• This text gives a more universal approach to the subject

• Reaches a wide range of physicians from different disciplines

• Easily structured for hands-on diagnosis

Zusammenfassung

The book gives a survey of the prevalence, the pathophysiology, the diagnosis, the state of the art treatment, both conservative and operative, and the long term results of urinary and faecal incontinence treatment. It is ideally suited for general and colorectal surgeons, urologists, gynäecologists and gastroenterologists who treat incontinent patients. It also gives general practitioners and geriatric physicians an overview on the diagnostic methods and treatment options that can be offered to incontinent patients.

Inhalt
Epidemiologic and Health Costs of Incontinence.- Epidemiology of Urinary Incontinence.- Epidemiology of Faecal Incontinence: A Review of Population-Based Studies.- Economic Costs of Urinary Incontinence in Germany.- Perception of Incontinence in and by Society.- Pelvic Anatomy, Physiology and Etiology of Incontinence.- The Rodent Animal Model to Explain Stress Urinary Incontinence.- Birth Trauma and Incontinence.- Neurogenic Urinary Incontinence.- Fecal Incontinence After Rectal and Perianal Surgery.- Diagnostic Methods to Detect Incontinence.- Evaluation of Anorectal and Pelvic Floor Muscle Function.- Imaging of the Pelvic Floor Videoproctography and Dynamic MRI of the Pelvic Floor.- Diagnostic Methods to Detect Female Urinary Incontinence.- Conservative Therapy of Incontinence.- Pharmacological Treatment of Urinary Incontinence.- Medical, Behavioural and Minimally Invasive Therapy A Urologist's View.- Medical and Behavioral Treatment of Fecal Incontinence.- Operative Therapy of Urinary Incontinence.- Innovative and Minimally Invasive Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence.- Abdominal, Vaginal or Laparoscopic Approach for Urinary Incontinence?.- Diagnostic and Surgical Management of Stress Urinary Incontinence.- The Artificial Urinary Sphincter.- Operative Therapy of Fecal Incontinence.- Sphincteroplasty.- Dynamic Graciloplasty.- The Artificial Bowel Sphincter in the Treatment of Severe Fecal Incontinence in Adults.- Innovations in Fecal Incontinence: Sacral Nerve Stimulation.- Stoma Surgery.- Postoperative Care of Patients After Pelvic Operations.- Postoperative Management After Surgery for Incontinence and Prolapse.- Postoperative Management of Urinary Incontinence After Urologic Surgery.- Incontinence Treatment after Rectal or Perianal Surgery.- Qualityof Life and Long-term Results After Incontinence Treatment.- Quality of Life with Urinary and Fecal Incontinence.- Long-term Results After Surgery for Urinary Incontinence.- Long-term Results of Surgery for Stress Urinary Incontinence A Urologist's View.- Long-term Results After Fecal Incontinence Surgery.- Quality of Life with a Permanent Colostomy.- How Can We Improve the Treatment of Incontinence?.- Is Urinary or Fecal Incontinence a Preventable Event?.- Concept of the Pelvic Floor as a Unit: the Case for Multidisciplinary Pelvic Floor Centers.- On Asymmetry in Sphincters.- Functional Asymmetry of Pelvic Floor Innervation and Its Potential Role in the Pathogenesis of Fecal and Urinary Incontinence Report from the EU-sponsored Research Project OASIS (On Asymmetry In Sphincters).