Web-Based Yoga-Pilates: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Importance: There are limited data to determine the change in severity, efficacy, and mechanism of action of yoga-Pilates in the treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI).

Objectives: The primary objective was to evaluate the effect of an 8-week web-based home yoga-Pilates exercise program on SUI severity and to evaluate the potential mechanism of action through ultrasound examination of the urethral rhabdosphincter cross-sectional area.

Study Design: This was a prospective cohort study of women with SUI.

Changes in Morphology of the Urethral Rhabdosphincter Postpartum.

Objective: The aim of the study was to determine the effect of pregnancy on urethral rhabdosphincter cross-sectional area (CSA) and any association of CSA to urinary symptoms.

Methods: Nulliparous women planning pregnancy (N = 135) underwent standardized evaluations (symptom and quality of life [QOL] questionnaires, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasonography, and neurophysiologic testing) between January 2008 and December 2013 (V1). The participants who became pregnant and gave birth underwent the same evaluations at 6 weeks (V2) and 6 months postpartum (V3).

Microbiological Analysis of Urine Cultures in Women after Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery.

Background/aims: The rate of urinary tract infection (UTI) after pelvic reconstructive surgery ranges from 9 to 48% and the most common uropathogen is (). The aim of the study is to identify the predominant uro-pathogen from urine cultures in women undergoing pelvic reconstructive surgery.

Methods: A retrospective review was conducted on women who underwent pelvic reconstructive surgery at a tertiary care center from July 2013 to June 2015.

Pain is an Independent Risk Factor for Failed Global Endometrial Ablation.

Study Objective: To determine whether pain, as part of an indication for global endometrial ablation, is an independent risk factor for failure.

Design: Retrospective cohort study (Canadian Task Force classification II-2).

Setting: Academic-affiliated community hospital.