Female Urology

"Although there may be some variety in prevalence and severity of disease, what's most striking is when we know a patient has that diagnosis, we have consistently found that minority women are less likely to receive treatments for overactive bladder," says Raveen Syan, MD, FPRMS.

To acknowledge the need for increased research funding directed towards women’s health, beyond maternity and reproductive care, AUGS has established the National Urogynecology Research Agenda.

Dr. Kate Meriwether, AUGS Publications Committee member, interviews Dr Colleen McDermott, the first author of the Clinical Consensus Statement “Postoperative Urinary Retention,” to provide an overview and highlight the findings of the document.

AUGS is seeking both interested mentors and mentees who are looking for a mutually rewarding mentorship experience.

“What we're thinking here is that surgeon sex is a surrogate for a whole series of behaviors driven by sociologic conditioning of how people interact with each other and how physicians practice medicine,” says Christopher J.D. Wallis, MD, PhD.

"As the number of women urologists continues to increase, the field of urology must pay attention to their needs and professional satisfaction as they will constitute an increasing proportion of the future urologic work force," writes Lourdes Guerrios Rivera, MD, MSc.

"Patients who have a female surgeon are about 25% less likely to die than if they had a male surgeon," says Christopher J.D. Wallis, MD, PhD.

"Just really try to have awareness; figure out, what do you really need right now? Once you realize what you need, have compassion, stop the judgment," says Diana Londoño, MD.

“Patients just need to be educated that you don't have to live this way,” says J. Welles Henderson, MD, FACOG.

The incidence of 12-month surgical repair failure was 19% among those who received vaginal estrogen, compared with 9% among those who received placebo.

The new drug application is supported by findings from the phase 3 CERTAIN-1 trial.

Anna L. Myers, APRN-CNP, WHNP-BC, FNP-BC, IF, and Jean Marino, ARPN-CNP, NCMP, IF, preview an upcoming University Hospitals-led symposium titled, “What’s your pelvic floor plan? 2nd Annual Female Sexual Health Symposium.”

Join Dr. Catherine Bradley, urogynecologist at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, as she discusses common types of female urinary incontinence seen in practice.

"The fact that we are able to swab and look at these proteins means that we might be able to identify women at risk early on,” says Maria Florian-Rodriguez, MD.

A group of patients were shown to have an average of 6.3 cystitis episodes per year before administration of Lactobacillus, compared with 2.4 episodes after administration.

"41% of practicing urologists said that if Dobbs had happened when they were looking for their current position, they would have picked a different job," says Chloe E. Peters, MD.

PFD Week is an inclusive meeting that offers access to internationally recognized leaders in the field and the opportunity to network with the most respected professionals in Urogynecology.

"One of the notable things was the complications are frequent—which is something that was previously known about these surgeries—but they're minor," says Kayla Blickensderfer.

Projections were made under 3 different circumstances: the rate of women entering urology continues to follow logistic growth, there is no further growth of women into urology, and retirement rates among women mirror that of men in urology.

“The take-home message is that as a practicing urologist, you should be treating genitourinary syndrome of menopause and giving any woman over 45 vaginal hormones, whether in the form of vaginal estrogen or vaginal DHEA,” says Rachel S. Rubin, MD.

“We really wanted to give the general urologist the tools to go back to the clinic the next day and say, "I know how to prescribe this. I know where to prescribe it. I know the cheapest options. I know the best deals around and I know how to talk to patients about the risks and the benefits,” says Rachel S. Rubin, MD.

“It's a challenge to get funding for these types of studies, and also to have the infrastructure to carry out a lot of these big studies. But there's no question that we need more data,” says Rachel S. Rubin, MD.

“Those who were on this vaginal DHEA had a huge decrease in the prevalence of urinary tract infections in the 1 year after getting the prescription,” says Rachel S. Rubin, MD.

The findings held even when the investigators adjusted for age, past medical history, smoking status, and type of surgery.

The study also found a positive correlation between burnout and discrimination-based trauma in trainees.

Patients who underwent sacrocolpopexy and were discharged on post-op day 0 had fewer instances of readmissions and fewer high-grade (class III-IV) complications.

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"When we looked at those cumulative effects of these 3 characteristics: 65 years and older, 3 or more OAB symptoms, 4 or more comorbid conditions, the odds of screening positive were about 6-fold higher in women," says Steve R. Fisher, PhD, PT, GCS.

"About 30% of women screened positive, but of course when we looked at [the data] stratified by age, about 50% of women 65 years and older had a positive screen," says Steven R. Fisher, PhD, PT, GCS.

The courses from the American Urogynecologic Society allow urologists to earn CME credits on their own time.