Fecal incontinence - Obstetric fistula, vesicovaginal fistula - Overactive bladder - Pelvic organ prolapse - Urinary incontinence - Urogynecology, urinary and fecal incontinence

Fecal incontinence

• Australia
  • Australian Journal of General Practice
    • Management of faecal incontinence in residential aged care [2018]
  • Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
    • Faecal incontinence
• Canada
  • Canada's Drug Agency
    • Patient and Care Provider Perspectives on the Management of Fecal Incontinence: A Qualitative Rapid Review [2023]
  • Canadian Family Physician
    • Fecal incontinence in older adults [2020]
• China
  • Chinese Medical Journal
    • An epidemiology study of fecal incontinence in adult Chinese women living in urban areas [2020]
• Europe
  • Colorectal Disease
    • Transanal irrigation: Bridging the gap in treatment for chronic constipation and/or faecal incontinence-A systematic review and management guidance [2025]
  • Journal of the Intensive Care Society
    • Expert Recommendations for Managing Acute Faecal Incontinence with Diarrhoea in the Intensive Care Unit [2013]
  • United European Gastroenterology
    • Guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of Faecal Incontinence-A UEG/ESCP/ESNM/ESPCG collaboration [2022]
• Germany
  • GMS German Medical Science
    • German S3-Guideline: Rectovaginal fistula [2012]
• High-income countries
  • Colorectal Disease
    • Systematic review and meta-analysis of anal motor and rectal sensory dysfunction in male and female patients undergoing anorectal manometry for symptoms of faecal incontinence [2022]
  • Physiotherapy Research International
    • Effects of Tibial Nerve Electrostimulation in Patients With Fecal Incontinence: A Systematic Review [2026]
• International
  • American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
    • Consensus Definitions and Interpretation Templates for Dynamic Ultrasound Imaging of Defecatory Pelvic Floor Disorders: Proceedings of the Consensus Meeting of the Pelvic Floor Disorders Consortium of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, the Society of Abdominal Radiology, the International Continence Society, the American Urogynecologic Society, the International Urogynecological Association, and the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons [2023]
    • Consensus Definitions and Interpretation Templates for Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Defecatory Pelvic Floor Disorders: Proceedings of the Consensus Meeting of the Pelvic Floor Disorders Consortium of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, the Society of Abdominal Radiology, the International Continence Society, the American Urogynecologic Society, the International Urogynecological Association, and the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons [2021]
    • Consensus Definitions and Interpretation Templates for Fluoroscopic Imaging of Defecatory Pelvic Floor Disorders: Proceedings of the Consensus Meeting of the Pelvic Floor Consortium of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, the Society of Abdominal Radiology, the International Continence Society, the American Urogynecologic Society, the International Urogynecological Association, and the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons [2021]
  • Continence
    • Clinical assessment, conservative management, specialized diagnostic testing, and quality of life for fecal incontinence: Update on research and practice recommendations [2024]
  • Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
    • Advances in the evaluation of anorectal function [2018]
  • Techniques in Coloproctology
    • Laser fistula treatment: beyond the controversial aspects: best clinical practice recommendations from an international group of surgeons with extensive experience in the procedure-the FiLaC recommendations [2025]
    • Critical appraisal of international guidelines for the management of fecal incontinence in adults: is it possible to define what to do in different clinical scenarios? [2022]
  • World Journal of Gastroenterology
    • Garg incontinence scores: New scoring system on the horizon to evaluate fecal incontinence. Will it make a difference? [2024]
    • Diagnostic tools for fecal incontinence: Scoring systems are the crucial first step [2024]
• Japan
  • Journal of the Anus, Rectum and Colon
    • The Japan Society of Coloproctology Practice Guidelines for Fecal Incontinence 2024 (Revised Second Edition) [2024]
    • Japanese Practice Guidelines for Fecal Incontinence Part 3 -Surgical Treatment for Fecal Incontinence, Fecal Incontinence in a Special Conditions- English Version [2021]
    • Japanese Practice Guidelines for Fecal Incontinence Part 2-Examination and Conservative Treatment for Fecal Incontinence- English Version [2021]
    • Japanese Practice Guidelines for Fecal Incontinence Part 1-Definition, Epidemiology, Etiology, Pathophysiology and Causes, Risk Factors, Clinical Evaluations, and Symptomatic Scores and QoL Questionnaire for Clinical Evaluations-English Version [2021]
• Mexico
  • Revista de Gastroenterología de México (English Edition)
    • The Mexican consensus on fecal incontinence [2023]
• Switzerland
  • Swiss Medical Weekly
    • Faecal incontinence in the era of sacral neuromodulation [2025]
• Türkiye
  • International Journal of Colorectal Disease
    • Prevalence of and risk factors for anal incontinence: a large-scale multicentre study in Turkey [2026]
• United Kingdom
  • Age and Ageing
    • National audit of continence care: adherence to National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) Guidance in older versus younger adults with faecal incontinence [2014]
  • BMC Gastroenterology
    • Fatigue, pain and faecal incontinence in adult inflammatory bowel disease patients and the unmet need: a national cross-sectional survey [2024]
  • Health Technology Assessment
    • Sacral nerve stimulation versus the magnetic sphincter augmentation device for adult faecal incontinence: the SaFaRI RCT [2021]
  • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
    • Self-expanding implant insertion into the intersphincteric space for faecal incontinence [2021]
    • Axonics sacral neuromodulation system for faecal incontinence [2021]
    • Insertion of a magnetic-bead band for faecal incontinence [2014]
    • Faecal incontinence in adults [2014]
    • 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]
    • Faecal incontinence in adults: management [2007]
    • Faecal incontinence
  • NHS England
    • Sacral nerve stimulation (SNS) for faecal incontinence (Adult) [2013]
  • Right Decisions
    • Faecal incontinence Primary and Secondary Care (Guidelines)
  • Royal College of Surgeons of England
    • Faecal Incontinence [2014]
• United States
  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    • Treatments for Fecal Incontinence [2016]
  • American College of Gastroenterology
    • ACG Clinical Guidelines: Management of Benign Anorectal Disorders [2021]
  • American Gastroenterological Association
    • Surgical Interventions and the Use of Device-Aided Therapy for the Treatment of Fecal Incontinence and Defecatory Disorders [2017]
  • American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
    • The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Fecal Incontinence [2023]
    • The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Anorectal Abscess, Fistula-in-Ano, and Rectovaginal Fistula [2022]
    • The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons’ Clinical Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Fecal Incontinence [2015]
  • Current Obstetrics and Gynecology Reports
    • Current Trends in Management of Defecatory Dysfunction, Posterior Compartment Prolapse, and Fecal Incontinence [2016]
  • Gastroenterology & Hepatology
    • Epidemiologic Trends and Diagnostic Evaluation of Fecal Incontinence [2020]
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology
    • Management of Fecal Incontinence [2020]
  • Urogynecology
    • Consensus Definitions and Interpretation Templates for Dynamic Ultrasound Imaging of Defecatory Pelvic Floor Disorders [2023]
• {Related topics}
  • Topic
    • Urogynecology, urinary and fecal incontinence
    • Episiotomy, perineal trauma

Obstetric fistula, vesicovaginal fistula

• Afghanistan
  • International Health
    • Association between place of delivery, assistance during delivery and fistula occurrence in Afghanistan [2022]
• Africa
  • Frontiers in Global Women's Health
    • Successful surgical closure and continence rate of obstetric fistula in Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis [2023]
• Bangladesh
  • Lancet Global Health
    • Obstetric fistula in Bangladesh: estimates from a national survey with clinical validation correction [2022]
• Burundi
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Obstetric Fistula in Burundi: a comprehensive approach to managing women with this neglected disease [2013]
  • United Nations Population Fund
    • Management of Obstetric Fistula in Burundi [2016]
• Central and East Africa
  • BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
    • Delivery mode for prolonged, obstructed labour resulting in obstetric fistula: a retrospective review of 4396 women in East and Central Africa [2020]
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • BMC Women's Health
    • HEAL Africa score to predict failure of surgical repair of obstetric urethro-vaginal fistula in the Democratic Republic of the Congo [2024]
  • Tropical Medicine & International Health
    • Factors associated with surgical repair success of female genital fistula in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Experiences of the Fistula Care Plus Project, 2017-2019 [2022]
    • Frequency and management of non-obstetric fistula in the Democratic Republic of Congo: experience from the Fistula Care Plus project [2020]
• East Africa
  • SAGE Open Medicine
    • Prevalence and associated risk factors for failed obstetric fistula repair in East African countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2023]
• Eritrea
  • Patient Education and Counseling
    • The role of counseling for obstetric fistula patients: Lessons learned from Eritrea [2010]
• Ethiopia
  • African Health Sciences
    • Determinants of obstetric fistula in Ethiopia [2017]
  • AJOG Global Reports
    • Knowledge of obstetric fistula and contributing factors among reproductive-age women in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2025]
  • BMC Women's Health
    • A systematic review and meta-analysis on the recovery time of obstetric fistula in Ethiopia, 2023 [2024]
  • Frontiers in Global Women's Health
    • Systematic review and meta-analysis of women's awareness of obstetric fistula and its determinants in Ethiopia [2023]
  • International Journal of Women's Health
    • Understanding Healthcare-Seeking Pathways and Dilemmas Among Women with Obstetric Fistulas in Ethiopia: A Qualitative Inquiry [2023]
    • Estimating the Prevalence and Risk Factors of Obstetric Fistula in Ethiopia: Results from Demographic and Health Survey [2021]
  • Ministry of Health Ethiopia
    • National Strategic Plan for Elimination of Obstetric Fistula [2021]
  • Nursing Open
    • Determinants of Recovery From Obstetric Fistula in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2026]
  • Reproductive Health
    • Factors associated with obstetric fistula among reproductive age women in Ethiopia: a community based case control study [2023]
    • A population based survey in Ethiopia using questionnaire as proxy to estimate obstetric fistula prevalence: results from demographic and health survey [2013]
  • Women's Health
    • The lived experiences and coping mechanisms of women with obstetric fistula in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative evidence [2026]
• Gambia
  • BMC Public Health
    • Prevalence and factors associated with the awareness of obstetric fistula among women of reproductive age in The Gambia: a multilevel fixed effects analysis [2022]
  • PLoS ONE
    • Awareness of obstetric fistula and its associated factors among reproductive-aged women: Demographic and health survey data from Gambia [2023]
• India
  • Facts, Views & Vision in ObGyn
    • Correlates of Occurrence of Obstetric Fistula among Women in Selected States of India: An Analysis of DLHS-3 Data [2011]
• International
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Estimating the prevalence of obstetric fistula: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2013]
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Measuring the incidence and prevalence of obstetric fistula: approaches, needs and recommendations [2015]
  • Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    • Obstetric Fistula e-Learning Course (2024 update) [2024]
  • Indian Journal of Public Health
    • Obstetric fistula: A challenge to public health [2019]
  • International Continence Society
    • An International Continence Society (ICS)/ International Urogynecological Association (IUGA) joint report on the terminology for the assessment and management of obstetric pelvic floor disorders [2023]
  • International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
    • FIGO expert opinion management of post-obstetric fistula repair incontinence for vesicovaginal fistula [2026]
    • FIGO good practice recommendations to standardize the assessment of outcomes following vesicovaginal fistula surgery [2025]
    • FIGO Fistula Surgery Training Manual [2022]
    • Global competency-based fistula surgery training manual [2011]
    • Fistula Resource Hub
  • International Urogynecological Association
    • Consensus Statements on the Definition of Surgical Success Following Obstetric Urinary Pelvic Floor Fistula Repair: An IUGA-ICS Proposal [2026]
  • International Urogynecology Journal
    • Risk factors for obstetric fistula: a clinical review [2011]
  • Journal of International Humanitarian Action
    • Obstetric fistula-induced incontinence and WASH programming in humanitarian settings: agenda for research, innovation, and practice [2023]
  • Lancet Global Health
    • Seizing the moment to end obstetric fistula [2014]
  • PLOS Global Public Health
    • Interventions for treating obstetric fistula: An evidence gap map [2023]
  • Tropical Medicine & International Health
    • The association between female genital fistula symptoms and gender-based violence: A multicountry secondary analysis of household survey data [2018]
  • United Nations
    • UN resolution on fistula 2018 [2019]
    • UN report on obstetric fistula 2018 [2018]
  • United Nations Population Fund
    • Obstetric Fistula & Other Forms of Female Genital Fistula [2021]
    • Obstetric fistula
    • End Fistula
  • World Bank
    • Obstetric Fistula [2015]
• Low and middle income countries
  • BMJ Global Health
    • Global, regional and national estimates of obstetric fistula prevalence [2025]
  • International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
    • The economic consequences of obstetric fistula: A systematic search and narrative review [2024]
  • International Urogynecology Journal
    • Demand and capacity to integrate pelvic organ prolapse and genital fistula services in low-resource settings [2018]
  • PLoS ONE
    • Proportions and determinants of successful surgical repair of obstetric fistula in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2024]
• Low-income countries
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Overcoming phase 1 delays: the critical component of obstetric fistula prevention programs in resource-poor countries [2012]
  • Tropical Medicine & International Health
    • Barriers to obstetric fistula treatment in low-income countries: a systematic review [2017]
• Nepal
  • Ministry of Health and Population
    • Management of Obstetric Fistula for Health Care Providers - On-the-Job Training [2014]
• Nigeria
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Obstetric fistula policy in Nigeria: a critical discourse analysis [2018]
    • Community-based screening for obstetric fistula in Nigeria: a novel approach [2014]
  • BMC Women's Health
    • The psycho-social impact of obstetric fistula and available support for women residing in Nigeria: a systematic review [2023]
  • Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare
    • Guidelines on urethral catheterization for prevention and management of obstetric fistula in Nigeria [2016]
  • Pan African Medical Journal
    • Nigeria, a high burden state of obstetric fistula: a contextual analysis of key drivers [2020]
• Republic of Guinea
  • Reproductive Health
    • Factors associated with the failure of obstetric fistula repair in Guinea: implications for practice [2016]
• Sierra Leone
  • United Nations Population Fund
    • UNFPA Sierra Leone | Obstetric fistula
• South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Obstetric fistula in low-resource countries: an under-valued and under-studied problem – systematic review of its incidence, prevalence, and association with stillbirth [2015]
• South Sudan
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Obstetric fistula in Southern Sudan: situational analysis and Key Informant Method to estimate prevalence [2013]
• South-East Asia
  • Indian Journal of Public Health
    • Burden and management of obstetric fistula in South-East Asian region countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2020]
• Sub-Saharan Africa
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Sub-Saharan African women’s views and experiences of risk factors for obstetric fistula: a qualitative systematic review [2022]
    • Iatrogenic genito-urinary fistula following cesarean birth in nine sub-Saharan African countries: a retrospective review [2022]
    • A retrospective review of genital fistula occurrence in nine African countries [2022]
    • Barriers and facilitators to preventive interventions for the development of obstetric fistulas among women in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review [2018]
    • Risk factors for vaginal fistula symptoms in Sub-Saharan Africa: a pooled analysis of national household survey data [2016]
  • BMC Women's Health
    • A systematic review and meta-analysis of urinary incontinence following successful obstetric fistula repair: findings from five countries in sub-Saharan Africa [2025]
    • Rare causes of genital fistula in nine African countries: a retrospective review [2022]
  • BMJ Global Health
    • Living with obstetric fistula: learnings from nine African countries [2023]
  • BMJ Open
    • Factors associated with marital status of women with genital fistula after childbirth: a retrospective review in nine African countries [2022]
  • Heliyon
    • Variability and awareness of obstetric fistula among women of reproductive age in sub-Saharan African countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2023]
  • International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
    • Rehabilitation and reintegration programming adjunct to female genital fistula surgery: A systematic scoping review [2020]
    • Systematic review of shorter versus longer duration of bladder catheterization after surgical repair of urinary obstetric fistula [2018]
  • Lancet Global Health
    • Double burden of tragedy: stillbirth and obstetric fistula [2016]
    • Prevalence of symptoms of vaginal fistula in 19 sub-Saharan Africa countries: a meta-analysis of national household survey data [2015]
  • PLoS ONE
    • Obstetric fistula repair failure and its associated factors among women who underwent repair in sub-Saharan Africa. A systematic review and meta-analysis [2024]
    • Treatment-seeking for vaginal fistula in sub-Saharan Africa [2019]
  • Tropical Medicine & International Health
    • Rehabilitation experiences after obstetric fistula repair: systematic review of qualitative studies [2015]
• Uganda
  • Anthropologies of Global Maternal and Reproductive Health
    • The Promise and Neglect of Follow-up Care in Obstetric Fistula Treatment in Uganda [2022]
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Obstetric fistulas in Uganda: scoping review using a determinant of health approach to provide a framework for health policy improvement [2020]
  • Health Policy and Planning
    • Estimating the cost and cost-effectiveness for obstetric fistula repair in hospitals in Uganda: a low income country [2018]
  • Ministry of Health Uganda
    • National training guidelines and standards for treatment of female genital fistula [2012]
  • Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine
    • Experiences with Obstetric Fistula in Rural Uganda [2009]
• United Kingdom
  • NHS England
    • Specialised complex gynaecology/female urology: Genito-urinary tract fistulae (girls and women aged 16 years and above) [2020]
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • WHO recommendation on duration of bladder catheterization after surgical repair of simple obstetric urinary fistula [2018]
    • Obstetric fistula: guiding principles for clinical management and programme development [2006]
• Zambia
  • Ministry of Health Zambia
    • Obstetric Fistula Strategic Plan 2022 - 2026 [2023]
• {Related topics}
  • Topic
    • Urogynecology, urinary and fecal incontinence
    • Labor, delivery, postpartum

Overactive bladder

• Australia
  • Australian Journal of General Practice
    • Overactive bladder syndrome: Management and treatment options [2020]
• Austria
  • Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
    • The role of prescription drugs in female overactive bladder syndrome—A population-wide cohort study [2020]
• Austria, Germany, Switzerland
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine
    • Perioperative Techniques for the Use of Botulinum Toxin in Overactive Bladder: Results of a Multinational Online Survey of Urogynecologists in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland [2023]
• Brazil
  • Advances in Therapy
    • Management of Patients with Overactive Bladder in Brazil: A Retrospective Observational Study Using Data From the Brazilian Public Health System [2020]
  • Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira
    • Overactive bladder - pharmacological treatment [2019]
• Canada
  • Canada's Drug Agency
    • The Use of the Electromotive Drug Administration System in Patients with Overactive Bladder: A Review of the Clinical Effectiveness, Safety, and Cost-Effectiveness [2014]
  • Canadian Family Physician
    • Mirabegron for overactive bladder [2026]
  • Canadian Urological Association
    • Canadian Urological Association guideline for the diagnosis, management, and surveillance of neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction [2019]
    • CUA guideline on adult overactive bladder [2017]
  • Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
    • Treatments for Overactive Bladder: Focus on Pharmacotherapy [2018]
    • Treatments for Overactive Bladder: Focus on Pharmacotherapy – An Addendum [2017]
• China
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
    • Evaluation and Management of Neurogenic Bladder: What Is New in China? [2015]
  • PLoS ONE
    • Prevalence of overactive bladder in Chinese women: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2023]
• Europe
  • European Association of Urology
    • European Association of Urology Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Management of Female Non-neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms. Part 1: Diagnostics, Overactive Bladder, Stress Urinary Incontinence, and Mixed Urinary Incontinence [2022]
    • Dealing with complex overactive bladder syndrome patient profiles with focus on fesoterodine: in or out of the EAU guidelines? [2017]
• France
  • Progrès en Urologie
    • Guidelines for practical usage of botulinum toxin type A (BoNTA) for refractory idiopathic overactive bladder management: Translation of French recommendations [2014]
  • Toxins
    • Trends in Botulinum Toxin Use among Patients with Multiple Sclerosis: A Population-Based Study [2023]
• Hong Kong
  • Hong Kong Medical Journal
    • Management of overactive bladder: consensus statements from the Hong Kong Urological Association and the Hong Kong Geriatrics Society [2024]
• India
  • Federation of Obstetric and Gynecological Societies of India
    • Key practice points on overactive bladder [2019]
• International
  • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
    • Bladder training for treating overactive bladder in adults [2023]
  • Drugs & Aging
    • Comparative Safety and Efficacy of Treatments for Overactive Bladder Among Older Adults: A Network Meta-analysis [2020]
  • European Urology Focus
    • Predicting Mirabegron Treatment Response in Patients with Overactive Bladder: A Post Hoc Analysis of Data from Clinical Trials [2023]
  • International Brazilian Journal of Urology
    • Comparative assessment of efficacy and safety of approved oral therapies for overactive bladder: a systematic review and network meta-analysis [2023]
  • International Urogynecology Journal
    • Global Prevalence of Overactive Bladder: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis [2025]
  • Neurourology and Urodynamics
    • Variation in the Definitions of Urinary Retention in Studies of Intravesical Botulinum Toxin for Idiopathic Overactive Bladder: A Narrative Systematic Review [2025]
    • Should We Be Treating Affective Symptoms, Like Anxiety and Depression Which May Be Related to LUTD in Patients With OAB? ICI-RS 2024 [2025]
  • Therapeutic Advances in Urology
    • Update on the management of overactive bladder [2021]
  • World Journal of Urology
    • Navigating the challenges of overactive bladder management in women [2026]
• Middle East
  • Advances in Therapy
    • The Prevalence of Overactive Bladder Symptoms in Women in Algeria, Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon: A Cross-Sectional Population-Based Survey [2021]
• Pakistan
  • Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences
    • Prevalence and associated risk factors among patients with overactive bladder syndrome in Pakistan [2021]
• Poland
  • Brain Sciences
    • Population-Based Study of Prevalence, Bother and Behavior Related to Treatment for Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Overactive Bladder among Polish Neurogenic Patients [2021]
  • Ginekologia Polska
    • The Urogynecology Section of the Polish Society of Gynecologists and Obstetricians Guideline on the diagnostic management of non-neurogenic overactive bladder syndrome in women [2025]
    • The Urogynecology Section of the Polish Society of Gynecologists and Obstetricians guidelines on the management of non-neurogenic overactive bladder syndrome in women [2021]
  • Scientific Reports
    • Prevalence and bother of lower urinary tract symptoms and overactive bladder in Poland, an Eastern European Study [2020]
• Spain
  • Archivos Españoles de Urología
    • Economic Impact Associated with Patients with Overactive Bladder on Drug Treatment with Mirabegron or Antimuscarinics in Spain [2023]
• United Kingdom
  • Journal of Clinical Urology
    • Botulinum toxin-A for the treatment of overactive bladder: UK contributions [2013]
  • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
    • Electrically stimulated intravesical therapy for interstitial cystitis or overactive bladder in adults [2025]
    • Vibegron for treating symptoms of overactive bladder syndrome [2024]
    • Axonics sacral neuromodulation system for treating refractory overactive bladder [2020]
    • Mirabegron for treating symptoms of overactive bladder [2013]
    • Percutaneous posterior tibial nerve stimulation for overactive bladder syndrome [2010]
  • NHS England
    • Sacral Nerve Stimulation for Overactive Bladder [2015]
  • Right Decisions
    • Overactive bladder in Women
• United States
  • Advances in Therapy
    • Patient and Clinician Challenges with Anticholinergic Step Therapy in the Treatment of Overactive Bladder: A Narrative Review [2023]
  • American Urogynecologic Society
    • Clinical Consensus Statement: Association of Anticholinergic Medication Use and Cognition in Women With Overactive Bladder [2021]
  • American Urological Association
    • The AUA/SUFU guideline on the diagnosis and treatment of idiopathic overactive bladder [2024]
    • Diagnosis and Treatment of Overactive Bladder (Non-Neurogenic) in Adults: AUA/SUFU Guideline Amendment 2019 [2019]
    • Diagnosis and treatment of overactive bladder (non-neurogenic) in adults: AUA/SUFU guideline [2012]
  • International Urogynecology Journal
    • Assessing comprehension of online information in the United States for third-line treatment of overactive bladder [2023]
  • JAMA Network Open
    • Inequities in Filled Overactive Bladder Medication Prescriptions in the US [2023]
  • Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research
    • Cost-effectiveness of overactive bladder treatments from a US commercial and payer perspective [2023]
    • Healthcare and economic burden of anticholinergic use in adults with overactive bladder: a systematic literature review [2022]
  • Toxins
    • Expert Opinions on Best Practices for Overactive Bladder Management with onabotulinumtoxinA [2025]
• {Related topics}
  • Topic
    • Urinary incontinence

Pelvic organ prolapse

• Australia
  • Australian Family Physician
    • Pelvic organ prolapse – a review [2015]
• Australia, New Zealand
  • Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • Sacrocolpopexy clinical guidance statement [2022]
    • Polypropylene vaginal mesh implants for vaginal prolapse [2021]
• Austria, Germany, Switzerland
  • Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde
    • Diagnosis and Therapy of Female Pelvic Organ Prolapse. Guideline of the DGGG, SGGG and OEGGG (S2e-Level, AWMF Registry Number 015/006, April 2016) [2016]
• BRICS countries
  • BMC Public Health
    • Time trends in the incidence of pelvic organ prolapse across the BRICS: an age-period-cohort analysis for the GBD 2019 [2025]
• Canada
  • Ontario Health
    • Vaginal Pessaries for Pelvic Organ Prolapse or Stress Urinary Incontinence: A Health Technology Assessment [2021]
  • Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
    • Vaginal Pessary Use [2021]
    • Surgical Management of Apical Pelvic Organ Prolapse in Women [2021]
    • Transvaginal Mesh Procedures for Pelvic Organ Prolapse [2017]
• China
  • BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
    • A nationwide population-based survey on the prevalence and risk factors of symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse in adult women in China – a pelvic organ prolapse quantification system-based study [2021]
  • Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity
    • An epidemiologic study on symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse in obese Chinese women: a population-based study in China [2018]
• Ethiopia
  • BMC Women's Health
    • Surgical management practice of pelvic organ prolapse among Ethiopian gynecologists, 2021: a descriptive study [2023]
  • PLoS ONE
    • Prevalence and associated factors affecting pelvic floor disorder among women in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2025]
• Europe
  • European Menopause and Andropause Society
    • Current management of pelvic organ prolapse in aging women: EMAS clinical guide [2018]
  • European Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy
    • Practice of laparoscopic prolapse surgery in Europe - ESGE Survey [2023]
• Finland
  • Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
    • Methods of surgery for pelvic organ prolapse in a nationwide cohort (FINPOP 2015) [2019]
  • BMC Women's Health
    • Patient-reported outcomes after hysterectomy due to pelvic organ prolapse versus other indications - a 10-year national follow-up study [2026]
• France
  • European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
    • Risk factors for severe morbidity and mortality: a French, nationwide study of 375,075 pelvic organ prolapse operations [2025]
  • Progrès en Urologie
    • Should we perform subtotal hysterectomy associated with sacral colpopexy for genital prolapse to prevent the risk of endometrial cancer? [2021]
• International
  • American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
    • Incorporating Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy in the Treatment of Obstructed Defecation Syndrome and Posterior Compartment Pelvic Organ and Rectal Prolapse: Proceedings of the Consensus Meeting of the Pelvic Floor Consortium of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, the International Continence Society, the International Urogynecological Association, the American Urogynecologic Society, and the American Physical Therapy Association [2026]
  • American Urogynecologic Society
    • Joint report on terminology for surgical procedures to treat pelvic organ prolapse [2020]
  • BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
    • Laparoscopic Versus Robot-Assisted Sacrocolpopexy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2026]
  • BMC Women's Health
    • Comparison of concomitant hysterectomy and uterine preservation for pelvic floor reconstruction using transvaginal mesh in the treatment of POP: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2025]
    • Inequality in healthcare-seeking behavior among women with pelvic organ prolapse: a systematic review and narrative synthesis [2023]
  • BMJ Open
    • What is known from the existing literature about self-management of pessaries for pelvic organ prolapse? A scoping review [2022]
  • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
    • Surgery for women with apical vaginal prolapse [2023]
  • Frontiers in Public Health
    • Global burden and trends of pelvic organ prolapse associated with aging women: An observational trend study from 1990 to 2019 [2022]
  • Ginekologia Polska
    • Current approach to the use of transvaginal mesh systems in pelvic organ prolapse [2025]
  • International Urogynecological Association
    • Chapter 4.5: New Proposed Treatments for Pelvic Organ Prolapse [2026]
    • International Urogynecological Consultation Chapter 2.2: Imaging in the Diagnosis of Pelvic Organ Prolapse [2025]
    • An International Urogynecological Association (IUGA) / International Continence Society (ICS) joint report on the terminology for female pelvic organ prolapse (POP) [2016]
  • International Urogynecology Journal
    • A qualitative evidence synthesis using meta-ethnography to understand the experience of living with pelvic organ prolapse [2020]
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine
    • Summary: 2021 International Consultation on Incontinence Evidence-Based Surgical Pathway for Pelvic Organ Prolapse [2022]
  • Maturitas
    • The uterus debate in vaginal native tissue repair for pelvic organ prolapse: Hysteropexy versus hysterectomy - A systematic review and meta-analysis [2025]
  • Scientific Reports
    • Risk factors for postoperative urinary retention following pelvic organ prolapse surgery: a meta-analysis [2025]
  • Surgical Endoscopy
    • Role of lateral suspension for the treatment of pelvic organ prolapse: a Delphi survey of expert panel [2024]
  • Women's Health
    • How does colpocleisis for pelvic organ prolapse in older women affect quality of life, body image, and sexuality? A critical review of the literature [2022]
• Ireland
  • Ireland's Health Services
    • National Clinical Practice Guideline: Diagnosis and Management of Pelvic Organ Prolapse [2022]
• Italy
  • International Journal of Colorectal Disease
    • 2025 Delphi consensus on robotic ventral mesh rectopexy [2025]
• Nepal
  • Ministry of Health and Population
    • Management of Pelvic Organ Prolapse [2015]
• Poland
  • Ginekologia Polska
    • Urogynecology Section of the Polish Society of Gynecologists and Obstetricians Guidelines on the management of recurrent pelvic organ prolapse [2022]
• Sweden
  • Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
    • Vaginal vault prolapse and recurrent surgery: A nationwide observational cohort study [2022]
    • Recurrent surgery in uterine prolapse: A nationwide register study [2022]
  • International Urogynecology Journal
    • Long-term outcome after routine surgery for pelvic organ prolapse-A national register-based cohort study [2022]
• Taiwan
  • Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
    • The efficacy and complications of using transvaginal mesh to treat pelvic organ prolapse in Taiwan: A 10-year review [2021]
• United Kingdom
  • Health and Social Care Delivery Research
    • Pelvic floor muscle training for women with pelvic organ prolapse: the PROPEL realist evaluation [2020]
  • Health Technology Assessment
    • Clinical and cost-effectiveness of pessary self-management versus clinic-based care for pelvic organ prolapse in women: the TOPSY RCT with process evaluation [2024]
    • Surgical interventions for uterine prolapse and for vault prolapse: the two VUE RCTs [2020]
  • International Urogynecology Journal
    • A survey of prolapse practice in UK women’s health physiotherapists: what has changed in the last decade? [2016]
  • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
    • Bilateral cervicosacropexy (CESA) or vaginosacropexy (VASA) using mesh for pelvic organ prolapse [2020]
    • Laparoscopic ventral mesh rectopexy for internal rectal prolapse [2018]
    • Laparoscopic mesh pectopexy for apical prolapse of the uterus or vagina [2018]
    • Uterine suspension using mesh (including sacrohysteropexy) to repair uterine prolapse [2017]
    • Transvaginal mesh repair of anterior or posterior vaginal wall prolapse [2017]
    • Sacrocolpopexy with hysterectomy using mesh to repair uterine prolapse [2017]
    • Sacrocolpopexy using mesh to repair vaginal vault prolapse [2017]
    • Infracoccygeal sacropexy using mesh to repair vaginal vault prolapse [2017]
    • Infracoccygeal sacropexy using mesh to repair uterine prolapse [2017]
    • Uterine prolapse
  • Pelvic, Obstetric and Gynaecological Physiotherapy
    • UK Clinical Guideline for best practice in the use of vaginal pessaries for pelvic organ prolapse [2021]
  • Right Decisions
    • Pelvic organ prolapse management
• United States
  • American Urogynecologic Society
    • Vaginal Pessary Use and Management for Pelvic Organ Prolapse [2023]
    • AUGS-PERFORM: A New Patient-Reported Outcome Measure to Assess Quality of Prolapse Care [2022]
    • Prolapse Consensus Conference Summary Report [2018]
    • American Urogynecologic Society Consensus Statement: Cystoscopy at the Time of Prolapse Repair [2018]
    • American Urogynecologic Society Best Practice Statement: Evaluation and Counseling of Patients With Pelvic Organ Prolapse [2017]
  • Journal of Gynecologic Surgery
    • Pelvic Organ Prolapse: Overview, Diagnosis and Management [2023]
  • National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
    • Characteristics associated with composite surgical failure over 5 years of women in a randomized trial of sacrospinous hysteropexy with graft vs vaginal hysterectomy with uterosacral ligament suspension [2023]
    • Subgroups of failure after surgery for pelvic organ prolapse and associations with quality of life outcomes: a longitudinal cluster analysis [2021]
    • Sexual Activity and Dyspareunia 1 Year After Surgical Repair of Pelvic Organ Prolapse [2020]
  • Society of Gynecologic Surgeons
    • Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for Use in Women With Pelvic Organ Prolapse: A Systematic Review [2023]
    • Mesh Sacrocolpopexy Compared With Native Tissue Vaginal Repair: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis [2015]
• Western countries
  • American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
    • Risk factors for primary pelvic organ prolapse and prolapse recurrence: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis [2022]
• {Related topics}
  • Topic
    • Urogynecology, urinary and fecal incontinence

Urinary incontinence

• Africa
  • International Urogynecology Journal
    • Female Urinary Incontinence in Africa: Prevalence Estimates from a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2025]
• Asia-Pacific
  • International Journal of Urology
    • The Asia-Pacific AMS800 artificial urinary sphincter consensus statement [2023]
• Australia
  • Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
    • Persistent Incontinence [2018]
  • Australian Family Physician
    • Management of urinary incontinence in residential care [2016]
  • Australian Journal of General Practice
    • Managing female stress urinary incontinence in a post mesh era: What to do and when to refer [2024]
    • Australian community health practitioners’ knowledge and experience with managing urinary incontinence that begins in childhood [2019]
  • Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
    • Urinary incontinence
• Australia, New Zealand
  • Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • Position statement on midurethral slings [2020]
• Austria, Germany, Switzerland
  • Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde
    • Diagnosis and Therapy of Female Urinary Incontinence. Guideline of the DGGG, OEGGG and SGGG (S2k-Level, AWMF Registry No. 015/091, January 2022): Part 1 with Recommendations on Diagnostics and Conservative and Medical Treatment [2023]
    • Diagnosis and Therapy of Female Urinary Incontinence. Guideline of the DGGG, OEGGG and SGGG (S2k Level, AWMF Registry No. 015/091, January 2022): Part 2 with Recommendations on Interventional/Surgical Therapy of Overactive Bladder, Surgical Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence and Diagnosis and Therapy of Iatrogenic Urogenital Fistula [2023]
    • Guideline-Based Strategies in the Surgical Treatment of Female Urinary Incontinence: The New Gold Standard is Almost the Same as the Old One [2016]
    • Interdisciplinary S2e Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence in Women [2013]
• Brazil
  • Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy
    • Mobile health technologies for the management of urinary incontinence: A systematic review of online stores in Brazil [2021]
  • Federação Brasileira das Associações de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia
    • Occult Urinary Incontinence Treatment: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis-Brazilian Guidelines [2019]
• Canada
  • Alberta Health Services
    • Female Urinary Incontinence Primary Care Pathway
  • Canada's Drug Agency
    • Perineal Skin Cleansers for Adults with Urine Incontinence in Long-Term Care or Hospital Settings: A Review of the Clinical Effectiveness and Guidelines [2019]
  • Canadian Family Physician
    • Assessment of urinary incontinence in older adults, part 1 [2024]
    • Office management of urinary incontinence among older patients [2010]
  • Canadian Urological Association
    • 2024 Canadian Urological Association guideline: Female stress urinary incontinence [2024]
  • CMAJ Open
    • Association between chronic conditions and urinary incontinence in females: a cross-sectional study using national survey data [2022]
  • Ontario Health
    • Electronic Monitoring Systems to Assess Urinary Incontinence: A Health Technology Assessment [2018]
  • Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
    • eHealth Solutions for Urinary Incontinence Among Women [2023]
    • Conservative Care of Urinary Incontinence in Women [2020]
    • Mid-Urethral Slings for Stress Urinary Incontinence [2019]
    • The Evaluation of Stress Incontinence Prior to Primary Surgery [2018]
    • Intravaginal Laser for Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause and Stress Urinary Incontinence [2018]
    • Conservative Management of Urinary Incontinence [2018]
    • Guidelines for the Evaluation and Treatment of Recurrent Urinary Incontinence Following Pelvic Floor Surgery [2017]
• China
  • BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
    • Incidence and risk factors of female urinary incontinence: a 4-year longitudinal study among 24 985 adult women in China [2022]
  • BMC Urology
    • Prevalence and associated factors of urinary incontinence in women living in China: a literature review [2020]
  • BMJ Open
    • Prevalence of urinary incontinence among nulliparous women and its association with underweight body mass index: a secondary analysis of a nationwide cross-sectional study in China [2025]
  • European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
    • The incidence of urinary incontinence in Chinese hypertensive women and the relationship between hypertension and urinary incontinence [2024]
  • Journal of Integrative Medicine
    • Clinical practice guideline for acupuncture and moxibustion: Female urinary incontinence [2024]
  • Journal of Urology
    • Remission and Transition of Female Urinary Incontinence and Its Subtypes and the Impact of Body Mass Index on This Progression: A Nationwide Population-Based 4-Year Longitudinal Study in China [2022]
  • Medicine
    • Effect of different interventions on the efficacy of postpartum urinary incontinence in China: A systematic review and network meta-analysis [2023]
  • Science Bulletin
    • Female urinary incontinence in China after 15 years' efforts: Results from large-scale nationwide surveys [2024]
• Denmark
  • Danish Health Authority
    • National clinical guideline on urinary incontinence in women [2020]
• Europe
  • Advances in Therapy
    • Assessing the Value of PureWick™ for Female Urinary Incontinence in Non-Acute Settings: Multi-Country Cost-Effectiveness and Budget Impact Analyses [2026]
  • European Association of Urology
    • EAU Guidelines on Assessment and Nonsurgical Management of Urinary Incontinence [2018]
    • EAU Guidelines on Non-neurogenic Female LUTS - Uroweb
  • European Medicines Agency
    • Clinical investigation of medicinal products in the treatment of urinary incontinence - Scientific guideline
  • European Menopause and Andropause Society
    • Management of urinary incontinence in postmenopausal women: An EMAS clinical guide [2021]
  • European Urology
    • Prevalence, Socioeconomic, and Environmental Costs of Urinary Incontinence in the European Union [2025]
  • Urologia Internationalis
    • Prevalence, Incidence and Obstetric Factors’ Impact on Female Urinary Incontinence in Europe: A Systematic Review [2013]
• Finland
  • International Urogynecology Journal
    • Pregnancy and delivery after mid-urethral sling operation [2021]
• France
  • French Journal of Urology
    • Why should we stop implanting transobturator sling? [2025]
    • Practice bulletin on the management of female stress urinary incontinence in France from the Committee of female urology (CUROPF) of the French Association of Urology (AFU) [2025]
    • Practice bulletin on the diagnosis of female stress urinary incontinence in France from the Committee of Female Urology (CUROPF) of the French Association of Urology (AFU) [2025]
• Gulf Cooperation Council
  • European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
    • Prevalence, social impact and help-seeking behaviour among women with urinary incontinence in the Gulf countries: A systematic review [2021]
• High-income countries
  • Maturitas
    • Urethral bulking agents for the treatment of recurrent stress urinary incontinence: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2022]
• India
  • Federation of Obstetric and Gynecological Societies of India
    • Modern Management of Urinary Incontinence [2024]
  • Indian Journal of Urology
    • The Urological Society of India Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Nonneurogenic Urinary Incontinence in Adults (Executive Summary) [2019]
    • The Urological Society of India survey on urinary incontinence practice patterns among urologists [2018]
• International
  • American Urogynecologic Society
    • Joint report on the terminology for surgical procedures to treat stress urinary incontinence in women [2020]
  • Archivos Españoles de Urología
    • Prevalence and Determinants of Stress Urinary Incontinence in Middle-Aged and Older Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2025]
  • BJU International
    • Guideline of guidelines: urinary incontinence [2016]
  • BMC Geriatrics
    • Prevalence and factors related to urinary incontinence in older adults women worldwide: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies [2021]
  • BMC Medical Research Methodology
    • The minimal important difference of patient-reported outcome measures related to female urinary incontinence: a systematic review [2024]
  • BMC Urology
    • A meta-ethnography to understand the experience of living with urinary incontinence: ‘is it just part and parcel of life?’ [2020]
  • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
    • Pelvic floor muscle training with feedback or biofeedback for urinary incontinence in women [2025]
    • Comparisons of approaches to pelvic floor muscle training for urinary incontinence in women [2024]
    • Single-incision sling operations for urinary incontinence in women [2023]
    • Conservative interventions for treating urinary incontinence in women: an Overview of Cochrane systematic reviews [2022]
    • Traditional suburethral sling operations for urinary incontinence in women [2020]
  • Frontiers in Endocrinology
    • Association of overweight, obesity and risk of urinary incontinence in middle-aged and older women: a meta epidemiology study [2023]
  • International Continence Society
    • International Continence Society white paper on ethical considerations in older adults with urinary incontinence [2022]
    • Assessment of patients with lower urinary tract symptoms where an undiagnosed neurological disease is suspected: A report from an International Continence Society consensus working group [2020]
  • International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
    • FIGO recommendations: Use of midurethral slings for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence [2023]
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
    • Pelvic Floor Muscle Training for Urinary Incontinence with or without Biofeedback or Electrostimulation in Women: A Systematic Review [2022]
  • International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
    • Prevalence of urinary incontinence in postpartum women and physiotherapy interventions applied: An integrative review [2025]
  • International Urogynecological Association
    • Management of mixed urinary incontinence: IUGA committee opinion [2024]
  • International Urogynecology Journal
    • Patients' Perceptions of Stress Urinary Incontinence Treatment: A Scoping Review of Qualitative Studies [2025]
    • Does Pre-Operative Grade of Stress Urinary Incontinence Severity Affect the Post-Operative Outcome? A Systematic Review [2025]
    • Prevalence of urinary incontinence in female CrossFit athletes: a systematic review with meta-analysis [2023]
    • Elite female athletes' experiences of symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction: A systematic review [2022]
    • Urinary incontinence during pregnancy: prevalence, experience of bother, beliefs, and help-seeking behavior [2021]
    • Prevalence, incidence and bothersomeness of urinary incontinence in pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2021]
  • JMIR mHealth and uHealth
    • Digital Technologies for Women's Pelvic Floor Muscle Training to Manage Urinary Incontinence Across Their Life Course: Scoping Review [2023]
  • Journal of Gynecology Obstetrics and Human Reproduction
    • Systematic review of guidelines for urinary incontinence in women [2020]
  • New Journal of Urology
    • Current Approaches for the Diagnosis and Conservative Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence – A Guideline of Guidelines [2024]
  • Nursing Open
    • Management of urinary incontinence after radical cystectomy and orthotopic neobladder: A scoping review of international practices [2023]
  • PLoS ONE
    • The effect of conservative non-pharmacological interventions on the management of urinary incontinence in older adults living with frailty: Systematic review and meta-analysis [2025]
  • Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine & Urogenital Reconstruction
    • Recommendations of the SUFU/AUGS/ICS Female Stress Urinary Incontinence Surgical Publication Working Group: A common standard minimum data set for the literature [2024]
  • Systematic Reviews
    • Surgical treatments for women with stress urinary incontinence: a systematic review of economic evidence [2020]
• Ireland
  • Department of Health Ireland
    • Minister for Health Simon Harris Announces Pause in the Use of Transvaginal Mesh Devices [2018]
  • International Urogynecology Journal
    • Contemporary trends for urological training and management of stress urinary incontinence in Ireland [2021]
  • Ireland's Health Services
    • National Clinical Practice Guideline: Diagnosis and Management of Mesh Complications [2022]
    • National Clinical Practice Guideline: Assessment and Management of Stress Urinary Incontinence in Women [2022]
• Italy
  • Minerva Urology and Nephrology
    • When should we use urodynamic testing? Recommendations of the Italian Society of Urodynamics (SIUD). Part 1 - Female population [2020]
• Japan
  • Women's Health
    • Prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of urinary incontinence in Japanese women: A web-based cross-sectional study [2023]
• Kuwait
  • Medical Principles and Practice
    • Prevalence and Quality of Life among Overweight and Obese Women with Different Severity and Types of Urinary Incontinence [2024]
• Netherlands
  • Continence
    • 2024 Revised Dutch guidelines for urinary incontinence: Addressing clinical bottlenecks through a modular approach [2024]
  • International Urogynecology Journal
    • Dutch guidelines for physiotherapy in patients with stress urinary incontinence: an update [2013]
• New Zealand
  • Health New Zealand
    • Patient decision guides
  • Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
    • Incidence, Prevalence, and Risk for Urinary Incontinence for People with Dementia in the Community in Aotearoa New Zealand: An interRAI Study [2024]
  • Ministry of Health New Zealand
    • Interim High Vigilance Guideline for Non-Mesh Stress Urinary Incontinence Surgery [2023]
    • Surgical mesh
• Norway
  • Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
    • The completeness and accuracy of the Norwegian Female Incontinence Registry [2020]
  • Journal of Physiotherapy
    • Physiotherapy management of urinary incontinence in females [2020]
• Poland
  • Ginekologia Polska
    • The Urogynecology Section of the Polish Society of Gynecologists and Obstetricians Guideline for the diagnostic assessment of stress urinary incontinence in women [2023]
    • The Urogynecology Section of the Polish Society of Gynecologists and Obstetricians Guideline on the use of urodynamic testing in gynecological practice [2021]
  • Przeglad Menopauzalny = Menopause Review
    • Urinary incontinence in postmenopausal women – causes, symptoms, treatment [2019]
• Saudi Arabia
  • European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences
    • Prevalence of urinary incontinence among women in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study [2023]
  • Medicina
    • Prevalence of Stress Urinary Incontinence and Risk Factors among Saudi Females [2023]
• Spain
  • British Journal of General Practice
    • Association of multimorbidity with higher levels of urinary incontinence: a cross-sectional study of 23 089 individuals aged >=15 years residing in Spain [2020]
• Sweden
  • Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
    • The tension-free vaginal tape operation: Is the inexperienced surgeon a risk factor? Learning curve and Swedish quality reference [2021]
  • BMC Health Services Research
    • Trends in level of education and area of residence of users of a mobile app to support treatment of urinary incontinence [2025]
  • International Urogynecology Journal
    • The influence of age and health status for outcomes after mid-urethral sling surgery-a nationwide register study [2023]
• Türkiye
  • BMC Urology
    • Addressing urinary incontinence by gender: a nationwide population-based study in Turkiye [2024]
  • Patient preference and adherence
    • Adaptation and validation of the Michigan Incontinence Severity Index in a Turkish population [2016]
• United Kingdom
  • BMC Family Practice
    • Determinants of referral of women with urinary incontinence to specialist services: a national cohort study using primary care data from the UK [2020]
  • BMJ Open
    • Geographical variation in rates of surgical treatment for female stress urinary incontinence in England: a national cohort study [2019]
  • Health and Social Care Delivery Research
    • Variation in availability and use of surgical care for female urinary incontinence: a mixed-methods study [2021]
  • Health Technology Assessment
    • Single-incision mini-slings versus standard synthetic mid-urethral slings for surgical treatment of stress urinary incontinence in women: The SIMS RCT [2022]
    • Tibial nerve stimulation compared with sham to reduce incontinence in care home residents: ELECTRIC RCT [2021]
    • Basic versus biofeedback-mediated intensive pelvic floor muscle training for women with urinary incontinence: the OPAL RCT [2020]
    • Surgical treatments for women with stress urinary incontinence: the ESTER systematic review and economic evaluation [2019]
  • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
    • Urinary incontinence in neurological disease: assessment and management [2023]
    • Transcutaneous electrical neuromuscular stimulation for urinary incontinence [2022]
    • Urinary incontinence in women [2021]
    • Transvaginal laser therapy for stress urinary incontinence [2021]
    • Extraurethral (non-circumferential) retropubic adjustable compression devices for stress urinary incontinence in women [2017]
    • Single-incision short sling mesh insertion for stress urinary incontinence in women [2016]
    • Urinary incontinence
  • NHS England
    • Specialised complex surgery for urinary incontinence and vaginal and uterine prolapse (16 years and above) [2020]
  • Right Decisions
    • Female urinary incontinence (Guidelines)
  • Scottish Government
    • Transvaginal Mesh Case Record Review [2023]
    • Transvaginal mesh implants independent review: final report [2017]
• United States
  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    • Nonsurgical Treatments for Urinary Incontinence in Women: A Systematic Review Update [2018]
  • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
    • Evaluation of Uncomplicated Stress Urinary Incontinence in Women Before Surgical Treatment [2014]
  • American College of Physicians
    • Nonsurgical Management of Urinary Incontinence in Women: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American College of Physicians [2014]
  • American Family Physician
    • Urinary Incontinence in Women: Evaluation and Management [2019]
  • American Urogynecologic Society
    • Medium-Term Outcomes of Conservative and Surgical Treatments for Stress Urinary Incontinence: A Medicare Claims Analysis: Developed by the AUGS Payment Reform Committee [2023]
    • Joint Position Statement on Midurethral Slings for Stress Urinary Incontinence [2021]
    • American Urogynecologic Society Systematic Review: The Impact of Weight Loss Intervention on Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Urinary Incontinence in Overweight and Obese Women [2020]
  • American Urological Association
    • Updates to Surgical Treatment of Female Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI): AUA/SUFU Guideline (2023) [2023]
    • The AUA/SUFU Guideline on Adult Neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction: Treatment and Follow-up [2021]
    • The AUA/SUFU Guideline on Adult Neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction: Diagnosis and Evaluation [2021]
  • Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
    • Non-Surgical Management of Urinary Incontinence [2024]
  • Journal of Urology
    • Outpatient Evaluation and Management Visits for Urinary Incontinence in Older Women [2019]
  • Journal of Women's Health
    • Female Urinary Incontinence Evidence-Based Treatment Pathway: An Infographic for Shared Decision-Making [2022]
  • National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
    • Cost-effectiveness of behavioral and pelvic floor muscle therapy combined with midurethral sling surgery vs surgery alone among women with mixed urinary incontinence: results of the Effects of Surgical Treatment Enhanced With Exercise for Mixed Urinary Incontinence randomized trial [2021]
    • Refractory urgency urinary incontinence treatment in women: impact of age on outcomes and complications [2018]
  • Neurourology and Urodynamics
    • Healthcare resource use and cost burden of urinary incontinence to United States payers [2022]
    • Adherence to professional society guidelines among women with stress or mixed urinary incontinence [2022]
    • The University of Michigan Incontinence Symptom Index (M-ISI): a Clinical Measure for Type, Severity, and Bother related to Urinary Incontinence [2014]
  • StatPearls
    • Urinary Incontinence
    • Urge Incontinence
  • Urology
    • Underrepresentation of Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Research Informing the American Urological Association/Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine & Urogenital Reconstruction Stress Urinary Incontinence Guideline [2022]
  • Women's Preventive Services Initiative
    • Screening for Urinary Incontinence in Women: A Recommendation From the Women's Preventive Services Initiative [2018]
• Western countries
  • International Urogynecology Journal
    • Prevalence, incidence and bothersomeness of urinary incontinence between 6 weeks and 1 year post-partum: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2021]
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • Evidence profile: urinary incontinence - Integrated care for older people [2017]
• {Related topics}
  • Topic
    • Urogynecology, urinary and fecal incontinence
    • Overactive bladder

Urogynecology, urinary and fecal incontinence

• Australia
  • Australian Journal of General Practice
    • Transvaginal mesh for incontinence and prolapse: Where are we now and how did we get here? [2024]
• Austria, Germany, Switzerland
  • Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde
    • Interdisciplinary S2k Guideline: Sonography in Urogynecology [2014]
• Canada
  • Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada
    • Winds of Change: Past, Present, and Future of Urogynaecology in Canada [2019]
  • Ontario Health
    • Pelvic Floor Muscle Training for Stress Urinary Incontinence, Fecal Incontinence, and Pelvic Organ Prolapse: A Health Technology Assessment [2024]
  • Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario
    • A Proactive Approach to Bladder and Bowel Management in Adults [2020]
• Europe
  • European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
    • European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (EBCOG) position statement on the use of laser vaginal devices for treatment of genitourinary syndrome of menopause, vaginal laxity, pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence [2024]
  • European Society of Urogenital Radiology
    • Magnetic resonance imaging of pelvic floor dysfunction - joint recommendations of the ESUR and ESGAR Pelvic Floor Working Group [2017]
  • Neuromodulation
    • Reprogramming Sacral Neuromodulation for Sub-Optimal Outcomes: Evidence and Recommendations for Clinical Practice [2021]
• Finland
  • JBI Evidence Implementation
    • Effectiveness of exercise interventions on urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse in pregnant and postpartum women: umbrella review and clinical guideline development [2023]
• International
  • American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
    • Measuring Pelvic Floor Disorder Symptoms Using Patient-Reported Instruments: Proceedings of the Consensus Meeting of the Pelvic Floor Consortium of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, the International Continence Society, the American Urogynecologic Society, and the Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine and Urogenital Reconstruction [2020]
  • American Urogynecologic Society
    • AUGS-IUGA Joint Clinical Consensus Statement on Enhanced Recovery After Urogynecologic Surgery [2022]
    • Joint position statement on the management of mesh-related complications for the FPMRS specialist [2020]
  • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
    • Pelvic floor muscle training for preventing and treating urinary and faecal incontinence in antenatal and postnatal women [2020]
  • International Continence Society
    • ICS Standards 2024 [2024]
  • International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
    • Neglect of pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence are exemplary of human rights violations towards women: moving towards a resolution [2023]
    • Review of statements on use of synthetic mesh [2019]
    • FIGO review of statements on use of synthetic mesh for pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence [2019]
  • International Urogynecological Association
    • Guidance for the management of urogynecological conditions during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic [2021]
    • Effectiveness of hormones in postmenopausal pelvic floor dysfunction—International Urogynecological Association research and development—committee opinion [2020]
  • Neurourology and Urodynamics
    • Do We Have the Evidence to Produce Tools to Enable the Identification and Personalization of Management of Women's Pelvic Floor Health Disorders Through the Perinatal and Perimenopausal Periods? ICI-RS 2024 [2025]
  • PLoS ONE
    • Experiences of Indigenous peoples living with pelvic health conditions: A scoping review [2025]
• Saudi Arabia
  • BMC Women's Health
    • Prevalence of pelvic floor dysfunction: a Saudi national survey [2022]
• Sierra Leone
  • International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
    • Estimating the prevalence of urinary and fecal incontinence in a nationally representative survey in Sierra Leone [2014]
• Spain
  • BMC Public Health
    • Pelvic floor dysfunction: prevalence and associated factors [2023]
• Sweden
  • American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
    • The influence of pregnancy, parity, and mode of delivery on urinary incontinence and prolapse surgery-a national register study [2023]
• United Kingdom
  • BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
    • Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Used to Assess Surgical Interventions for Pelvic Organ Prolapse, Stress Urinary Incontinence and Mesh Complications: A Scoping Review for the Development of the APPRAISE PROM [2026]
  • Health and Social Care Delivery Research
    • Understanding approaches to continence care for people living with dementia in acute hospital settings: an ethnographic study [2022]
  • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
    • Pelvic floor dysfunction: prevention and non-surgical management [2021]
    • Urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse in women: management [2019]
  • NHS England
    • Service specification: perinatal pelvic health services [2023]
    • Specialised services for women with complications of mesh inserted for urinary incontinence and vaginal prolapse (16 years and above) [2021]
    • Excellence in Continence Care [2018]
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • RCOG Position Statement: Pelvic floor health [2023]
  • UK Parliament
    • Debate on the first anniversary of the Hughes report on valproate and pelvic mesh [2025]
    • Debate on pelvic mesh and the Cumberlege review [2025]
    • Bladder and bowel continence care [2023]
• United States
  • American College of Radiology
    • Pelvic Floor Dysfunction in Females
  • American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
    • AIUM/IUGA Practice Parameter for the Performance of Urogynecological Ultrasound Examinations: Developed in Collaboration with the ACR, the AUGS, the AUA, and the SRU [2019]
  • American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
    • Consensus Statement of Definitions for Anorectal Physiology Testing and Pelvic Floor Terminology (Revised) [2018]
  • American Urogynecologic Society
    • Postoperative Urinary Retention [2023]
    • Foundational Science and Mechanistic Insights for a Shared Disease Model: An Expert Consensus [2022]
    • Vaginal Energy-Based Devices [2020]
  • Family Medicine and Community Health
    • Primary care providers practice patterns regarding female pelvic floor disorders [2024]
  • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
    • Urinary, Fecal, and Dual Incontinence in Older U.S. Adults [2015]
  • Journal of Wound Ostomy & Continence Nursing
    • Incontinence Management and Pressure Injury Rates in US Acute Care Hospitals: Analysis of Data From the 2018-2019 International Pressure Injury Prevalence™ (IPUP) Survey [2022]
  • National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
    • Pelvic Floor Disorders (PFDs)
  • Society of Gynecologic Surgeons
    • A guide for urogynecologic patient care utilizing telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic: review of existing evidence [2020]
  • Urogynecology
    • Barriers to Urogynecologic Care for Racial and Ethnic Minority Women: A Qualitative Systematic Review [2023]
• Western countries
  • BMJ Open
    • Continence care quality from the perspective of older adults in long-term care or in receipt of home care: a scoping review [2026]
• WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region
  • Saudi Medical Journal
    • Prevalence of pelvic floor disorders in the Eastern Mediterranean region: A meta-analysis [2023]
• {Related topics}
  • Topic
    • Urinary incontinence
    • Pelvic organ prolapse
    • Obstetric fistula, vesicovaginal fistula
    • Gynecologic surgery
    • Fecal incontinence