Overview
- Describes a multidisciplinary approach to pelvic floor dysfunction related to childbirth ?
- Treats the value of ultrasound, CT, MRI, EMG, and other innovative diagnostic tools
- Discusses the role of different treatments, including physiotherapy and surgery
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. Diego Riva is a Urogynecologic Consultant at Clinica S. Pio X and San Carlo Hospital in Paderno Dugnano, Milan, Italy. He was Director of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department at Hospital of Cantù from 2001 to 2012 and served as President of the Italian UroGynecology Association (AIUG) from 2006 to 2009. He is a member of the Scientific Committee of the Italian Continence Foundation (FIC) and a past member of the Scientific Committee of the Italian Urodynamics Society (SIUD).
Dr. Gianfranco Minini has been Director of the Urogynecology Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Spedali Civili, University, Brescia, Italy and is now Consultant of the Department of Gynecology at Città di Brescia Clinic Institute. He is a member of the Italian Foundation for Continence and a member of the Executive Committee of the Gruppo di Lavoro Uroginecologia Pavimento Pelvico (Working Group on Urogynecology and the Pelvic Floor). He has been a lead or co-author of more than 250 publications.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Childbirth-Related Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
Book Subtitle: Risk Factors, Prevention, Evaluation, and Treatment
Editors: Diego Riva, Gianfranco Minini
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18197-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-18196-7Published: 08 December 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-79247-7Published: 28 March 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-18197-4Published: 30 November 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 197
Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations, 48 illustrations in colour
Topics: Obstetrics/Perinatology/Midwifery, Urology, Diagnostic Radiology