Frontiers in Pelvic Floor Medicine: Translating Science into Practice

Frontiers in Pelvic Floor Medicine - Translating Science into Practice is a compendium of state-of-the-art papers providing an up-to-date approach to the emerging and captivating topic of pelvic floor medicine. Taken as a whole, these papers cover a range of different pathologies and clinical situations that combine the authors' personal experiences with current scientific knowledge in the field. Each chapter outlines the links between basic physiology and objective measures and relates them to important clinical issues related to pelvic floor health. Throughout, the importance of the pathophysiologic mechanisms underlying pelvic floor dysfunction is emphasized and how this knowledge can be translated into better ways to diagnose, treat, and prevent clinical consequences of pelvic floor pathology. The content of the book spans different approaches to investigation, diagnosis, and treatment of the pelvic floor, including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), sacral neuromodulation, pelvic floor exercise, the relevance of the microbiome, the role of novel technologies, minimally invasive surgery, integrative medicine strategies, and inflammatory markers and diagnostic protocols.