Obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive medicine guidelines

Urogynecology, urinary and fecal incontinence

Guidelines, reviews, statements, recommendations, standards

 

Fecal incontinence

• Australia
  • Australian Journal of General Practice
    • Management of faecal incontinence in residential aged care [2018]
• Canada
  • Canadian Family Physician
    • Fecal incontinence in older adults [2020]
  • Canadian Geriatrics Society
    • Fecal Incontinence in Older Adults: A Practical Approach [2019]
  • 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]
• Denmark
  • Nordic Federation of Societies of Obstetrics and Gynecology
    • Obstetric anal sphincter injury (OASIS) [2019]
• Europe
  • Journal of the Intensive Care Society
    • Expert Recommendations for Managing Acute Faecal Incontinence with Diarrhoea in the Intensive Care Unit [2013]
• Germany
  • GMS German Medical Science
    • German S3-Guideline: Rectovaginal fistula [2012]
• 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]
• Ireland
  • Ireland's Health Services
    • Management of Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injury [2012]
• 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]
• 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]
  • Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care
    • Anal sphincter injuries [2016]
• 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]
  • Health Technology Assessment
    • Managing Faecal INcontinence in people with advanced dementia resident in Care Homes (FINCH) study: a realist synthesis of the evidence [2017]
  • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
    • Faecal incontinence in adults [2014]
    • Faecal incontinence
  • Royal College of Surgeons
    • Faecal Incontinence - Commissioning Guide [2014]
• United States
  • American College of Gastroenterology
    • ACG Clinical Guideline: Management of Benign Anorectal Disorders [2014]
  • Gastroenterology & Hepatology
    • Epidemiologic Trends and Diagnostic Evaluation of Fecal Incontinence [2020]
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  • Guidelines
    • Urogynecology, urinary and fecal incontinence
    • Fecal incontinence: treatment

Fecal incontinence: treatment

• 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
  • 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: Current State of the Evidence [2016]
    • Treatments for Fecal Incontinence: A Review of the Research for Adults [2016]
    • 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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  • Guidelines
    • Urogynecology, urinary and fecal incontinence
    • Fecal incontinence

Obstetric fistula, vesicovaginal fistula

• 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
  • Tropical Medicine & International Health
    • Frequency and management of non-obstetric fistula in the Democratic Republic of Congo: experience from the Fistula Care Plus project [2020]
• 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]
  • Reproductive Health
    • A population based survey in Ethiopia using questionnaire as proxy to estimate obstetric fistula prevalence: results from demographic and health survey [2013]
• Guinea
  • Reproductive Health
    • Factors associated with the failure of obstetric fistula repair in Guinea: implications for practice [2016]
• 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]
  • Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    • Obstetric Fistula e-Learning Course [2015]
  • International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
    • 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]
  • 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
    • Campaign to End Fistula
  • World Bank
    • Obstetric Fistula [2015]
• Low-income countries
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Overcoming phase 1 delays: the critical component of obstetric fistula prevention programs in resource-poor countries [2012]
• Low-resource countries
  • 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]
• Low-resource settings
  • International Urogynecology Journal
    • Demand and capacity to integrate pelvic organ prolapse and genital fistula services in low-resource settings [2018]
• Nepal
  • Ministry of Health and Population
    • Management of Obstetric Fistula for Health Care Providers – On-the-Job Training [2015]
• 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]
  • Pan African Medical Journal
    • Nigeria, a high burden state of obstetric fistula: a contextual analysis of key drivers [2020]
• Pakistan
  • BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
    • Prevalence of obstetric fistula: a population-based study in rural Pakistan [2014]
• 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
    • Risk factors for vaginal fistula symptoms in Sub-Saharan Africa: a pooled analysis of national household survey data [2016]
  • International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
    • Systematic review of shorter versus longer duration of bladder catheterization after surgical repair of urinary obstetric fistula [2018]
  • Tropical Medicine & International Health
    • Rehabilitation experiences after obstetric fistula repair: systematic review of qualitative studies [2015]
• Sudan
  • Sudan Health Observatory
    • National fistula management guidelines, December 2011 [2011]
• 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]
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    • Urogynecology, urinary and fecal incontinence
    • Labor, delivery, postpartum

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 [2012]
• 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]
• Brazil
  • 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]
• 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]
• International
  • Drugs & Aging
    • Comparative Safety and Efficacy of Treatments for Overactive Bladder Among Older Adults: A Network Meta-analysis [2020]
• Poland
  • 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]
• 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
  • Health Technology Assessment
    • Bladder ultrasonography for diagnosing detrusor overactivity: test accuracy study and economic evaluation [2016]
  • Journal of Clinical Urology
    • Botulinum toxin-A for the treatment of overactive bladder: UK contributions [2013]
  • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
    • 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
  • 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 Non-Neurogenic Overactive Bladder (OAB) in Adults: an AUA/SUFU Guideline (2019) [2019]
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  • Guidelines
    • Urinary incontinence

Pelvic organ prolapse

• Canada
  • Health Quality Ontario
    • 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
  • 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]
• Finland
  • Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
    • Methods of surgery for pelvic organ prolapse in a nationwide cohort (FINPOP 2015) [2019]
• Germany, Switzerland, Austria
  • 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]
• International
  • International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
    • Review of statements on use of synthetic mesh [2019]
  • 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]
• Iran
  • Advances in Bioscience and Clinical Medicine
    • Adaptation of Pelvic Organ Prolapse Guideline in Iranian Adult Women [2018]
• Italy
  • Journal of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases and Disorders
    • Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP) Working Group (SICCR): Doubts and Evidence for a Practical Guide [2017]
• United Kingdom
  • Health Technology Assessment
    • 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
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • Vaginal Surgery for Prolapse (Consent Advice) [2009]
• United States
  • 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]
  • Society of Gynecologic Surgeons
    • Mesh Sacrocolpopexy Compared With Native Tissue Vaginal Repair: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis [2015]
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  • Guidelines
    • Urogynecology, urinary and fecal incontinence

Urinary incontinence

• 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
    • Australian community health practitioners’ knowledge and experience with managing urinary incontinence that begins in childhood [2019]
• 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
    • 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]
  • Health Quality Ontario
    • 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
  • BMC Urology
    • Prevalence and associated factors of urinary incontinence in women living in China: a literature review [2020]
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
    • Evaluation and Management of Neurogenic Bladder: What Is New in China? [2015]
• Europe
  • European Association of Urology
    • Urinary Incontinence
  • Urologia Internationalis
    • Prevalence, Incidence and Obstetric Factors’ Impact on Female Urinary Incontinence in Europe: A Systematic Review [2013]
• Germany, Switzerland, Austria
  • Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde
    • Interdisciplinary S2e Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence in Women [2013]
• 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]
  • International Urogynecological Association
    • Evaluation and outcome measures in the treatment of female urinary stress incontinence: International Urogynecological Association (IUGA) guidelines for research and clinical practice [2008]
  • International Urogynecology Journal
    • 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]
• Netherlands
  • BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
    • Cost-effectiveness of a pro-active approach of urinary incontinence in women [2016]
• 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 on the use of urodynamic testing in gynecological practice [2021]
  • Przeglad Menopauzalny = Menopause Review
    • Urinary incontinence in postmenopausal women – causes, symptoms, treatment [2019]
• 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
  • 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 and pelvic organ prolapse in women: management [2019]
    • Urinary incontinence in women [2015]
    • Urinary incontinence in neurological disease: Management of lower urinary tract dysfunction in neurological disease [2012]
    • Urinary incontinence
• United States
  • American Urological Association
    • Adult Urodynamics: AUA/SUFU Guideline (2012) [2012]
  • Neurourology and Urodynamics
    • 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]
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  • Guidelines
    • Urogynecology, urinary and fecal incontinence
    • Urinary incontinence: treatment
    • Overactive bladder

Urinary incontinence: treatment

• Brazil
  • 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
    • 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]
• 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]
• Germany, Switzerland, Austria
  • 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]
• International
  • Systematic Reviews
    • Surgical treatments for women with stress urinary incontinence: a systematic review of economic evidence [2020]
• Netherlands
  • International Urogynecology Journal
    • Dutch guidelines for physiotherapy in patients with stress urinary incontinence: an update [2013]
• New Zealand
  • Ministry of Health New Zealand
    • Considering Surgical Mesh to Treat Stress Urinary Incontinence? [2019]
    • Surgical Mesh Registry: Cost Benefit Analysis [2018]
• 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]
• 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
    • 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
    • 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 services for women with complications of mesh inserted for urinary incontinence and vaginal prolapse (16 years and above) [2021]
    • 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]
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • Mesh safety alert [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 Urological Association
    • AUA Position Statement on the Use of Vaginal Mesh for the Surgical Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI) [2019]
    • Surgical Treatment of Female Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI): AUA/SUFU Guideline (2017) [2017]
  • Translational Andrology and Urology
    • Management options for sphincteric deficiency in adults with neurogenic bladder [2016]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Urogynecology, urinary and fecal incontinence
    • Urinary incontinence

Urogynecology, urinary and fecal incontinence

• Canada
  • Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada
    • Winds of Change: Past, Present, and Future of Urogynaecology in Canada [2019]
  • Registered Nurses Association of Ontario
    • A Proactive Approach to Bladder and Bowel Management in Adults [2020]
• 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]
• Germany, Switzerland, Austria
  • Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde
    • Interdisciplinary S2k Guideline: Sonography in Urogynecology [2014]
• International
  • 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 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]
• New Zealand
  • Ministry of Health New Zealand
    • Hearing and Responding to the Stories of Survivors of Surgical Mesh [2019]
• Sierra Leone
  • International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
    • Estimating the prevalence of urinary and fecal incontinence in a nationally representative survey in Sierra Leone [2014]
• United Kingdom
  • Association for Continence Advice
    • Guidance for the provision of absorbent pads for adult incontinence: A consensus document [2017]
  • NHS England
    • 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
  • 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
    • Vaginal Energy-Based Devices [2020]
  • International Urogynecology Journal
    • A guide for urogynecologic patient care utilizing telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic: review of existing evidence [2020]
  • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
    • Urinary, Fecal, and Dual Incontinence in Older U.S. Adults [2015]
  • Society of Gynecologic Surgeons
    • A guide for urogynecologic patient care utilizing telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic: review of existing evidence [2020]
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