Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is a group of diseases caused by extracellular matrix (ECM) degradation in pelvic supportive tissues. Cysteine and serine rich nuclear protein 1 (CSRNP1) is involved in cell proliferation and survival regulation, and reportedly facilitates collagen breakdown in human chondrocytes. The present study aimed to probe the effect of CSRNP1 on collagen metabolism in human-derived vaginal fibroblasts.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction And Hypothesis: This study aims to investigate clinical therapeutic measures for women with urinary incontinence (UI) complicated with diabetes mellitus (DM).
Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort study, including 462 female patients with UI complicated with DM (group A) and 901 patients with UI without DM (group B). Both A and B groups were divided into three subgroups according to their UI types (pure stress UI, mixed UI dominated by urge UI, and by overactive bladder syndrome) and received corresponding treatments.
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol
December 2011
Objective: To investigate correlation between key diameters of pelvic inlet and outlet planes and female pelvic floor dysfunction (FPFD).
Study Design: Correlation with incidence of FPFD was analyzed by measuring the two diameters of pelvic inlet and outlet planes (i.e.