This text provides a comprehensive, state of the art review of this field and will serve as a resource for urologists, colorectal surgeons, geriatricians, and gynecologists as well as researchers interested in neuromuscular phenomena in the pelvis. The book also reviews new data regarding risk factors for pelvic floor muscle dysfunction and profiles new minimally invasive surgical strategies for well known pelvic disease processes. Each chapter is chock full of data from landmark trials which have been published over the past few years and placed in context with respect to current management techniques for pelvic floor disorders. Written by experts in their field, Pelvic Floor Dysfunction and Pelvic Surgery in the Elderly: An Integrated Approach provides a concise yet comprehensive summary to help guide patient management.

David A. Gordon, M.D., FACS Chief of Urology, Levindale Chronic Hospital & Neuro-Rehabilitation Center Director of Graduate Medical Education in Urology, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Program Chair, NeuroUrology, UroGerontology, UroRehabilitation Fellowship Assistant Clinical Professor, University of Maryland The Sandra & Malcolm Berman Brain & Spine Institute Baltimore, MD Mark R. Katlic, M.D., M.M.M., FACS Chairman, Department of Surgery Director, Center for Geriatric Surgery Sinai Hospital of Baltimore 2401 West Belvedere Avenue Baltimore, MD