International Urogynecology Journal

A requiem to the Burch

Paulo Palma

Lessons from the past: directions for the future

Donald R. Ostergard

Urogynaecological research: current and future developments

Gunnar Lose

Biomechanical properties of prolapsed vaginal tissue in pre- and postmenopausal women

Lingling Lei, Yanfeng Song, RiQi Chen

Optimizing pelvic organ prolapse research

Nucélio Luiz de Barros Moreira Lemos, Antonio Pedro Flores Auge, Jacqueline Leme Lunardelli, Armando Brites Frade, Camila Luz Frade, André Lima de Oliveira, Paulo Augusto Ayroza Galvão Ribeiro, Tsutomu Aoki

Resident education and training in urogynecology and pelvic reconstructive surgery: a survey

Megan O. Schimpf, Deborah M. Feldman, David M. O’Sullivan, Christine A. LaSala

Tensile strength and host response towards different polypropylene implant materials used for augmentation of fascial repair in a rat model

Maja L. Konstantinovic, Eline Pille, Marta Malinowska, Eric Verbeken, Dirk De Ridder, Jan Deprest

Transvaginal urethrolysis for obstruction after antiincontinence surgery

Rebecca McCrery

Laparoscopic intraperitoneal repair of high-up urinary bladder fistula: a review of 12 cases

Pramathes Das Mahapatra, Partha Bhattacharyya

Accuracy and precision of a new portable ultrasound scanner, the BME-150A, in residual urine volume measurement: a comparison with the BladderScan BVI 3000

Jin Ho Choe, Ji Yeon Lee, Kyu-Sung Lee

The impact of pregnancy and childbirth in the urethra of female rats

M. A. Rocha, M. G. F. Sartori, M. De Jesus Simões, V. Herrmann, E. C. Baracat, G. Rodrigues de Lima, M. J. B. C. Girão

Randomized controlled trial of foot reflexology for patients with symptomatic idiopathic detrusor overactivity

Ho-Leung Jimmy Mak, Willy Cecilia Cheon, To Wong, Yu Sun John Liu, Wai Mei Anny Tong

Hidden female urinary incontinence in urology and obstetrics and gynecology outpatient clinics in Turkey: what are the determinants of bothersome urinary incontinence and help-seeking behavior?

Bulent Cetinel, Oktay Demirkesen, Tufan Tarcan, Onay Yalcin, Taner Kocak, Mustafa Senocak, Ismail Itil

Does bladder neck descent increase with age?

H. P. Dietz

Cecal perforation complicating placement of a transvaginal tension-free vaginal tape

Daniel D. Gruber, Donald S. Wiersma, James S. Dunn, Kent A. Meldrum, Thomas C. Krivak

Dyspareunia and chronic pelvic pain after polypropylene mesh augmentation for transvaginal repair of anterior vaginal wall prolapse

Lawrence L. Lin, Alexandra L. Haessler, Matt H. Ho, Lance H. Betson, Red M. Alinsod, Narender N. Bhatia

Tethered cord syndrome in a 24-year-old woman presenting with urinary retention

Basir Tareen, Mark Memo, Jeff Cerone, Raymond Bologna, Robert Flora

Female urethral and bladder neck injury after rape: an appraisal of the surgical management

L. I. Okeke, Oseremen Aisuodionoe-Shadrach, Afie I Ogbimi

Pyometra and recurrent prolapse after Le Fort colpocleisis

Ted M. Roth

Chronic perforation of the urinary bladder by self-inserted foreign body

Andreas Loeser, Elmar W. Gerharz, Hubertus Riedmiller

Acute urinary retention caused by a large hydrosalpinx

Rony A. Adam, Shaya Taghechian

Biomesh (Pelvicol®) erosion following repair of anterior vaginal wall prolapse

Martin Rudnicki

Abscess formation at the ischiorectal fossa 7 months after the application of a synthetic transobturator sling for stress urinary incontinence in a type II diabetic woman

G. Benassi, L. Marconi, F. Accorsi, M. Angeloni, L. Benassi

Comment on “Pregnancy and delivery following tension-free vaginal tape”

Menahem Neuman

Vaginal wind—a treatment option

Sylvia Hsu

Another view of “humanitarian ventures” and “fistula tourism”

Mark A. Morgan

Abstracts of the Annual Research Meeting of the British Society of Urogynaecology (BSUG) 17 November 2006, London, UK