Risk of obstetric anal sphincter injuries at the time of admission for delivery: A clinical prediction model.

Objective: To develop and validate a model to predict obstetric anal sphincter injuries (OASIS) using only information available at the time of admission for labour.

Design: A clinical predictive model using a retrospective cohort.

Setting: A US health system containing one community and one tertiary hospital.

The Patient Acceptable Symptom State in Female Urinary Incontinence.

Objective: The objective of this study is to characterize an acceptable health state, using the patient acceptable symptom state (PASS) question, in adult women with urinary incontinence.

Methods: This is a prospective multicenter cohort study determining PASS thresholds from condition-specific measures using an electronic research platform in English-speaking women seeking nonsurgical treatment of urinary incontinence between March 2019 and May 2020. Exclusions included pregnancy, isolated overactive bladder, and pelvic organ prolapse greater than stage II.

Streamlining Postoperative Void Trials: A Study Comparing Standard Backfill Versus Backfill in the Operating Room.

Objective: The standard backfill void trial (VT) performed after urogynecologic surgery is time-consuming. We adopted a new VT protocol in which the bladder is backfilled in the operating room (OR). We hypothesized that this protocol would result in (1) shorter postoperative care unit (PACU) stay and (2) lower rates of postoperative catheterization compared with standard VT.

Diagnosis and Management of Postpartum Pelvic Floor Disorders.

Pelvic floor disorders are common in the postpartum period. These disorders can significantly affect one's quality of life during a period that is already filled with emotional and physiologic change. This review focuses on the presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of the 3 major pelvic floor disorders in postpartum women, namely, urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence, and pelvic organ prolapse.

Role of β-3 adrenergic receptor polymorphism in overactive bladder.

Aims: Women with overactive bladder (OAB) have a higher frequency of a single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) at codon 64 of the β-3 adrenergic receptor gene (ADRB3). Since the SNP results in an amino acid substitution that could theoretically alter receptor protein function, we hypothesized that those with the SNP would display greater OAB symptom severity. Therefore we aimed to compare OAB severity between women with this SNP and women with the wild type genotype.