Recipient Evaluation
Recipient Evaluation Miguel A. Vazquez University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas 75390-8856 INITIAL QUESTIONS IN THE KIDNEY TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT EVALUATION At the present time, only a…
Detection of Recipient Pretransplant Alloreactivity
Detection of Recipient Pretransplant Alloreactivity Ronald H. Kerman The University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas 77030 INTRODUCTION Histocompatibility testing seeks to identify appropriate donor-recipient pairs that will result in…
Graft and Patient Survival
Graft and Patient Survival Karl L. Womer Herwig-Ulf Meier-Kriesche Bruce Kaplan University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida 32610-0224 INTRODUCTION Patient Survival There is general consensus that the optimal…
Quality-of-Life Tools
Quality-of-Life Tools Steven E. Swift The following table is a short description of the various quality-of-life (QOL) tools for assessing urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. While it is extensive…
Urogynecology and the Internet
Urogynecology and the Internet Joseph M. Montella Steven E. Swift The Internet and the World Wide Web have changed the practice of medicine dramatically. Information that was once available to…
Obliterative Procedures
Obliterative Procedures Thomas L. Wheeler II Holly E. Richter INTRODUCTION The elderly population, especially 85 years or older, is experiencing an increasing rate of growth (1). As a result, the…
Sutures and Grafts in Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery
Sutures and Grafts in Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery Marjorie Jean-Michel Willy G. Davila INTRODUCTION Surgeons require tools to accomplish their art. Despite our recent attempts at standardization of surgical techniques, reconstructive…
Posterior Support Defects
Posterior Support Defects Joan L. Blomquist Geoffrey W. Cundiff In an integrated health care program serving 149,544 women, Olsen et al noted an 11.1% lifetime risk of surgery for pelvic…
Apical Support Defects
Apical Support Defects Robert E. Gutman INTRODUCTION Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is a common condition, with an estimated 225,964 surgical procedures performed in 1997, according to the National Hospital Discharge…
Anterior Wall Support Defects
Anterior Wall Support Defects Stephen B. Young Scott M. Kambiss ANATOMY For many years gynecologists have debated the composition and nature of vaginal tissues in relation to the urinary bladder….
