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The Female Pelvic Floor Function, Dysfunction and Management According to the Integral Theory
Title:
The Female Pelvic Floor Function, Dysfunction and Management According to the Integral Theory
Author:
Petros, Peter. author.
ISBN:
9783540336648
Personal Author:
Edition:
Second Edition.
Physical Description:
XIX, 260 p. 237 illus. online resource.
Contents:
Overview -- The Anatomy and Dynamics of Pelvic Floor Function and Dysfunction -- Diagnosis of Connective Tissue Damage -- Reconstructive Pelvic Floor Surgery According to the Integral Theory -- Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation -- Mapping the Dynamics of Connective Tissue Dysfunction -- Current and Emerging Research Issues -- Conclusion.
Abstract:
I f rst encountered the Integral T eory system in the early 1990’s at the Royal Perth Hospital laboratory in Western Australia where I was working on laparoscopic colposuspension. Even in prototype form, the IVS operation was so simple and ef ective that I adopted it immediately. Subsequently, based on my experiences, I wrote the following in the Medical Journal of Australia in October 1994: (the operations) promise a new era for women, virtually pain-free cure of prolapse and incontinence without catheters, and return to normal activities within days. Now, ten years later, more than 500,000 ‘tension-free’ anterior or posterior sling operations have been performed. One case in particular stands out from those early years. A woman patient in her mid-50’s came to see me with a f ve year history of urinary retention which required an indwelling catheter. T is woman had consulted more than a dozen medical specialists who had told her the same story: no cure was possible. Using the Structured Assessment of the Integral T eory it was deduced that she had a posterior zone defect. I performed a Posterior IVS. T e next day the patient was voiding spontaneously with low residuals, and she has remained well since.
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Electronic Access:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-33664-8