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The Female Pelvic Floor

Function, Dysfunction and Management According to the Integral Theory

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  • © 2007

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Authors:
  1. Peter Petros

    1. Dept of Gynaecology, Royal Perth Hospital

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIX
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  2. Overview

    Pages 1-13

  3. The Anatomy and Dynamics of Pelvic Floor Function and Dysfunction

    Pages 14-50

  4. Diagnosis of Connective Tissue Damage

    Pages 51-82

  5. Reconstructive Pelvic Floor Surgery According to the Integral Theory

    Pages 83-167

  6. Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation

    Pages 168-172

  7. Mapping the Dynamics of Connective Tissue Dysfunction

    Pages 173-205

  8. Current and Emerging Research Issues

    Pages 206-221

  9. Conclusion

    Pages 222-223

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 224-260
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About this book

I f rst encountered the Integral T eory system in the early 1990’s at the Royal Perth Hospital laboratory in Western Australia where I was working on laparoscopic colposuspension. Even in prototype form, the IVS operation was so simple and ef ective that I adopted it immediately. Subsequently, based on my experiences, I wrote the following in the Medical Journal of Australia in October 1994: (the operations) promise a new era for women, virtually pain-free cure of prolapse and incontinence without catheters, and return to normal activities within days. Now, ten years later, more than 500,000 ‘tension-free’ anterior or posterior sling operations have been performed. One case in particular stands out from those early years. A woman patient in her mid-50’s came to see me with a f ve year history of urinary retention which required an indwelling catheter. T is woman had consulted more than a dozen medical specialists who had told her the same story: no cure was possible. Using the Structured Assessment of the Integral T eory it was deduced that she had a posterior zone defect. I performed a Posterior IVS. T e next day the patient was voiding spontaneously with low residuals, and she has remained well since.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Dept of Gynaecology, Royal Perth Hospital

    Peter Petros

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Female Pelvic Floor

  • Book Subtitle: Function, Dysfunction and Management According to the Integral Theory

  • Authors: Peter Petros

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-33664-8

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-33664-8Published: 26 December 2006

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 260

  • Number of Illustrations: 49 b/w illustrations, 157 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Gynecology, Urology

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