoperative voiding dysfunction after pubovaginal sling or Burch colposuspension...
  47. ncbi Advanced anterior vaginal wall prolapse is highly correlated with apical prolapse
    Kristin Rooney
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Urology, Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, USA
    Am J Obstet Gynecol 195:1837-40. 2006
    ..4) - 4.4 (r = .869). CONCLUSION: Anterior vaginal wall prolapse is associated strongly with apical prolapse. Anterior vaginal wall defects that are surgically repaired usually require a concomitant repair of the apex...
  48. ncbi Reliability of health-related quality-of-life measures 1 year after surgical procedures for pelvic floor disorders
    Patricia A Wren
    Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0330, USA
    Am J Obstet Gynecol 192:780-8. 2005
    ..These findings support the inclusion of condition-specific health-related quality-of-life measures in clinical trials for women with pelvic floor disorders...
  49. ncbi Quality of life in women with stress urinary incontinence
    Sharon L Tennstedt
    New England Research Institutes, 9 Galen Street, Watertown, MA 02472, USA
    Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct 18:543-9. 2007
    ..Health and sociodemographic factors associated with lower incontinence-related QoL included current tobacco use, younger age, lower socioeconomic status, and Hispanic ethnicity...
  50. ncbi Fecal and urinary incontinence in primiparous women
    Diane Borello-France
    Duquesne University, Department of Physical Therapy, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 108:863-72. 2006
    ..To prospectively investigate the relationship between anal sphincter tears and postpartum fecal and urinary incontinence...
  51. ncbi What is a clinician to do-believe the patient or her urinary diary?
    Kimberly Kenton
    Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois 60153, USA
    J Urol 176:633-5; discussion 635. 2006
    ..We determined if patient recall of incontinence episodes correlates with urinary diary record...
  52. ncbi Recurrent stress incontinence is associated with decreased neuromuscular function in the striated urethral sphincter
    Kimberly Kenton
    Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, USA
    Am J Obstet Gynecol 194:1434-7. 2006
    ..057). CONCLUSION: Women with recurrent urodynamic stress incontinence after previous slings have poorer urethral neuromuscular function than stress incontinent women without previous incontinence surgery...
  53. ncbi A spinal cord injured animal model of lower urinary tract function: observations using direct bladder and pelvic plexus stimulation with model microstimulators
    James S Walter
    Research Service Department of Veterans Affairs, Edward Hines Jr Hospital, Hines, Illinois 60141, USA
    J Spinal Cord Med 28:246-54. 2005
    ..Bladder wall and pelvic plexus stimulation sites were compared. Additional investigations evaluated parameters such as stimulation polarity, frequency, and period as well as bladder filling volume...
  54. ncbi Clinically useful measures in women with mixed urinary incontinence
    Lior Lowenstein
    Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Loyola Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
    Am J Obstet Gynecol 198:664.e1-3; discussion 664.e3-4. 2008
    ....
  55. ncbi Multiple foreign body erosions after laparoscopic colposuspension with mesh
    Kimberly Kenton
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, USA
    Am J Obstet Gynecol 187:252-3. 2002
    ..We report two cases of multiple foreign body erosions requiring reoperation after this technique...
  56. ncbi Bladder-wall and pelvic-plexus stimulation with model microstimulators: Preliminary observations
    James S Walter
    Research Service, Department of Veterans Affairs VA Edward Hines Jr Hospital, Hines, IL 60141, USA
    J Rehabil Res Dev 42:251-60. 2005
    ..Newly available commercial microstimulators should be further studied for the treatment of urinary retention...
  57. ncbi Voiding frequency in a sample of asymptomatic American men
    Jerilyn M Latini
    Departments of Urology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
    J Urol 172:980-4. 2004
    ..There are sparse published data concerning the urinary habits of asymptomatic American men. We studied those urinary habits, as revealed by a 24-hour voiding diary...
  58. ncbi Endoanal ultrasound findings and fecal incontinence symptoms in women with and without recognized anal sphincter tears
    Holly E Richter
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35249 7333, and Division of Radiology, Magee Womens Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 108:1394-401. 2006
    ..To estimate whether endoanal ultrasound findings are more prevalent in primiparous women with a history of anal sphincter tear than in women without this history and whether the findings are associated with fecal incontinence symptoms...
  59. ncbi Chronic instrumentation with model microstimulators in an animal model of the lower urinary tract
    James S Walter
    Research Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, Edward Hines Jr Hospital, Hines, Illinois 60141, USA
    J Spinal Cord Med 28:114-20. 2005
    ..A postmortem evaluation of the effects of 3 months of implantation is reported...
  60. ncbi Urethral and bladder current perception thresholds: normative data in women
    Kimberly Kenton
    Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Urology, Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    J Urol 178:189-92; discussion 192. 2007
    ..Given increased evidence of sensory dysfunction in lower urinary tract pathology, we determined normative current perception threshold values in the lower urinary tract of asymptomatic women...

Research Grants5

  1. Sensory Testing in Subjects with Interstitial Cystitis
    Mary FitzGerald; Fiscal Year: 2004
    ..abstract_text> ..
  2. BOTULINUM TOXIN THERAPY FOR INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS/CHRON*
    Mary FitzGerald; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..abstract_text> ..
  3. Nocturia and Chronic Medical illness
    Mary FitzGerald; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..Finally, salary support will allow me to continue and expand my mentoring efforts for the benefit of current and future colleagues, fellows and residents. ..