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Anterior Colporrhaphy

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Vaginal procedure to reestablish the support between the bladder and vagina to fix a cystocele.

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Absorbent Products

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Pads & undergarments worn to absorb uncontrolled urine flow. Includes shields, undergarment pads, diapers, etc.

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Artificial Urinary Spincter

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A Mechanical device surgucally implanted into a patient. Includes a cuff that surrounds the bladder neck. The patient manually opens and closes the cuff to open and close the urethra

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Biofeedback

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A method of learning voluntary control over specific body functions, such as strengthening pelvic muscles

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Bladder

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The muscular, balloon-shaped organ inside the pelvis that holds urine

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Bladder Neck

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The area of thickened muscle fibers where the bladder joins the urethra

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Bladder Neck Suspension

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Term used for several surgical procedures employed to treat the uretheral hypermobility by elevating & securing thge bladder to its proper position in the body.

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Bladder Training

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Behavior technique that helps a person better control their bladder function or inhibit the sensation of urgency.

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Catheterization

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Insertion of a slender tube inserted via the urethra for empting the bladder.

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Coaptation

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The joining or fitting together of the uretheral wall.

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Colporrhaphy

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The surgical repair of a defect in the vaginal wall, including a cystocele (when the bladder protrudes into the vagina) & a rectocele (when the rectum protrudes into the vagina).

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Continence

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The ability to control the timimg of urination and/or bowel movement.

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Culdoplasty

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Plastic surgery to remedy the prolapse of the posterior fornix of the vagina.

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Cystocele

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Hernia of the bladder usually into the vagina and introitus (entrance into a canal or hollow organ - i.e. vagina)

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Cystometry

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A test that measures the pressure inside of the bladder to see how well the bladder is working. This is done when there is a muscle or nerve problems that may causing problems with how wel the bladder is holdong or releasing urine.

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Cystoscopy

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Diagnostic test in which the inside of the bladder is visualized via the urethra with a cystoscope

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Cystouretheroscopy

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A procedure that is used to examine the insides of the urethra and bladder.

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Detrusor

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Small muscle in the wall of the urinary bladder that contracts the bladder and expels urine.

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Detrusor Instablilty

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Involutary detrusor contraction in the in the absence of associated neurological disorder.

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Entrocele

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Occurs in the high back of the vagina, allowing the small intestine and peritoneum to protrude into the vagina

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Estrogen

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Any of various natural steroids (as estradiol) that are formed from androgen precursors, that are secreted chiefly by the ovaries, placenta, adipose tissue, and testes, and that stimulate the development of female secondary sex characteristics and promote the growth and maintenance of the female reproductive system; also : any of various synthetic or semisynthetic steroids (as ethinyl estradiol) that mimic the physiological effect of natural estrogens.

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Hormone Therapy

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Treatment that adds, blocks or removes hormones.

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Hypermobility of Urethra

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Too much movement of the urethra, causing it to drop below the pelvic floor muscles during certain activities. This may or may not cause urine leakage. Happens when the support provided by the pelvic muscles is relaxed or lost, the bladder neck and urethra may shift, sag, or drop into a lower position during periods of activity, thus causing pressure on the bladder neck area. The pressure on the bladder will exceed the pressure on/in the urethra. If the bladder neck or urethra opens briefly, leakage occurs.

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Hysterectomy

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Removal of the uterus (Radical includes the ovaries)

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Incontinence

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Loss of bladder or bowl control. The accidental loss of urine or feces.

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Intermittent Catheterization

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Catheterization of the bladder every 3 - 6 hours for bladder drainage in presons with urinary retention (inability to release urine).

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Intrinsic Sphincter Deficiency (ISD)

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A weakening of the muscle of the urethra - Stress incontinence is typically due to an anatomical problem with the urethra. Specifically there is a loss of support to the urethra. This support is necessary to increase the resistance of flow of urine through the urethra to prevent the loss of urine with stress events.

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Involuntary Detrusor Contraction

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Uncontrolled contractions of the detrusor muscle - a cause of urinary incontinence.

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Illiococcygeal Fascial Attachment

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A vaginal procedure that attaches the top of the prolapsed vagina to pararectal supportive tissue.

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Kegel Exercises

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Exercises to strengthen the pelvic floor muscles.

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Kelly Plication

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An operation for correction of stress incontinence in women, in which the connective tissue between the vagina and the urethra and the floor of the bladder are sutured to form a wide shelf of firm tissue supporting the urethra and bladder.

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LAVH

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Laparoscopic Assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy

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McCalls Culdoplasty

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Method of supporting the vaginal cuff during a vaginal hysterectomy by attaching the uterosacral and cardinal ligaments to the peritoneal surface with suture material that, when tied, draws toward the midline, helping to close off the cul-de-sac.

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Menopause

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When a women’s menstrual cycle permanently ceases.

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Mixed Incontinence

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A combination os both stress and urge incontinence, only occurs in women.

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Overactive Bladder

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A condiction characterized by involuntary detrusor contractions during the bladder filling phase, which may be spontaneous or provoked. Can not be suppressed.

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Overflow Incontinence

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Loss of urine associated with overdistention of the bladder, resulting from urinary retention causing the bladder to be overwhelmed. There is either continuous ir intermittant leakage of small amounts of urine.

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Paravaginal Repair

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Repair of a tear on the acrus tendineus, a lateral support of the vaginal & pelvic floor.

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Pelvis

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The massive cup-shaped ring of bone, with its ligaments, at the lower end of the trunk formed of the hip bone on either side, sacrum, and coccyx. Any basin like or cup-shaped cavity.

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Pelvic

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Relating to a pelvis

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Pelvic Floor Muscles

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Muscles in the pelvis that support & help to control the vagina, uterus, bladder, urethra, & rectum.

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Pelvic Ultrasound

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Diagnostic test using sound waves to visualize solid and fluid filled structures.

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Periurethral

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Around the urethra

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Pessary

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A vaginal pessary is a removable device placed into the vagina. It is designed to support areas of pelvic organ prolapse.There are a variety of pessaries available, made of rubber, plastic, or silicone-based material.

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Posterior Colporrhaphy

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Repair of a herniation of the posterior vagina by excusion and suturing of the edges of the tear for the correction of a rectocele.

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Post-Void Residual

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Amount of urine remaining in the bladder immediately following the completion of urination.

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Sacral Colpopexy

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A surgical procedure that involves attaching one end of a synthetic mesh to the top of the vagina and the other end to the sacral promontory (upper part of the tail bone or lower part of the spine). The procedure is one of the best ways to treat vaginal vault prolapse.

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Sacrospinous Fixation

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The aim of the operation is to attach the upper vagina and/or cervix to the sacrospinous ligament. This ligament is part of the pelvic floor.

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Sacrospinous Vaginal Vault Suspension

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A procedure (done vaginally) that attaches the top of the prolapsed vagina tp a ligament in the sacro-spinous ligament.

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Sensory Urgency

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Urgency associated with bladder hypersensitivity.

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Sling Procedure

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Urethral sling surgeries to treat urinary incontinence involve placing a sling around the urethra to lift it back into a normal position & to exert pressure on the urethra to aid urine retention. The sling works to treat urethra hypermobility & keeps the urethra in its proper position.

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Sphincter

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A round muscle that opens & closes to let urine out of the bladder when it is time to urine, or feces out of the anus when time to defecate.

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Stress Incontinence

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The most common type of incontinence, that involves leakage of urine when the body puts external pressure on the body - such as a sneeze or cough.

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Submucosa of Urethra

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Connective tissue just under the inside wall of the urethra.

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Transuretheral

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Through the uretheral lumen.

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Ureter

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The tube which carries urine from th kidney to the bladder.

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Urethra

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A canal leading from the bladder that transport urine out of the body.

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Urethral

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Relating to the urethra

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Urethral Pressure Profile

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Technique used to measuew the resting & dynamic pressure of the urethra.

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Urethropexy

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Fixation of the urethra and bladder for stress incontinence.

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Urge Incontinence

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Involuntary loss of urine associated with an abrupt & strong desire to void.

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Urinanalysis

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Test of urine sample that can reveal mant problem of the urinary system & other body systems.

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Urinary Frequency

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Urination eight or more times a day.

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Urinary Tract

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Passageway from the pelvis of the kidney to the urinary system & other body systems.

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Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)

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An illness caused by harmful bacteria growing in the urinary tract.

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Urinate

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To release urine from the bladder (void)

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Urine

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Liquid waste prodcut filtered from the blood by the kidneys, stored in the bladder, & expelled from the body through the urethra.

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Urodynamic Testing

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Various techniques used to measure pressure in the bladder and the flow of the urine.

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Uroflowmetry

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Urodynamic test that measures urine flow either visually, electronically, or with the use of a flow meter.

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Uterine Prolapse

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Displacement of the uterus from its normal position within the pelvis.

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Uterosacral Ligament Suspension

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Suspend the top os the vagina to the utero-sacral ligaments. This can be performed vaginally, abdominally, or laparoscopically.

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Vagina

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The tube within the women’s body that runs beside the urethra & connects the uterus to the outside of the body.

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Vaginal Paravaginal Repair

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Repair of a tear in the arcus tendineous, a lateral support of the vagina & pelvic floor, performed through the vagina.

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Vaginal Vault Prolapse

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Descension of the vagina following a hysterectomy.

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Valsalva Test

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Urodynamic test in which a person bears down as if having a bowel movement. This test is often done to measure the ability to force urine from the bladder.

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Vesicouerteric Reflux

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Backflow of urine from the bladder into the ureter, unilaterally or bilaterally, during rest or especially during urination.

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Videourodynamics

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A technique that combines the various urodynamic tests with simulataneous fluoroscopy (real-time/live x-ray).

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Void

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To urinate or empty the bladder.

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Voiding Diary

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A record used to record the frequency, timimg, amount of voiding and/or other factors associated with the patient’s urinary incontinence.

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