At Sulaimani Teaching Hospital (STH), we received 30 patients between the years 2005 and 2011. All had history of full-thickness rectal prolapse for at least 12 months period. The topography of the ...
A repair procedure isn’t necessary for everyone who develops a rectocele, but it may be the treatment of choice when symptoms can’t be managed conservatively. A rectocele is a type of pelvic organ ...
Up to half of all women will experience some degree of pelvic organ prolapse in their lifetime. The condition can cause ...
The Pelvic Floor Health Center is a multidisciplinary program that specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of defecation disorders and other disorders of the pelvic floor, including fecal ...
Gena Dunivan, M.D., the new director of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine Division of Urogynecology, notes the lack of discussion often stems from feelings ...
Constipation may be both a symptom and cause of pelvic organ prolapse. Weakened pelvic floor muscles can increase the risk of both. A pelvic organ prolapse is a condition that happens when one of your ...
It may not be necessary for people who have prolapse surgery for pelvic floor disorders to wait to get started exercising again. A new study challenges standard restrictions, finding that those who ...
Robotic-assisted suspension of the cervix: (from left) Dr. Carolin Schröder, Prof. Dr. Dominique Könsgen-Mustea and Prof. Dr. Dr. Alexander Mustea, Director of the Department of Gynaecology and ...