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Predictors of outcomes in the treatment of urge urinary incontinence in womenHolly E Richter
Division Women s Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA
Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct 20:489-97. 2009..In this planned secondary analysis, we aimed to identify predictors of therapeutic success at 10 weeks (> or =70% reduction in incontinence) and of ability to discontinue treatment and sustain improvements 6 months later...
The effect of age on short-term outcomes after abdominal surgery for pelvic organ prolapseHolly E Richter
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 55:857-63. 2007..To compare perioperative morbidity and 1-year outcomes of older and younger women undergoing surgery for pelvic organ prolapse (POP)...- Non-surgical management of stress urinary incontinence: ambulatory treatments for leakage associated with stress (ATLAS) trialHolly E Richter
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Women s Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Bermingham, Alabama 35249 7333, USA
Clin Trials 4:92-101. 2007..Non-surgical treatment for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is recommended as first-line therapy, yet few prospective studies and no randomized trials compare the most common non-surgical treatments for SUI... - 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 prolapseHolly 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... - Demographic and clinical predictors of treatment failure one year after midurethral sling surgeryHolly E Richter
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Obstet Gynecol 117:913-21. 2011..To identify clinical and demographic factors predictive of midurethral sling failure... - Predictors of treatment failure 24 months after surgery for stress urinary incontinenceHolly E Richter
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
J Urol 179:1024-30. 2008..We identified baseline demographic and clinical factors associated with treatment failure after surgical treatment of stress urinary incontinence... - Two-year outcomes after surgery for stress urinary incontinence in older compared with younger womenHolly E Richter
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Obstet Gynecol 112:621-9. 2008..To estimate whether perioperative and postoperative outcomes after Burch colposuspension or pubovaginal sling for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) differed with age... - Outcomes of combination treatment of fecal incontinence in womenAlayne D Markland
Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics and Palliative Care, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 199:699.e1-7. 2008..To describe how women with fecal incontinence (FI) respond to combined pharmacologic therapy and pelvic floor muscle exercises (PFME)... - Obesity and outcomes after sacrocolpopexyCatherine S Bradley
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 199:690.e1-8. 2008..The purpose of this study was to compare outcomes after sacrocolpopexy (SC) between obese and healthy-weight women... - Correlates and predictors of patient satisfaction with drug therapy and combined drug therapy and behavioral training for urgency urinary incontinence in womenPatricia S Goode
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Birmingham, AL, USA
Int Urogynecol J 22:327-34. 2011..The goal was to identify correlates of patient satisfaction with drug and behavioral treatments for urge-predominant incontinence, which may help tailor treatments to improve satisfaction... - Urinary and anal incontinence in morbidly obese women considering weight loss surgeryHolly E Richter
Division of Medical Surgical Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama 35233, USA
Obstet Gynecol 106:1272-7. 2005..To estimate prevalence and correlates of urinary and anal incontinence in morbidly obese women undergoing evaluation for laparoscopic weight loss surgery... - Enhancing participation of older women in surgical trialsPatricia S Goode
Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA
J Am Coll Surg 207:303-11. 2008..Older participants are often excluded from clinical trials, precluding a representative sample... - Incidence and risk factors for fecal incontinence in black and white older adults: a population-based studyAlayne D Markland
Birmingham Atlanta Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 58:1341-6. 2010..To determine the incidence of fecal incontinence (FI) in community-dwelling older adults and identify risk factors associated with incident FI... - Correlates of urinary, fecal, and dual incontinence in older African-American and white men and womenAlayne D Markland
Birmingham Atlanta Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama 35233, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 56:285-90. 2008..To determine prevalence and correlates of urinary (UI), fecal (FI), and dual (DI) incontinence in community-dwelling older adults... - The pelvic floor complication scale: a new instrument for reconstructive pelvic surgeryRobert E Gutman
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington Hospital Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 208:81.e1-9. 2013..The purpose of this study was to develop and test a unique, new pelvic floor surgery complication scale and compare it with an existing validated measure... - Effect of behavioral training with or without pelvic floor electrical stimulation on stress incontinence in women: a randomized controlled trialPatricia S Goode
Birmingham VA Medical Center, Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center 11G, 70019th St S, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA
JAMA 290:345-52. 2003..Pelvic floor electrical stimulation (PFES) has been shown to be effective for stress incontinence. However, its role in a multicomponent behavioral training program has not been defined... - Urodynamic characterization of obese women with urinary incontinence undergoing a weight loss program: the Program to Reduce Incontinence by Diet and Exercise (PRIDE) trialHolly E Richter
Women s Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 618 20th Street South, NHB 219, Birmingham, AL, 35233 7333, USA
Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct 19:1653-8. 2008..0, 0.8, p = 0.05) but was not associated with BMI (p = 0.18). BMI and AC had a stronger association with Pabd than with Pves, suggesting a possible mechanism for the association between obesity and urinary incontinence... - Retropubic versus transobturator midurethral slings for stress incontinenceHolly E Richter
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1700 6th Ave South, Suite 10382, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA
N Engl J Med 362:2066-76. 2010..Midurethral slings are increasingly used for the treatment of stress incontinence, but there are limited data comparing types of slings and associated complications... - Risk factors for fecal and urinary incontinence after childbirth: the childbirth and pelvic symptoms studyKathryn 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... - Abdominal sacrocolpopexy with Burch colposuspension to reduce urinary stress incontinenceLinda Brubaker
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Ill, USA
N Engl J Med 354:1557-66. 2006.... 
Patient satisfaction with stress incontinence surgeryKathryn L Burgio
University of Alabama atBirmingham, Birmingham VA Medical Center, 11G, 700 South 19th Street, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA
Neurourol Urodyn 29:1403-9. 2010..To identify predictors and correlates of patient satisfaction 24 months after Burch colpopexy or autologous fascial sling for treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI)...- Behavioral therapy to enable women with urge incontinence to discontinue drug treatment: a randomized trialKathryn L Burgio
University of Alabama at Birmingham and Department of Veterans Affairs, Birmingham, Alabama 35233, USA
Ann Intern Med 149:161-9. 2008..Women with urge urinary incontinence are commonly treated with antimuscarinic medications, but many discontinue therapy... - Prolapse symptoms in overweight and obese women before and after weight lossDeborah L Myers
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg 18:55-9. 2012..The objective of this study was to estimate the association between body mass index (BMI) and pelvic organ prolapse symptoms and bother among overweight and obese women with urinary incontinence before and after weight loss... - Weight loss improves fecal incontinence severity in overweight and obese women with urinary incontinenceAlayne D Markland
Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Department of Medicine, Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care, University of Alabama at Birmingham, BVAMC, GRECC 11 G, Room 8220, 700 South 19th Street, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA
Int Urogynecol J 22:1151-7. 2011.... - Factors associated with incontinence frequency in a surgical cohort of stress incontinent womenHolly E Richter
Division of Medical Surgical Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 193:2088-93. 2005..0001) and Q-tip displacement (P = .042). CONCLUSION: Incontinence severity in a surgical population was independently associated with 2 modifiable factors, obesity and tobacco use, as well as pelvic support... - The role of preoperative urodynamic testing in stress-continent women undergoing sacrocolpopexy: the Colpopexy and Urinary Reduction Efforts (CARE) randomized surgical trialAnthony G Visco
Division of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University Medical Center, P O Box 3192, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct 19:607-14. 2008..Future research is warranted in this patient population to evaluate other treatment options to refine predictions and further reduce the risk of postoperative stress incontinence... - The impact of obesity on urinary incontinence symptoms, severity, urodynamic characteristics and quality of lifeHolly E Richter
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
J Urol 183:622-8. 2010..We compared urinary incontinence severity measures and the impact of stress urinary incontinence in normal, overweight and obese women... - Spanish language translation of pelvic floor disorders instrumentsAmy E Young
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, 1706 Dryden, Suite 1100, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct 18:1171-8. 2007..Strict translation techniques and testing yielded valid Spanish translations of instruments assessing pelvic symptoms/functional life impact in women with pelvic floor disorders... - Associated factors and the impact of fecal incontinence in women with urge urinary incontinence: from the Urinary Incontinence Treatment Network's Behavior Enhances Drug Reduction of Incontinence studyAlayne D Markland
Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 200:424.e1-8. 2009..The objective of the study was to determine the prevalence, risk factors, and impact on quality-of-life (QOL) that fecal incontinence (FI) symptoms have on women seeking treatment for urge urinary incontinence (UUI)... - Continence pessary compared with behavioral therapy or combined therapy for stress incontinence: a randomized controlled trialHolly E Richter
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35233, USA
Obstet Gynecol 115:609-17. 2010..To compare the effectiveness of a continence pessary to evidence-based behavioral therapy for stress incontinence and to assess whether combined pessary and behavioral therapy is superior to single-modality therapy... - Factors impacting quality of life in women with fecal incontinenceAlayne D Markland
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham Atlanta Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Birmingham, Alabama 35233, USA
Dis Colon Rectum 53:1148-54. 2010..The aim of this study was to characterize differences in health-related quality of life among women presenting for treatment of fecal incontinence... - Anticholinergic therapy vs. onabotulinumtoxina for urgency urinary incontinenceAnthony G Visco
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27707, USA
N Engl J Med 367:1803-13. 2012..Anticholinergic medications and onabotulinumtoxinA are used to treat urgency urinary incontinence, but data directly comparing the two types of therapy are needed... - Predictors of outcome in the behavioral treatment of urinary incontinence in womenKathryn L Burgio
Birmingham Atlanta Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama 35233, USA
Obstet Gynecol 102:940-7. 2003..To identify predictors of outcome of a multicomponent behavioral training program for urge and stress incontinence in women... - Population based study of incidence and predictors of urinary incontinence in black and white older adultsPatricia S Goode
Birmingham Atlanta Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35233, USA
J Urol 179:1449-53; discussion 1453-4. 2008..We determined the incidence and predictors of incident urinary incontinence over 3 years in community dwelling older adults... - Obesity and pelvic floor disorders: a systematic reviewW Jerod Greer
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Obstet Gynecol 112:341-9. 2008..To review the current literature and summarize the effect of obesity on outcomes of surgical treatment of pelvic floor disorders as well as the effect of weight loss on pelvic floor disorder symptoms... - Mixed incontinence: comparing definitions in women having stress incontinence surgeryLinda Brubaker
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois 60153, USA
Neurourol Urodyn 28:268-73. 2009..To develop an empirically derived definition of mixed urinary incontinence (MUI) for use in incontinence outcomes research... - Patient related factors associated with long-term urinary continence after Burch colposuspension and pubovaginal fascial sling surgeriesHolly E Richter
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 619 19th St South, 176 F, Suite 10382, Birmingham, Alabama 35249, USA
J Urol 188:485-9. 2012..We examined preoperative and postoperative patient related factors associated with continence status up to 7 years after surgery for stress urinary incontinence... - Regret, satisfaction, and symptom improvement: analysis of the impact of partial colpocleisis for the management of severe pelvic organ prolapseThomas L Wheeler
Division of Medical Surgical Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL 35249 7333, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 193:2067-70. 2005.... - Cadaveric fascia lata sling for stress urinary incontinence: a prospective quality-of-life analysisHolly E Richter
Division of Medical Surgical Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 620 20th Street South, NHB 219, Birmingham, AL 35249 7333, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 189:1590-5; discussion 1595-6. 2003..The purpose of this study was to describe the effects of full-length cadaveric fascia lata (CFL) sling on quality-of-life outcomes... - Anticholinergic versus botulinum toxin A comparison trial for the treatment of bothersome urge urinary incontinence: ABC trialAnthony G Visco
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
Contemp Clin Trials 33:184-96. 2012..The results have the potential to fundamentally change the therapeutic approach to this condition... - Anal sphincter repair for fecal incontinence: effect on symptom severity, quality of life, and anal sphincter squeeze pressuresJonathan Lee Gleason
Division of Women s Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
Int Urogynecol J 22:1587-92. 2011..The objective of this study was to determine the effect of external anal sphincter repair on fecal incontinence symptoms, quality of life, and anal sphincter squeeze pressures... - Prevalence of symptomatic pelvic floor disorders in US womenIngrid Nygaard
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Utah School of Medicine, 30 N 1900 E, Salt Lake City, UT 84132 2209, USA
JAMA 300:1311-6. 2008..No national prevalence estimates derived from the same population-based sample exists for multiple pelvic floor disorders in women in the United States... - Predictors of success with postoperative voiding trials after a mid urethral sling procedureThomas L Wheeler
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Women s Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
J Urol 179:600-4. 2008..We identified predictors of passing a voiding trial after incontinence surgery with a mid urethral sling and examined if successful performance on a voiding trial was maintained... - Fecal incontinence in obese women with urinary incontinence: prevalence and role of dietary fiber intakeAlayne D Markland
Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 200:566.e1-6. 2009..This study estimates the prevalence of fecal incontinence (FI) in overweight and obese women with urinary incontinence and compares dietary intake in women with and without FI... - Global ratings of patient satisfaction and perceptions of improvement with treatment for urinary incontinence: validation of three global patient ratingsKathryn L Burgio
Birmingham Atlanta Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama 35233, USA
Neurourol Urodyn 25:411-7. 2006..To test the validity of three patient global ratings, satisfaction, perception of improvement, and estimated percent improvement, for measuring outcomes of behavioral treatment for urinary incontinence... - Outcomes with porcine graft placement in the anterior vaginal compartment in patients who undergo high vaginal uterosacral suspension and cystocele repairThomas L Wheeler
Division of Medical Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL 35249 7333, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 194:1486-91. 2006..The purpose of this study was to prospectively assess the cases of patients who had undergone a high uterosacral suspension and anterior repair with anterior compartment placement of porcine dermis graft... - Prevalence and correlates of nocturia in community-dwelling older adultsKathryn L Burgio
Birmingham Atlanta Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Department of Veterans Affairs, Birmingham, Alabama 35233, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 58:861-6. 2010..To determine the prevalence and correlates of nocturia in community-dwelling older adults... - Synthetic graft use in vaginal prolapse surgery: objective and subjective outcomesLuisa A Wetta
Division of Women s Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA
Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct 20:1307-12. 2009..This study reports 1-year outcomes in women who underwent transvaginal pelvic organ prolapse (POP) surgery with Prolift transvaginal mesh... - Pelvic floor surgery in the older womanKimberly A Gerten
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Women s Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Clin Obstet Gynecol 50:826-43. 2007..Further research is required to more fully understand the functional, anatomic, and physiologic outcomes after treatment for pelvic floor disorders in the older woman... - Sexual function before and after sacrocolpopexy for pelvic organ prolapseVictoria L Handa
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 197:629.e1-6. 2007..The objective of the study was to describe sexual function before and after sacrocolpopexy... - Challenges in designing a pragmatic clinical trial: the mixed incontinence -- medical or surgical approach (MIMOSA) trial experienceLinda Brubaker
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Loyola University, Chicago, IL, USA
Clin Trials 6:355-64. 2009.... - Effects of transvaginal repair of symptomatic rectocele on symptom-specific distress and impact on quality of lifeMichael R Polin
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA
Int J Gynaecol Obstet 117:224-7. 2012..To determine symptom-specific distress and quality-of-life impact outcomes among women who had undergone transvaginal repair of symptomatic rectocele... - Prevalence and risk factors of fecal incontinence in women undergoing stress incontinence surgeryAlayne D Markland
Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 197:662.e1-7. 2007..The objective of the study was to determine the prevalence and identify potential risk factors for monthly fecal incontinence (FI) in women presenting for stress urinary incontinence (UI) surgery... - Endometriosis after laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy with uterine morcellation: a case control studyMitchell W Schuster
Ob gyn Associates, Decatur, AL, USA
J Minim Invasive Gynecol 19:183-7. 2012..To compare the incidence of new-onset endometriosis after laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy (LSH) with uterine morcellation to traditional routes... - Anal incontinence in women presenting for gynecologic care: prevalence, risk factors, and impact upon quality of lifeMuriel K Boreham
Division of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Southwesten Medical Center, Dallas, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 192:1637-42. 2005..CONCLUSION: AI is prevalent in women seeking benign gynecologic care, and liquid stool incontinence has the greatest impact upon quality of life... - Anal sphincter laceration at vaginal delivery: is this event coded accurately?Linda Brubaker
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, USA
Obstet Gynecol 109:1141-5. 2007..To determine the error rate for discharge coding of anal sphincter laceration at vaginal delivery in a cohort of primiparous women... - Association between urinary incontinence and depressive symptoms in overweight and obese womenVivian W Sung
Division of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 200:557.e1-5. 2009..The objective of the study was to determine the association between urinary incontinence (UI) and depressive symptoms... - Risk factors for sonographic internal anal sphincter gaps 6-12 months after delivery complicated by anal sphincter tearCatherine S Bradley
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 197:310.e1-5. 2007..The objective of the study was to identify risk factors for internal anal sphincter (IAS) gaps on postpartum endoanal ultrasound in women with obstetric anal sphincter tear... - Changes in urinary and fecal incontinence symptoms with weight loss surgery in morbidly obese womenKathryn L Burgio
Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, USA
Obstet Gynecol 110:1034-40. 2007..To examine changes in the prevalence and severity of urinary incontinence (UI) and fecal incontinence in morbidly obese women undergoing laparoscopic weight loss surgery... - Prevalence and correlates of fecal incontinence in community-dwelling older adultsPatricia S Goode
Birmingham Atlanta Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 700 19th Street S, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 53:629-35. 2005..To determine prevalence and correlates of fecal incontinence in older community-dwelling adults... - The questionnaire for urinary incontinence diagnosis (QUID): validity and responsiveness to change in women undergoing non-surgical therapies for treatment of stress predominant urinary incontinenceCatherine S Bradley
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
Neurourol Urodyn 29:727-34. 2010..This study's objective was to evaluate QUID validity and responsiveness when used as a clinical trial outcome measure... - Tension-free vaginal tape: a prospective subjective and objective outcome analysisHolly E Richter
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Medical Surgical Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 620 20th Street South, NHB 219, Birmingham, AL 35249 7333, USA
Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct 16:109-13. 2005..0 months) showed that 91.2% had a negative stress test. Results indicate significant immediate and sustained improvement in incontinence impact and urinary symptoms, and a high rate of patient satisfaction and objective cure... - Impact of urinary incontinence in morbidly obese women versus women seeking urogynecologic careKimberly A Gerten
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Women s Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35233, USA
Urology 70:1082-5. 2007..To determine the impact of urinary incontinence (UI) on quality of life in morbidly obese women seeking bariatric surgery compared with women seeking urogynecologic care... - Combined behavioral and individualized drug therapy versus individualized drug therapy alone for urge urinary incontinence in womenKathryn L Burgio
Department of Veterans Affairs, Birmingham Atlanta Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Birmingham, Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia, USA
J Urol 184:598-603. 2010..We tested whether individualized drug therapy enhanced with behavioral training would result in better outcomes than individualized drug therapy alone... - Medicine or Surgery (Ms): a randomized clinical trial comparing hysterectomy and medical treatment in premenopausal women with abnormal uterine bleedingR Edward Varner
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 619 South 19th Street, NHB 219, Birmingham, AL 35249 7333, USA
Control Clin Trials 25:104-18. 2004..02) and a greater prevalence of incontinence (44% vs. 16%; p=0.046). Although recruitment was difficult, we have completed enrollment in a randomized clinical trial comparing surgical and medical treatments for abnormal uterine bleeding... - Reproducibility of dynamic MR imaging pelvic measurements: a multi-institutional studyMark E Lockhart
Department of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA
Radiology 249:534-40. 2008..To assess the reproducibility of bone and soft-tissue pelvimetry measurements obtained from dynamic magnetic resonance (MR) imaging studies in primiparous women across multiple centers... - Bladder symptoms 1 year after abdominal sacrocolpopexy with and without Burch colposuspension in women without preoperative stress incontinence symptomsKathryn L Burgio
Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 197:647.e1-6. 2007..The objective of the study was to examine changes in bladder symptoms 1 year after abdominal sacrocolpopexy (ASC) with vs without Burch colposuspension... - Prolapse and incontinence surgery in older womenKimberly A Gerten
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Women s Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
J Urol 179:2111-8. 2008..These conditions are amenable to medical and surgical therapies... - One-year outcomes of tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) mid-urethral slings in overweight and obese womenLindsay B Killingsworth
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 618 South 18th Street, NHB Room 219, Birmingham, AL, USA
Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct 20:1103-8. 2009..The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of body mass index (BMI) on tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) success rates, patient satisfaction, and complications 1 year following surgery... - Delivery method, anal sphincter tears and fecal incontinence: new information on a persistent problemThomas L Wheeler
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Women s Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35249 7333, USA
Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol 19:474-9. 2007..To review the risk factors for anal sphincter tears during vaginal delivery and their association with fecal incontinence symptoms... - Pharmacologic management of the older woman undergoing surgerySeine Chiang
University of Washington, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seattle, WA, USA
Womens Health (Lond Engl) 5:205-19. 2009..With aging and postmenopausal status, changes associated with aging appear to play a greater role than gender in pharmacologic responses. Surgical outcomes should be optimized to maintain and even improve women's quality of life... - Incontinence in older womenPatricia S Goode
Birmingham Atlanta Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, and Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA
JAMA 303:2172-81. 2010..Special considerations in evaluation and treatment of patients with dementia are presented. Urinary incontinence treatments yield high levels of patient satisfaction and improvements in quality of life... - Pelvic floor surgery in the older woman: enhanced compared with usual preoperative assessmentHolly E Richter
Division of Medical Surgical Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35249 7333, USA
Obstet Gynecol 105:800-7. 2005..To examine whether knowledge of deficits obtained in a preoperative geriatric assessment may benefit postoperative health outcomes in older women undergoing pelvic surgery... - Intraabdominal pressure changes associated with lifting: implications for postoperative activity restrictionsKimberly A Gerten
Division of Women s Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 198:306.e1-5. 2008..The purpose of this study was to describe the effect of the lifting maneuver and the quantity of weight lifted on the generation of intraabdominal pressure... - Behavioral training with and without biofeedback in the treatment of urge incontinence in older women: a randomized controlled trialKathryn L Burgio
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham Atlanta Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA
JAMA 288:2293-9. 2002.... - Effect of weight change on natural history of pelvic organ prolapseBela I Kudish
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA
Obstet Gynecol 113:81-8. 2009..To evaluate the relationship between change in weight and pelvic organ prolapse (POP) progression/regression in women during a 5-year period... - Urinary incontinence in the 12-month postpartum periodKathryn L Burgio
Birmingham Atlanta Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and School of Medicine, Center for Aging, University of Alalbama at Birmingham, 35233, USA
Obstet Gynecol 102:1291-8. 2003.... - Management strategies for abnormal early pregnancy: a cost-effectiveness analysisRodney P Rocconi
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham 35233, USA
J Reprod Med 50:486-90. 2005..To assess the potential effectiveness and costs of 4 commonly used strategies to manage abnormal early pregnancies (AEPs)... - Risk factors associated with anal sphincter tear: a comparison of primiparous patients, vaginal births after cesarean deliveries, and patients with previous vaginal deliveryHolly E Richter
Division of Medical and Surgical Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35249-7333, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 187:1194-8. 2002..18), shoulder dystocia (RR 3.28), and episiotomy (RR 2.59). CONCLUSION: Efforts to prevent anal sphincter tear might include reconsideration of modifiable risk factors such as episiotomy, operative vaginal delivery, and VBAC... - Prevention of obstetric urogenital fistulae: some thoughts on a daunting taskAndy M Norman
Division of Women s Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct 18:485-91. 2007..It is only through committed initiatives with all of these elements that we may be able to ultimately decrease the prevalence of these types of pelvic floor sequelae... - The "costs" of urinary incontinence for womenLeslee L Subak
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, University of California, San Francisco 94115, USA
Obstet Gynecol 107:908-16. 2006..To estimate costs of routine care for female urinary incontinence, health-related quality of life, and willingness to pay for incontinence improvement... - A randomized comparison of total or supracervical hysterectomy: surgical complications and clinical outcomesLee A Learman
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94110, USA
Obstet Gynecol 102:453-62. 2003..To compare surgical complications and clinical outcomes after total versus supracervical abdominal hysterectomy for control of abnormal uterine bleeding, symptomatic uterine leiomyomata, or both... - Can known risk factors explain racial differences in the occurrence of bacterial vaginosis?Roberta B Ness
University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, Magee Womens Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 95:201-12. 2003..Black women are more likely to have bacterial vaginosis (BV) than are non-Hispanic white women. We examined whether this disparity can be explained by racial differences in known BV risk factors... - Urodynamic measures do not predict stress continence outcomes after surgery for stress urinary incontinence in selected womenCharles W Nager
University of California, San Diego, California, USA
J Urol 179:1470-4. 2008..We determined the prognostic value of preoperative urodynamic results in patients with stress urinary incontinence... - Fecal and urinary incontinence in primiparous womenDiane 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... - Burch colposuspension versus fascial sling to reduce urinary stress incontinenceMichael E Albo
Division of Urology, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA 92103 8897, USA
N Engl J Med 356:2143-55. 2007..Many surgical procedures are available for women with urinary stress incontinence, yet few randomized clinical trials have been conducted to provide a basis for treatment recommendations... - Two-year outcomes after sacrocolpopexy with and without burch to prevent stress urinary incontinenceLinda Brubaker
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Urology, Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
Obstet Gynecol 112:49-55. 2008..To report anatomic and functional outcomes 2 years after sacrocolpopexy in stress-continent women with or without prophylactic Burch colposuspension... - Pelvic organ prolapseAnne M Weber
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Magee Womens Hospital, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Obstet Gynecol 106:615-34. 2005..Concomitant symptoms require additional management. Virtually all women with prolapse can be treated and their symptoms improved, even if not completely resolved... - Colpocleisis: a reviewMary 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... - Oophorectomy in premenopausal women: health-related quality of life and sexual functioningVanessa Teplin
Veterans Administration Medical Center, 4150 Clement Street, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
Obstet Gynecol 109:347-54. 2007..To compare health-related quality-of-life outcomes and sexual functioning among premenopausal women who underwent bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (BSO) versus ovarian conservation at the time of hysterectomy... - Outcomes of vaginal vault prolapse repair with a high uterosacral suspension procedure utilizing bilateral single suturesThomas L Wheeler
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Women s Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35249 7333, USA
Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct 18:1207-13. 2007..No patient required reoperation for recurrent prolapse or urinary incontinence. Overall, the two-suture high uterosacral vaginal vault suspension is an acceptable technique for repairing apical prolapse... - Process for development of multicenter urodynamic studiesCharles W Nager
University of California, San Diego, Women s Pelvic Medicine Center, San Diego, California, USA
Urology 69:63-7; discussion 67-8. 2007..Multicenter UDSs can have considerable variations in testing procedures, training, equipment, and reviewer biases... - Do short-term markers of treatment efficacy predict long-term sequelae of pelvic inflammatory disease?Gail M Trautmann
University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 198:30.e1-7. 2008.... - The sensitivity and specificity of a simple test to distinguish between urge and stress urinary incontinenceJeanette S Brown
University of California, San Francisco, and San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California 94115, USA
Ann Intern Med 144:715-23. 2006..Because treatments differ, urge incontinence should be distinguished from stress incontinence. To make this distinction, current guidelines recommend an extensive evaluation that is too time-consuming for primary care practice... - Hysterectomy versus expanded medical treatment for abnormal uterine bleeding: clinical outcomes in the medicine or surgery trialLee A Learman
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
Obstet Gynecol 103:824-33. 2004..To compare clinical outcomes after randomization to hysterectomy versus medical treatment in patients with chronic abnormal uterine bleeding refractory to medroxyprogesterone acetate... - Medroxyprogesterone acetate treatment of abnormal uterine bleeding: factors predicting satisfactionHolly E Richter
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Birmingham, Alabama 35249 7333, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 189:37-42. 2003..This study was undertaken to identify the determinants of patient satisfaction with a cyclic regimen of medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) for abnormal uterine bleeding... - Racial differences in pelvic anatomy by magnetic resonance imagingVictoria L Handa
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Obstet Gynecol 111:914-20. 2008..To use static and dynamic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to compare dimensions of the bony pelvis and soft tissue structures in a sample of African-American and white women... - A multicentered comparison of measurements obtained with microtip and external water pressure transducersAndrew F Hundley
Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct 17:400-6. 2006.... - Condom use and the risk of recurrent pelvic inflammatory disease, chronic pelvic pain, or infertility following an episode of pelvic inflammatory diseaseRoberta B Ness
University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, 130 DeSoto St, A530 Crabtree Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Am J Public Health 94:1327-9. 2004..Consistent condom use (about 60% of encounters) at baseline also reduced these risks, after adjustment for confounders, by 30% to 60%. Self-reported persistent and consistent condom use was associated with lower rates of PID sequelae... - Effect of hysterectomy vs medical treatment on health-related quality of life and sexual functioning: the medicine or surgery (Ms) randomized trialMiriam Kuppermann
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143 0856, USA
JAMA 291:1447-55. 2004..Although a quarter of US women undergo elective hysterectomy before menopause, controlled trials that evaluate the benefits and harms are lacking...