This book provides a comprehensive review of the etiology, anatomy, diagnosis, treatments, and future directions of care for female incontinence. It includes a historical review of past treatments many women have undergone and resultant altered anatomy. This book discusses conservative treatments such as patient and provider handouts on behavioral modification and how to perform pelvic floor exercises. It also covers medical therapy from minimally invasive treatments to radical surgical approaches and management of treatment failures. Addressing the treatment of stress incontinence with chapters progressing from least invasive to most invasive therapies, it also describes mesh complications and treatment failures. The book illuminates the intersection of prolapse with female incontinence, incontinence diagnosis and management after major reconstructions such as neobladder or penile inversion, vaginoplasty, and incontinence due to rarer conditions such as fistulas. Further chapters explore female urinary incontinence in special populations including pediatric patients, the elderly, and women with neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction, as well as poorly understood populations such as older children, women post-reconstruction, and trans-women. It also addresses research needs and the ever-expanding horizon of new developments in the field of incontinence in women.

Female Urinary Incontinence provides a comprehensive text directed towards urologists, gynecologists, and those trained in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery (FPMRS). Given the topic of incontinence specifically in women and the burgeoning rise of women in the field of FPMRS, the book features an all-female author list comprised of an international group of female urologists and urogynecologists selected to author chapters on their particular expertise.

Anne P. CameronProfessor of UrologyAssociate Chair Safety and QualityUniversity of MichiganAnn Arbor, MI
USA

Epidemiology, definitions and cost of incontinence in women.- Anatomy and pathophysiology of female incontinence.- Diagnosis of Urinary Incontinence in Women.- Historical treatment of SUI and UUI in women.- Behavioral therapy and lifestyle modifications for the management of urinary incontinence in women.- Physical Therapy and Continence Inserts.- Medical Therapy with Antimuscarinics and ß3-agonists.- Posterior Tibial Nerve Stimulation for Female Urge Urinary Incontinence.- Sacral and Pudendal neuromodulation (SNM).- Botulinum toxin (BTXA) (in the non NGB patient).- Augmentation Cystoplasty in the Non-neurogenic Bladder Patient.- Advanced Options for Treatment of Refractory Urgency Urinary Incontinence.- Urethral Bulking Agents.- BURCH COLPOSUSPENSION.- Mesh slings (TOT, TVT, mini).- Autologous Fascial Sling.- Managing complications after surgical treatment of stress urinary incontinence.- FAILURE OF TREATMENT OF Stress Urinary Incontinence.- Prolapse as a Contributing Factor to Stress and Urgency Urinary Incontinence.- Incontinence following major reconstruction.- Rare conditions causing incontinence and their treatment.- Incontinence in Older Girls and Adolescents.- Incontinence in Older Girls and Adolescents.- Urinary Incontinence in the Elderly.- Maximizing Intraoperative Performance and Safety during Incontinence Surgery.- Maximizing Intraoperative Performance and Safety during Incontinence Surgery.- Experimental therapies and research needs for urinary incontinence in women.