Urogynecology, urinary and fecal incontinence

Guidelines, reviews, epidemiology

Fecal incontinence

• Australia
  • Australian Journal of General Practice
    • Management of faecal incontinence in residential aged care [2018]
• Australia, Europe
  • American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
    • The incidence of anal incontinence following obstetric anal sphincter injury graded using the Sultan classification: a network meta-analysis [2023]
• Canada
  • Canadian Family Physician
    • Fecal incontinence in older adults [2020]
  • Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
    • Obstetrical Anal Sphincter Injuries (OASIS): Prevention, Recognition, and Repair [2015]
• China
  • Chinese Medical Journal
    • An epidemiology study of fecal incontinence in adult Chinese women living in urban areas [2020]
• Europe
  • 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]
  • International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
    • Risk factors for obstetric anal sphincter injury recurrence: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2022]
• International
  • Diseases of the Colon & Rectum
    • 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]
  • Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
    • Advances in the evaluation of anorectal function [2018]
  • Techniques in Coloproctology
    • 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
    • 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]
• Norway
  • Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening
    • Follow-up of postpartum anal sphincter injuries [2020]
• Sweden
  • American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
    • Symptoms of fecal incontinence two decades after no, one, or two obstetrical anal sphincter injuries [2021]
• 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]
  • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
    • Faecal incontinence in adults [2014]
    • Faecal incontinence
• United States
  • American College of Gastroenterology
    • ACG Clinical Guideline: Management of Benign Anorectal Disorders [2014]
  • 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]
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    • Urogynecology, urinary and fecal incontinence
    • Fecal incontinence: treatment

Fecal incontinence: treatment

• Canada
  • Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health
    • Patient and Care Provider Perspectives on the Management of Fecal Incontinence: A Qualitative Rapid Review [2023]
• Japan
  • Journal of the Anus, Rectum and Colon
    • Japanese Practice Guidelines for Fecal Incontinence Part 3 -Surgical Treatment for Fecal Incontinence, Fecal Incontinence in a Special Conditions- English Version [2021]
• United Kingdom
  • 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]
    • 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]
  • NHS England
    • Sacral nerve stimulation (SNS) for faecal incontinence (Adult) [2013]
• United States
  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    • Treatments for Fecal Incontinence [2016]
  • 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 Guideline for the Treatment of Fecal Incontinence [2015]
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    • Urogynecology, urinary and fecal incontinence
    • Fecal incontinence

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]
• Democratic Republic of 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]
• East and Central 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]
• 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]
  • 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
    • Estimating the Prevalence and Risk Factors of Obstetric Fistula in Ethiopia: Results from Demographic and Health Survey [2021]
  • 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]
• 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]
  • Indian Journal of Public Health
    • Obstetric fistula: A challenge to public health [2019]
• 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 [2015]
  • International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
    • FIGO Fistula Surgery Training Manual [2022]
    • Global competency-based fistula surgery training manual [2011]
  • International Urogynecology Journal
    • Risk factors for obstetric fistula: a clinical review [2011]
  • 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]
  • U.S. Agency for International Development
    • Fistula Care Plus
  • 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
  • International Urogynecology Journal
    • Demand and capacity to integrate pelvic organ prolapse and genital fistula services in low-resource settings [2018]
• Low-income countries
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Overcoming phase 1 delays: the critical component of obstetric fistula prevention programs in resource-poor countries [2012]
• 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]
  • 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]
• 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]
• 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]
    • Risk factors for vaginal fistula symptoms in Sub-Saharan Africa: a pooled analysis of national household survey data [2016]
  • BMC Women's Health
    • 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
    • Systematic review of shorter versus longer duration of bladder catheterization after surgical repair of urinary obstetric fistula [2018]
  • Lancet Global Health
    • 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
  • 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]
  • 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]
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Overactive bladder

• Australia
  • Australian Journal of General Practice
    • Overactive bladder syndrome: Management and treatment options [2020]
  • Better Safer Care
    • Cystoscopy for uncomplicated overactive bladder symptoms
  • Medical Services Advisory Committee
    • Transurethral Injection of Botulinum Toxin into the Bladder Wall for Urinary Incontinence due to Neurogenic Detrusor Overactivity [2016]
• Australia, New Zealand
  • Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand
    • Conjoint Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand (USANZ) and Urogynaecological Society of Australasia (UGSA) Guidelines on the management of adult non-neurogenic overactive bladder [2016]
• 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
  • Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health
    • 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 Urological Association
    • 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
    • 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]
• International
  • 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]
  • Therapeutic Advances in Urology
    • Update on the management of overactive bladder [2021]
• 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 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]
• Turkey
  • Turkish Journal of Urology
    • The attitudes of Urologists and Gynecologists about overactive bladder and treatment of it in Turkey: A questionnaire survey [2017]
• 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
    • 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]
• 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
    • 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]
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Pelvic organ prolapse

• 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]
• 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: Targets and Therapy
    • 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]
• Finland
  • Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
    • Methods of surgery for pelvic organ prolapse in a nationwide cohort (FINPOP 2015) [2019]
• France
  • 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 Urogynecologic Society
    • Joint report on terminology for surgical procedures to treat pelvic organ prolapse [2020]
  • BMC Women's Health
    • 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]
  • 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]
  • International Urogynecological Association
    • An International Urogynecological Association (IUGA) / International Continence Society (ICS) joint report on the terminology for female pelvic organ prolapse (POP) [2016]
    • An International Urogynecological Association (IUGA)/International Continence Society (ICS) joint terminology and classification of the complications related to native tissue female pelvic floor surgery [2012]
    • An International Urogynecological Association (IUGA)/International Continence Society (ICS) joint report on the terminology for reporting outcomes of surgical procedures for pelvic organ prolapse [2012]
    • An International Urogynecological Association (IUGA)/International Continence Society (ICS) joint terminology and classification of the complications related directly to the insertion of prostheses (meshes, implants, tapes) & grafts in female pelvic floor surgery [2010]
  • International Urogynecology Journal
    • A qualitative evidence synthesis using meta-ethnography to understand the experience of living with pelvic organ prolapse [2020]
  • 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]
• Iran
  • Advances in Bioscience and Clinical Medicine
    • Adaptation of Pelvic Organ Prolapse Guideline in Iranian Adult Women [2018]
• Ireland
  • Ireland's Health Services
    • Diagnosis and Management of Pelvic Organ Prolapse [2022]
• Italy
  • Journal of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases and Disorders
    • Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP) Working Group (SICCR): Doubts and Evidence for a Practical Guide [2017]
• 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 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
• United States
  • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
    • Pelvic Organ Prolapse [2019]
  • American Urogynecologic Society
    • 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]
  • National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
    • Sexual Activity and Dyspareunia 1 Year After Surgical Repair of Pelvic Organ Prolapse [2020]
  • Society of Gynecologic Surgeons
    • 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]
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    • Urogynecology, urinary and fecal incontinence

Urinary incontinence

• Australia
  • 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]
• 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]
    • Interdisciplinary S2e Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence in Women [2013]
• Canada
  • Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health
    • 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
    • Canadian Urological Association guideline for the diagnosis, management, and surveillance of neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction [2019]
    • 2012 Update: Guidelines for Adult Urinary Incontinence Collaborative Consensus Document for the Canadian Urological Association [2012]
  • 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
    • Conservative Care of Urinary Incontinence in Women [2020]
    • 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]
  • 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]
• Europe
  • European Menopause and Andropause Society
    • Management of urinary incontinence in postmenopausal women: An EMAS clinical guide [2021]
  • Urologia Internationalis
    • Prevalence, Incidence and Obstetric Factors’ Impact on Female Urinary Incontinence in Europe: A Systematic Review [2013]
• 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]
• India
  • 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
  • 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 Urology
    • A meta-ethnography to understand the experience of living with urinary incontinence: ‘is it just part and parcel of life?’ [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 Urogynecological Association
    • Management of mixed urinary incontinence: IUGA committee opinion [2024]
    • Evaluation and outcome measures in the treatment of female urinary stress incontinence: International Urogynecological Association (IUGA) guidelines for research and clinical practice [2008]
  • International Urogynecology Journal
    • 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]
  • Journal of Gynecology Obstetrics and Human Reproduction
    • Systematic review of guidelines for urinary incontinence in women [2020]
• Ireland
  • Ireland's Health Services
    • 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]
• New Zealand
  • Best Practice Advocacy Centre New Zealand
    • Urinary incontinence in women: the management of urinary incontinence in women [2016]
• 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]
• Turkey
  • 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]
  • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
    • Urinary incontinence in neurological disease: assessment and management [2023]
    • Urinary incontinence in women [2021]
    • Urinary incontinence
• United States
  • American Family Physician
    • Urinary Incontinence in Women: Evaluation and Management [2019]
  • Journal of Urology
    • Outpatient Evaluation and Management Visits for Urinary Incontinence in Older Women [2019]
  • 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]
  • 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]
• {Related topics}
  • Topic
    • Urogynecology, urinary and fecal incontinence
    • Urinary incontinence: treatment
    • Overactive bladder

Urinary incontinence: treatment

• Asia-Pacific
  • International Journal of Urology
    • The Asia-Pacific AMS800 artificial urinary sphincter consensus statement [2023]
• 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
    • Guideline-Based Strategies in the Surgical Treatment of Female Urinary Incontinence: The New Gold Standard is Almost the Same as the Old One [2016]
• Brazil
  • Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy
    • Mobile health technologies for the management of urinary incontinence: A systematic review of online stores in Brazil [2021]
  • Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia
    • Occult Urinary Incontinence Treatment: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis-Brazilian Guidelines [2019]
• Canada
  • Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
    • eHealth Solutions for Urinary Incontinence Among Women [2023]
    • 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]
• China
  • Medicine
    • Effect of different interventions on the efficacy of postpartum urinary incontinence in China: A systematic review and network meta-analysis [2023]
• Europe
  • European Medicines Agency
    • Guideline on the clinical investigation of medicinal products for the treatment of urinary incontinence [2013]
• Finland
  • International Urogynecology Journal
    • Pregnancy and delivery after mid-urethral sling operation [2021]
• High-income countries
  • Maturitas
    • Urethral bulking agents for the treatment of recurrent stress urinary incontinence: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2022]
• International
  • American Urogynecologic Society
    • Joint report on the terminology for surgical procedures to treat stress urinary incontinence in women [2020]
  • BMC Medical Research Methodology
    • The minimal important difference of patient-reported outcome measures related to female urinary incontinence: a systematic review [2024]
  • 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]
  • JMIR mHealth and uHealth
    • Digital Technologies for Women's Pelvic Floor Muscle Training to Manage Urinary Incontinence Across Their Life Course: Scoping Review [2023]
  • Nursing Open
    • Management of urinary incontinence after radical cystectomy and orthotopic neobladder: A scoping review of international practices [2023]
  • Systematic Reviews
    • Surgical treatments for women with stress urinary incontinence: a systematic review of economic evidence [2020]
• Ireland
  • Department of Health
    • 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
    • Diagnosis and Management of Mesh Complications [2022]
• Netherlands
  • International Urogynecology Journal
    • Dutch guidelines for physiotherapy in patients with stress urinary incontinence: an update [2013]
• 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]
• Republic of Korea
  • International Neurourology Journal
    • Nationwide Database of Surgical Treatment Pattern for Patients With Stress Urinary Incontinence in Korea [2014]
• 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]
  • International Urogynecology Journal
    • The influence of age and health status for outcomes after mid-urethral sling surgery-a nationwide register study [2023]
• United Kingdom
  • BMJ Open
    • Geographical variation in rates of surgical treatment for female stress urinary incontinence in England: a national cohort study [2019]
  • 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]
  • Healthcare Improvement Scotland
    • Transvaginal Mesh Implants Oversight Group
  • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
    • Transcutaneous electrical neuromuscular stimulation for urinary incontinence [2022]
    • 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]
  • NHS England
    • Specialised complex surgery for urinary incontinence and vaginal and uterine prolapse (16 years and above) [2020]
  • Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority
    • Regional Audit of the Use of Mid-Urethral Tapes for Stress Urinary Incontinence in Northern Ireland [2018]
  • Scottish Government
    • 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 Urogynecologic Society
    • 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]
  • 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]
  • 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]
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • Evidence profile: urinary incontinence - Integrated care for older people [2017]
• {Related topics}
  • Topic
    • Urogynecology, urinary and fecal incontinence
    • Urinary incontinence

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]
• Europe
  • 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 Urogynecologic Society
    • Joint position statement on the management of mesh-related complications for the FPMRS specialist [2020]
  • Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery
    • 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]
  • International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
    • 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]
    • IUGA guidelines for training in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive pelvic surgery (FPM-RPS) [2010]
• 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
  • Association for Continence Advice
    • Guidance for the provision of absorbent pads for adult incontinence: A consensus document [2017]
  • 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 Physicians
    • National Audit of Continence Care (NACC) [2012]
• 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
    • 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]
  • 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]
• 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: treatment
    • Urinary incontinence
    • Pelvic organ prolapse
    • Obstetric fistula, vesicovaginal fistula
    • Gynecologic surgery
    • Fecal incontinence: treatment
    • Fecal incontinence