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Pelvic Floor Dysfunction and Pelvic Surgery in the Elderly

An Integrated Approach

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Editors:
  1. David A. Gordon

    1. Division of Pelvic NeuroScience, Department of Surgery, The Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, USA

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  2. Mark R. Katlic

    1. Sinai Center for Geriatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, USA

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  • Written entirely by experts in their fields
  • Provides a comprehensive summary to help guide patient management
  • Richly detailed with illustrations and intraoperative photographs?
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (29 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. General Physiology and Pelvic Floor Disorders

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Anatomy, Neuroanatomy, and Biomechanics of the Pelvis

      • Christopher Madsen, David A. Gordon
      Pages 3-26

    3. Pelvic Floor Physiology: From Posterior Compartment to Perineal Body to Anterior Compartment

      • Shane Svoboda, Daniel Galante, Brian L. Bello, David A. Gordon
      Pages 27-38

    4. Cellular and Molecular Aging

      • Priyamvada Rai, Bruce R. Troen
      Pages 39-52

    5. Principles of Geriatric Surgery

      • Mark R. Katlic, JoAnn Coleman
      Pages 53-68

    6. Nutritional Considerations in Pelvic Medicine and Surgery

      • Arif R. Chaudry, Megan Kahn-Karen, David A. Gordon
      Pages 69-76

    7. Microbiology of Virulence: Urinary Tract Infection Versus Colonization

      • Rupinder Singh, Ashrit Multani, John Cmar
      Pages 77-89

    8. Chronic Catheter Associated Complications and Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection

      • JoAnn Coleman
      Pages 91-103

  3. Diagnosis of Pelvic Floor Disorders and Diagnostic Armamentarium

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105
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    2. Physical Therapy Evaluation and Treatment of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction Including Hypertonic Pelvic Floor Dysfunction

      • Jennifer L. Ortiz
      Pages 107-121

    3. Multichannel Urodynamic Testing

      • Mikel Gray, Jessica Jackson
      Pages 123-142

    4. Anorectal Manometry

      • Askin Erdogan, Siegfried W. B. Yu, Satish S. C. Rao
      Pages 143-153

    5. Functional Anorectal Imaging: Radiologic Considerations and Clinical Implications

      • Ana Catarina A. Silva, Dean D. T. Maglinte
      Pages 155-173

    6. Colonoscopy in Elderly Patients

      • Johannes Koch, Otto S. Lin
      Pages 175-181

  4. Urologic/Urogynecoloic Aspects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 183-183
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    2. Treatment Options for Stress Urinary Incontinence

      • Dudley Robinson, Linda Cardozo
      Pages 185-194

    3. Overactive Bladder (OAB) in the Elderly with Contemporary Notions on Treatment Including Sacral Nerve Stimulation (SNS)

      • Rupinder Singh, Raymond Rackley, Sandip Vasavada, David A. Gordon
      Pages 195-209

    4. Interstitial Cystitis: The Painful Bladder Syndrome

      • David A. Gordon, Haritha Pendli
      Pages 211-228

    5. Sacral Neuromodulation in Interstitial Cystitis

      • Chirag Dave, Kenneth M. Peters, Michael Ehlert
      Pages 229-236
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About this book

This text provides a comprehensive, state of the art review of this field and will serve as a resource for urologists, colorectal surgeons, geriatricians, and gynecologists as well as researchers interested in neuromuscular phenomena in the pelvis. The book also reviews new data regarding risk factors for pelvic floor muscle dysfunction and profiles new minimally invasive surgical strategies for well known pelvic disease processes. Each chapter is chock full of data from landmark trials which have been published over the past few years and placed in context with respect to current management techniques for pelvic floor disorders.  Written by experts in their field, Pelvic Floor Dysfunction and Pelvic Surgery in the Elderly: An Integrated Approach provides a concise yet comprehensive summary to help guide patient management.​

Editors and Affiliations

  • Division of Pelvic NeuroScience, Department of Surgery, The Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, USA

    David A. Gordon

  • Sinai Center for Geriatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, USA

    Mark R. Katlic

About the editors

David A. Gordon, M.D., FACS

Chief of Urology, Levindale Chronic Hospital & Neuro-Rehabilitation Center

Director of Graduate Medical Education in Urology, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore

Program Chair, NeuroUrology, UroGerontology, UroRehabilitation Fellowship

Assistant Clinical Professor, University of Maryland

The Sandra & Malcolm Berman Brain & Spine Institute

Baltimore, MD

 

Mark R. Katlic, M.D., M.M.M., FACS

Chairman, Department of Surgery

Director, Center for Geriatric Surgery

Sinai Hospital of Baltimore

2401 West Belvedere Avenue

Baltimore, MD

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Pelvic Floor Dysfunction and Pelvic Surgery in the Elderly

  • Book Subtitle: An Integrated Approach

  • Editors: David A. Gordon, Mark R. Katlic

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6554-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-6552-6

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-8235-6

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-6554-0

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 425

  • Number of Illustrations: 63 b/w illustrations, 117 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Urology, Colorectal Surgery, Geriatrics/Gerontology, Gynecology

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