Importance Urinary incontinence, the involuntary loss of urine, is a common health condition
that may decrease quality of life. Ten to twenty percent of women and up to 77% of women …

The exact prevalence of pelvic organ prolapse is difficult to establish. The anatomical
changes do not always consist with the severity or the symptoms associated with prolapse …

Importance Pelvic floor disorders (eg, urinary incontinence), which affect approximately 25%
of women in the United States, are associated with childbirth. However, little is known about …

More women participate in sports than ever before and the proportion of women athletes at
the Olympic Games is nearly 50%. The pelvic floor in women may be the only area of the …

This report defines criteria and reviews the epidemiology, pathophysiology, and
management of the following common anorectal disorders: fecal incontinence (FI), functional …

BACKGROUND The existence of stem/progenitor cells in the endometrium was postulated
many years ago, but the first functional evidence was only published in 2004. The …

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the lifetime risk of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) surgery, pelvic
organ prolapse (POP) surgery, or both using current, population-based surgical rates from …

Abstract Context The European Association of Urology guidelines on urinary incontinence
(UI) have been updated in cyclical fashion with successive major chapters being revised …

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence and trends of these pelvic floor disorders in US
women from 2005 to 2010. METHODS: We used the National Health and Nutritional …

Introduction and hypothesis The aim was to determine the incidence and prevalence of
pelvic organ prolapse surgery and describe how outcomes are reported. Methods Every 4 …