Publications by authors named "A Weis-Potters"
Background: Angioedema is a condition of acute and extensive fluid accumulation in skin or mucosae due to increased blood vessel permeability. Angioedema can have several causes, including pregnancy.
Case Description: A healthy 33-year-old pregnant woman had acute, substantial swelling of the labia minora with no other symptoms.
Although the intrauterine device (IUD) seems a reliable and relatively safe method of contraception, it may cause serious complications. A rare complication is uterus perforation. Intravesical migration and secondary calculus formation is exceptionally uncommon.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe diagnostic strength of the 24-h pad test for self-reported symptoms of urinary incontinence in pregnancy and after childbirth.
Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct
April 2008
The clinical impact of incontinence in pregnancy and after childbirth is growing because some studies report the efficacy of physiotherapy in pregnancy and because obstetric choices are supposed to have significant impact on post-reproductive urinary function (Goldberg et al. in Am J Obstet Gynecol 188:1447-1450, 2003). Thus, the need for objective measurement of urinary incontinence in pregnancy is growing.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: (i) To describe the displacement and recovery of the vesical neck position during pregnancy and after childbirth and (ii) to discriminate between compliance of the vesical neck supporting structures with and without pelvic floor contraction.
Methods: We focussed on the biomechanical properties of the vesical neck supporting structures during pregnancy and after childbirth by calculating the compliance and the hysteresis as a result from of abdominal pressure measurements and simultaneous perineal ultrasound.
Results: This study shows that compliance of the supporting structures remains relatively constant during pregnancy and returns to normal values 6 months after childbirth.