Achille Lucio Gaspari • Pierpaolo Sileri
Editors

2014

The idea for this book on pelvic floor disorders in general surgery arose from the need to offer an overwiew on clinical and available surgical approaches for pelvic organ prolapse. Since a solid, up-to-date, and complete undestanding of pelvic organ prolapse is mandatory for successful treatment, this volume provides a multidisciplinary description of its pathophysiology and diagnostic assessment. All the authors are part of an international group of experts in the field who deal with the pelvic organ prolapses on a daily basis, and continuously search for the ideal treatment. We all know that although there have been a large number of procedures described over recent decades, there is still a great need for improvement; thus, the authors’ intention is to describe the different surgical techniques available, and possible complications arising from them, and also suggest treatment options, including an update on innovative prosthetic materials.