Obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive medicine guidelines

Urogynecology, urinary and fecal incontinence

Guidelines, reviews, statements, recommendations, standards

Fecal incontinence

• United Kingdom
  • National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
    • Faecal incontinence [2007]
• United States of America
  • Madigan Army Medical Center
    • Anal Incontinence Referral Guidelines [2007]
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Faecal incontinence: the management of faecal incontinence in adults. National Collaborating Centre for Acute Care [2007]
• Articles in journals
  • British Medical Journal
    • Faecal incontinence [2003]
  • Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
    • Investigating and treating fecal incontinence: When and how [2009]
  • Deutsches Ärzteblatt International
    • Fecal Incontinence [2010]
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  • Guidelines
    • Urogynecology, urinary and fecal incontinence
    • Fecal incontinence: treatment

Fecal incontinence: treatment

• Australia
  • Medical Services Advisory Committee
    • Intersphinteric injection of silicone biomaterial for severe passive faecal incontinence [2006]
    • Sacral nerve stimulation for faecal incontinence [2005]
• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Surgery for faecal incontinence in adults
    • Methods of repair for obstetric anal sphincter injury
    • Management of faecal incontinence and constipation in adults with central neurological diseases
    • Electrical stimulation for faecal incontinence in adults
    • Drug treatment for faecal incontinence in adults
    • Biofeedback and/or sphincter exercises for the treatment of faecal incontinence in adults
• United Kingdom
  • National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
    • Percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation (PTNS) for faecal incontinence [2011]
    • Endoscopic radiofrequency therapy of the anal sphincter for faecal incontinence [2011]
    • Transabdominal artificial bowel sphincter implantation for faecal incontinence [2008]
    • Injectable bulking agents for faecal incontinence [2007]
    • Stimulated graciloplasty for faecal incontinence [2006]
    • Sacral nerve stimulation for faecal incontinence [2004]
    • Artificial anal sphincter implantation [2004]
• United States of America
  • American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
    • Practice parameters for the treatment of fecal incontinence [2007]
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Practice parameters for the treatment of fecal incontinence. American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons [2007]
• WHO
  • WHO Reproductive Health Library
    • Methods of repair for obstetric anal sphincter injury [2007]
• Articles in journals
  • BMC Health Services Research
    • Management of obstetric anal sphincter injury: a systematic review & national practice survey [2002]
  • Pediatric Surgery International
    • Bowel management for the treatment of pediatric fecal incontinence [2009]
  • World Journal of Gastroenterology
    • Treatment strategies in obstructed defecation and fecal incontinence [2006]
    • Bio-feedback treatment of fecal incontinence: where are we, and where are we going? [2005]
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  • Guidelines
    • Urogynecology, urinary and fecal incontinence
    • Fecal incontinence

Obstetric fistula, vesicovaginal fistula

• International
  • EngenderHealth
    • Obstetric Fistula
  • International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
    • Global competency-based fistula surgery training manual [2011]
  • United Nations Population Fund
    • South Asia Conference for the Prevention and Treatment of Obstetric Fistula [2004]
    • Second Meeting of the Working Group for the Prevention and Treatment of Obstetric Fistula [2003]
    • Obstetric Fistula Needs Assessment [2003]
    • Report on the Meeting for the Prevention and Treatment of Obstetric Fistula [2001]
• United States of America
  • U.S. Agency for International Development
    • Obstetric Fistula
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • Obstetric fistula: guiding principles for clinical management and programme development [2006]
• Articles in journals
  • RadioGraphics
    • Fistulas in Malignant Gynecologic Disease: Etiology, Imaging, and Management [2009]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Urogynecology, urinary and fecal incontinence
    • Labor, delivery, postpartum

Overactive bladder

• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Anticholinergic drugs versus placebo for overactive bladder syndrome in adults
    • Anticholinergic drugs versus non-drug active therapies for overactive bladder syndrome in adults
• United Kingdom
  • National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
    • Percutaneous posterior tibial nerve stimulation for overactive bladder syndrome [2010]
• United States of America
  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    • Treatment of Overactive Bladder in Women [2009]
• Articles in journals
  • American Family Physician
    • Newer Agents for the Management of Overactive Bladder [2006]
  • Australian Prescriber
    • Anticholinergic drugs for overactive bladder [2006]
  • BMC Urology
    • Treatment success for overactive bladder with urinary urge incontinence refractory to oral antimuscarinics: a review of published evidence [2009]
  • International Journal of Clinical Practice
    • Practical aspects of lifestyle modifications and behavioural interventions in the treatment of overactive bladder and urgency urinary incontinence [2009]
  • Journal of Pharmacological Sciences
    • The forefront for novel therapeutic agents based on the pathophysiology of lower urinary tract dysfunction: pathophysiology and pharmacotherapy of overactive bladder [2010]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Urinary incontinence

Pelvic organ prolapse

• Canada
  • Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
    • Transvaginal mesh procedures for pelvic organ prolapse [2011]
• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Surgical management of pelvic organ prolapse in women
    • Surgery for complete rectal prolapse in adults
    • Mechanical devices for pelvic organ prolapse in women
    • Conservative management of pelvic organ prolapse in women
• United Kingdom
  • National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
    • Sacrocolpopexy with hysterectomy using mesh for uterine prolapse repair [2009]
    • Sacrocolpopexy using mesh for vaginal vault prolapse repair [2009]
    • Insertion of mesh uterine suspension sling (including sacrohysteropexy) for uterine prolapse repair [2009]
    • Infracoccygeal sacropexy using mesh for vaginal vault prolapse repair [2009]
    • Infracoccygeal sacropexy using mesh for uterine prolapse repair [2009]
    • Surgical repair of vaginal wall prolapse using mesh [2008]
    • Mesh sacrocolpopexy for vaginal vault prolapse [2007]
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • Ring pessary for prolapse and SUI - query bank [2011]
    • Vaginal Surgery for Prolapse (Consent Advice) [2009]
• United States of America
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Transvaginal mesh procedures for pelvic organ prolapse. Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada [2011]
    • Pelvic organ prolapse. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists [2007]
• Articles in journals
  • American Family Physician
    • Practical Use of the Pessary [2000]
  • American Journal of Roentgenology
    • MRI of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction: Review [2008]
  • RadioGraphics
    • Dynamic MR Imaging of Pelvic Organ Prolapse: Spectrum of Abnormalities [2000]
  • Urologia Internationalis
    • Surgical Reconstruction of Pelvic Floor Descent: Anatomic and Functional Aspects [2010]
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  • Guidelines
    • Urogynecology, urinary and fecal incontinence

Urinary incontinence

• Canada
  • Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
    • Guidelines for the Evaluation and Treatment of Recurrent Urinary Incontinence Following Pelvic Floor Surgery [2010]
    • SOGC committee opinion on urodynamics testing [2008]
    • The Evaluation of Stress Incontinence Prior to Primary Surgery [2003]
• Europe
  • European Association of Urology
    • Guidelines on Urinary Incontinence [2012]
    • Guidelines on Neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction [2011]
• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Urodynamic investigations for management of urinary incontinence in children and adults
  • International Urogynecological Association
    • Evaluation and outcome measures in the treatment of female urinary stress incontinence: International Urogynecological Association (IUGA) guidelines for research and clinical practice [2008]
• United Kingdom
  • Health Technology Assessment
    • Systematic review and evaluation of methods of assessing urinary incontinence [2006]
  • Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network
    • Management of urinary incontinence in primary care [2005]
• United States of America
  • Madigan Army Medical Center
    • Urinary Incontinence (Female) Referral Guidelines [2009]
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Assessment and management of urinary incontinence [Guideline synthesis]
    • Guidelines on neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction. European Association of Urology [2011]
    • Urinary incontinence. American Medical Directors Association [2010]
    • Recommendations for the management of urge urinary incontinence in women. University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner Program [2010]
    • Guidelines for the evaluation and treatment of recurrent urinary incontinence following pelvic floor surgery. Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada [2010]
    • Urinary incontinence in frail/older men and women. In: Guidelines on urinary incontinence. European Association of Urology [2009]
    • Incontinence in men. In: Guidelines on urinary incontinence. European Association of Urology [2009]
    • (1) Incontinence in women. In: Guidelines on urinary incontinence. (2) 2010 addendum to 2009 urinary incontinence guidelines.  European Association of Urology [2009]
    • Urinary incontinence in women. Finnish Medical Society Duodecim [2008]
    • Urinary incontinence (UI) in older adults admitted to acute care. In: Evidence-based geriatric nursing protocols for best practice. Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing [2008]
    • SOGC committee opinion on urodynamics testing [2008]
    • Urinary incontinence in women. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists [2005]
• Articles in journals
  • American Family Physician
    • Urinary Incontinence in Women: Evalution and Management [2000]
  • Australian Family Physician
    • Urodynamics [2011]
    • Urinary incontinence - Pathophysiology and management outline [2008]
    • Urinary incontinence - Assessment in women: stress, urge or both? [2008]
    • Urinary incontinence in dementia - a practical approach [2006]
  • Australian Journal of Physiotherapy
    • Urinary incontinence is associated with an increase in falls: a systematic review [2009]
  • Canadian Family Physician
    • Office management of urinary incontinence among older patients [2010]
  • Canadian Medical Association Journal
    • Current trends in the evaluation and management of female urinary incontinence [2006]
  • Deutsches Ärzteblatt International
    • Urinary Incontinence in the Elderly [2010]
    • Urinary Incontinence in Women [2010]
  • European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
    • Dynamics of Female Pelvic Floor Function Using Urodynamics, Ultrasound and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) [2009]
  • Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
    • Urinary incontinence in cystic fibrosis [2005]
  • Journal of Urology
    • Obesity and Urinary Incontinence: Epidemiology and Clinical Research Update [2009]
  • Neurourology and Urodynamics
    • Mixed Incontinence: Comparing Definitions in Women Having Stress Incontinence Surgery [2009]
  • RadioGraphics
    • MR Imaging of the Female Urethra and Supporting Ligaments in Assessment of Urinary Incontinence: Spectrum of Abnormalities [2006]
  • Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
    • Psychocultural meanings of urinary incontinence in women: a review [2008]
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  • Clinical tools, medical calculators, unit conversions, statistics, clinical research tools
    • Urinary incontinence : Clinical tools, medical calculators
  • Guidelines
    • Urogynecology, urinary and fecal incontinence
    • Urinary incontinence: treatment
    • Overactive bladder

Urinary incontinence: treatment

• Canada
  • Registered Nurses Association of Ontario
    • Promoting Continence Using Prompted Voiding [2011]
  • Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
    • Midurethral minimally invasive sling procedures for stress urinary incontinence [2008]
    • Conservative management of urinary incontinence [2006]
    • Choice of surgery for stress incontinence [2005]
• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Weighted vaginal cones for urinary incontinence
    • Urinary diversion and bladder reconstruction/replacement using intestinal segments for intractable incontinence or following cystectomy
    • Treatment of urinary incontinence after stroke in adults
    • Traditional suburethral sling operations for urinary incontinence in women
    • Timed voiding for the management of urinary incontinence in adults
    • Prompted voiding for the management of urinary incontinence in adults
    • Periurethral injection therapy for urinary incontinence in women
    • Pelvic floor muscle training versus no treatment, or inactive control treatments, for urinary incontinence in women
    • Open retropubic colposuspension for urinary incontinence in women
    • Oestrogens for urinary incontinence in women
    • Oestrogens for preventing recurrent urinary tract infection in postmenopausal women
    • Oestrogen therapy for urinary incontinence in post-menopausal women
    • Minimally invasive synthetic suburethral sling operations for stress urinary incontinence in women
    • Laparoscopic colposuspension for urinary incontinence in women
    • Habit retraining for the management of urinary incontinence in adults
    • Conservative management for postprostatectomy urinary incontinence
    • Catheter policies for management of long term voiding problems in adults with neurogenic bladder disorders
    • Bladder training for urinary incontinence in adults
    • Bladder neck needle suspension for urinary incontinence in women
    • Anterior vaginal repair for urinary incontinence in women
    • Adrenergic drugs for urinary incontinence in adults
• Sweden
  • Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care
    • Evidence based treatment of urinary incontinence [2000]
• United Kingdom
  • Health Technology Assessment
    • Systematic review and economic modelling of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of non-surgical treatments for women with stress urinary incontinence [2010]
  • National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
    • Urinary continence service for the conservative management of urinary incontinence in women [2008]
    • Suburethral synthetic sling insertion for stress urinary incontinence in men: Guidance [2008]
    • Single-incision sub-urethral short tape insertion for stress urinary incontinence in women [2008]
    • Insertion of extraurethral (non-circumferential) retropubic adjustable compression devices for stress urinary incontinence in men [2007]
    • Urinary incontinence [2006]
    • Transobturator foramen procedures for stress urinary incontinence [2005]
    • Intramural urethral bulking procedures for stress urinary incontinence [2005]
    • Insertion of extraurethral (non-circumferential) retropubic adjustable compression devices for stress urinary incontinence in women [2005]
    • Sacral nerve stimulation for urge incontinence and urgency-frequency [2004]
    • Bone-anchored cystourethropexy (using data from In-Tac and Vesica as specified by SERNIP) [2003]
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • The Use of Mesh in Gynaecological Surgery [2010]
    • Surgical Treatment of Urodynamic Stress Incontinence [2003]
• United States of America
  • Mass.Gov
    • Guidelines for Medical Necessity Determination for Absorbent Products [2004]
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Expert Commentaries: AUA's Surgical Management of Female Stress Urinary Incontinence Provides Timely Update [2011]
    • (1) Promoting continence using prompted voiding. (2) Promoting continence using prompted voiding 2011 supplement. Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario [2011]
    • (1) Pharmacotherapy. In: Guidelines on urinary incontinence. (2) 2010 addendum to 2009 urinary incontinence guidelines. European Association of Urology [2010]
    • Guideline for the surgical management of female stress urinary incontinence: 2009 update. American Urological Association Education and Research, Inc. [2009]
    • Midurethral minimally invasive sling procedures for stress urinary incontinence. Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada [2008]
• Articles in journals
  • American Family Physician
    • Selecting Medications for the Treatment of Urinary Incontinence [2005]
  • Australian Family Physician
    • Urinary incontinence - Procedural and surgical treatments for women [2008]
    • Physiotherapy for urinary incontinence [2008]
  • Clinical Interventions in Aging
    • Update on duloxetine for the management of stress urinary incontinence [2009]
  • Deutsches Ärzteblatt International
    • The Treatment of Stress Incontinence in Men [2010]
  • Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
    • Distress and quality of life characteristics associated with seeking surgical treatment for stress urinary incontinence [2009]
  • Neurourology and Urodynamics
    • Challenges of Conducting Multi-Center, Multi-Disciplinary Urinary Incontinence Clinical Trials: Experience of the Urinary Incontinence Treatment Network [2009]
  • Pharmacological Reviews
    • Pharmacology of the Lower Urinary Tract: Basis for Current and Future Treatments of Urinary Incontinence [2004]
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  • Guidelines
    • Urogynecology, urinary and fecal incontinence
    • Urinary incontinence

Urogynecology, urinary and fecal incontinence

• Australia
  • Department of Health and Ageing
    • Measuring Incontinence in Australia 2006 [2006]
    • Continence Outcomes Measurement Suite together with Review of Patient Satisfaction Measures 2006 [2006]
• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Pelvic floor muscle training for prevention and treatment of urinary and faecal incontinence in antenatal and postnatal women
    • Absorbent products for moderate-heavy urinary and/or faecal incontinence in women and men
    • Absorbent products for containing urinary and/or faecal incontinence in adults
• United Kingdom
  • Health Technology Assessment
    • Absorbent products for urinary/faecal incontinence: a comparative evaluation of key product designs [2008]
  • Royal College of Nursing
    • Continence care in care homes - a framework to gather and share key information [2007]
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • Incontinence in Women - study group statement [2002]
• United States of America
  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    • Prevention of Fecal and Urinary Incontinence in Adults [2007]
    • The effectiveness of different methods of toilet training for bowel and bladder control [2006]
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Prevention of fecal and urinary incontinence in adults. National Institutes of Health (NIH) State-of-the-Science Panel [2008]
  • National Institutes of Health
    • NIH State-of-the-Science Conference: Prevention of Fecal and Urinary Incontinence in Adults [2007]
• WHO
  • WHO Reproductive Health Library
    • Pelvic floor muscle training for prevention and treatment of urinary and faecal incontinence in antenatal and postnatal women [2009]
• Articles in journals
  • Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering
    • On the Biomechanics of Vaginal Birth and Common Sequelae [2009]
  • Gastroenterology Clinics of North America
    • Urinary and Fecal Incontinence in Nursing Home Residents [2008]
  • RadioGraphics
    • Dynamic MR Imaging of the Pelvic Floor: a Pictorial Review [2009]
  • Radiology
    • Pelvic Floor Imaging [2001]
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  • Guidelines
    • Urinary incontinence: treatment
    • Urinary incontinence
    • Pelvic organ prolapse
    • Obstetric fistula, vesicovaginal fistula
    • Gynecologic surgery
    • Fecal incontinence: treatment
    • Fecal incontinence