Editorial comment on “An International Urogynecological Association (IUGA)/International Continence Society (ICS) Joint Report on the Terminology for Female Pelvic Floor Dysfunction”

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The article by Haylen et al., “An International Urogynecological Association (IUGA) / International Continence Society (ICS) Joint Report on the Terminology for Female Pelvic Floor Dysfunction” in the current issues of International Urogynecology Journal and Neurourology & Urodynamics represents a historic milestone in the history of two great organizations dedicated to the care of incontinence and pelvic floor dysfunction. Through the persistent efforts and tireless work of Bernie Haylen and the wisdom and open-mindedness of Dirk DeRidder, these respective heads of their organizations’ standardization committees recognized that the collaborative work of these two international organizations was the best way to approach refining the terminology for female pelvic floor dysfunction. In doing so, they set a precedent and a model for subsequent collaborative publications between these two organizations that can only serve to improve the knowledge and communication of physicians, nurses, physiotherapists and all the other clinicians and scientists who work diligently to improve the lives of female patients. IUGA and ICS have organized successful joint annual meetings and we wish such success for this and other future collaborative efforts. …