Featuring contributions by an international team of the world’s experts in urology and gynecology, this fourth edition reinforces its status as the classic comprehensive resource on female urology and urogynecology and an essential clinical reference in the field.

Te success of the frst three editions of the Textbook of Female Urology and Urogynecology and our desire to regularly update and provide a timely and relevant reference textbook in this rapidly evolving feld stimulated us to produce this fourth edition. We hope we have again fulflled our mission by presenting a book that serves as a foundation for established ideas, a review of the current state of the art, and a platform for introducing the dynamic concepts of the future.

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Contents

SECTION I: BACKGROUND ISSUES
SECTION II: ROLE OF PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOME MEASURES AND HEALTH ECONOMICS
SECTION III: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE LOWER URINARY AND ANORECTAL TRACTS IN WOMEN
SECTION IV: DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION OF INCONTINENCE AND UROGENITAL PROLAPSE
SECTION V: CONSERVATIVE AND MINIMALLY INVASIVE THERAPIES
SECTION VI: ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
SECTION VII: SURGERY FOR URINARY INCONTINENCE
SECTION VIII: SURGERY FOR UROGENITAL PROLAPSE
SECTION IX: LAPAROSCOPY AND ROBOTICS
SECTION X: COMPLEX PROBLEMS
APPENDIX A: Standardization of Terminology
APPENDIX B: The Standardization of Terminology of Lower Urinary Tract Function: Report from the Standardization Subcommittee of the International Continence Society
APPENDIX C: International Urogynecological Association/International Continence Society Joint Report on the Terminology for Female Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
APPENDIX D: Commentary on the 2009 IUGA/ICS Joint Report on the Terminology for Female Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
APPENDIX E: Standardization of Terminology of Female Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
APPENDIX F: Good Urodynamic Practices: Uroflo.’ vmetryr Filling Cystometry, and Pressure-Flow Studies
APPENDIX G: Developing Evidence-Based Standards for Diagnosis and Management of Lower Urinary Tract or Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
APPENDIX H: Standardization of Dynamic Magnetic Resonance Imaging Measurements of Pelvic Organ Prolapse: Can the PICS Line Help?