Surgery for Urinary Incontinence — Expert Consult: Online and Print

Dmochowski (urology and obstetrics and gynecology, Vanderbilt U. Medical Center), Karram, and Reynolds explain the surgical management of women with urinary incontinence and specific procedures and interventions for urethral sphincteric incontinence and incontinence resulting from detrusor compliance abnormalities. They include information on preoperative preparation, postoperative management, and complications. The 14 chapters describe the etiology and epidemiology of urinary incontinence; selecting interventions for the diagnosed type; anatomy; standard retropubic operations, including the Burch and paravaginal repairs; bladder neck biologic pubovaginal slings and aspects of tissue harvest and selection; synthetic midurethral slings; voiding dysfunction and retention after procedures; the current status of bulking agents, especially techniques for implantation; surgical interventions for detrusor compliance abnormalities, especially sacral nerve stimulation, botulinum toxin therapy, and bladder augmentation; and the management of mixed incontinence and that associated with pelvic organ prolapse and how to avoid and manage complications related to procedures for stress incontinence. The full text and videos of procedures are online. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)