Urogynaecology and Urodynamics

Part 1 Normal urinary tract: anatomy of the female badder and urethra; embryology and ultrastructure of the female lower urinary tract; physiology of micturition. Part 2 Epidemiology of incontinence: epidemiology of incontinence; epidemiology of urinary incontinence in the elderly. Part 3 Evaluation of the lower urinary tract and pelvic floor: differential diagnosis of urinary incontinence; guide to investigation of the incontinent patient; the urologically oriented neurological examination; standardization of the description of pelvic organ prolapse; urodynamic evaluation of the incontinent patient; intrinsic urethral sphincteric deficiency; dynamic urethroscopy in the normal patient; cystoscopy for the urogynaecologist; ambulatory urodynamic monitoring; radiological techniques for the evaluation of the bladder and urethra; ultrasound in urogynaecology; neuro- and electrodiagnostic testing for urinary and fecal incontinence; pad testing, nursing intervention and urine loss appliance; AHCPR guidelines; the effect of drugs on the lower urinary tract. Part 4 Pathology and treatment of lower urinary tract abnormalities: collagen disorders; diagnosis and management of congenital urological abnormalities of importance to the gynaecologist; dysfunction of the lower urinary tract in young women; the urinary tract in pregnancy; urethral syndrome; urethral diverticula; vesicovaginal fistula - vaginal repair; urethrovaginal, vesicovaginal and ureterovaginal fistulae; lower urinary tract infection; interstitial cystitis; overflow incontinence; psychiatric aspects of lower urinary tract dysfunction; geriatric urogynaecology. Part 5 Detrusor instability: detrusor instability - drug therapy and biofeedback; behavioural therapy for detrusor instability; surgical therapy for detrusor instability. Part 6 Miscellaneous: genuine stress incontinence - an overview; nonsurgical management of stress urinary incontinence; the evaluation of different surgical procedures; retropubic surgical approach for correction of urinary stress incontinence; needle procedures for stress incontinence; the treatment of female urinary incontinence by functional electrical stimulation; suburethral sling processes; artificial urinary sphincter in the treatment of stress incontinence in females; selection of surgical procedures for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence; prevention and management of complications following continence surgery; bladder dysfunction after intra-abdominal or vaginal surgery; misadventures in the surgical management of genuine stress incontinence; periurethral bulking agents; laparoscopic retropubic urethropexy - techniques and results.