Urogynecology: Insights in the Management, Treatment Approaches and Novel Therapies
A special issue of Journal of Personalized Medicine (ISSN 2075-4426). This special issue belongs to the section "Clinical Medicine, Cell, and Organism Physiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 3231
Special Issue Editors
Interests: urogynecology; reconstructive pelvic floor surgery; minimal invasive surgery; quality of life; female incontinence
Interests: urogynecology; reconstructive pelvic floor surgery
Interests: urogynecology; pelvic floor disorders; minimally invasive gynecology; benign gynecologic diseases
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Urogynecology is a subspecialty of Gynecology and Urology focusing on women with dysfunction of the pelvic floor and the lower urinary tract. Pelvic floor disorders (PFD) include pelvic organ prolapse (POP), urinary incontinence (UI), defecatory disorders, chronic pelvic pain and sexual dysfunction. The estimated prevalence of PFDs is 20%–25% among adult women, while the lifetime risk of suffering from a urogynecological disorder increases with age. As the population ages, the number of women with PFDs is expected to rise, which further enhances the respective burden and costs for health care systems and societies. Recent therapeutic advances of both conservative and surgical treatments aim to improve women’s quality of life by restoring pelvic floor normal function.
There is a rapidly expanding knowledge of the pathophysiologic mechanisms, the management and the diagnostic evaluation of PFDs. However, some of the functional and anatomical aspects of the pelvic floor remain elusive and complex. The identification of novel and innovative diagnostic modalities and therapeutic approaches of PFDs is of critical importance.
The aim of our Special Issue is to shed light on the progress made in the past years in the field of surgical treatment of PFD and on future challenges. Our article collection will review outcomes from traditionally used surgical interventions, as well as the cutting edge, emerging techniques in modern clinical practice.
Dr. Themos Grigoriadis
Dr. Dimitrios Zacharakis
Dr. Anastasia Prodromidou
Guest Editors
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Keywords
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gynecological disease
- pelvic floor disorders (PFD)
- pelvic organ prolapse surgery
- pelvic organ prolapse (POP)
- urinary incontinence (UI)
- lower urinary tract dysfunction
- chronic pelvic pain
- sexual dysfunction
- personalized medicine
- urogynecology
- Incontinence surgery