Pelvic Floor Disorders: Surgical Approach (Hardcover)

SECTION 1: OVERVIEW.- The multidisciplinary view of a pelvic floor unit.- Epidemiology and prevalence.- SECTION 2: PATIENT'S EVALUTATION CRITERIA.- elvic floor anatomy and physiology - Urodynamics.- Radiological imaging.- Anorectal physiology.- Pelvic floor ultrasound.-Functional assessment.- SECTION 3: CLINICAL SYNDROMES.- Faecal incontinence.- Obstructed defecation.- Chronic anorectal pain.- Solitary rectal ulcer.- SECTION 4: TREATMENTS.- Conservative treatment - Biofeedback training and physiokinesic therapy.- SECTION 5: PERINEAL APPROACHES.- The STARR and TRANSTARR procedures.- The Delorme procedure.- The Altemeier procedure .- The express procedure Abdominal approaches.- Mesh rectopexy - Rectopexy without mesh - Laparoscopic ventral recto-colpo-pexy - Pelvic Organ Prolapse Suspension.- SECTION 6: MISCELLANEA: Complications: Prevention and Management.- Surgical treatment of recurrent rectal prolapse.-Management of concomitant middle compartment disorders.- Management of concomitant pelvic disorders: the urology prospective, synthetic and biologic meshes for pelvic floor disorders.