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Femeda Ltd Wins Prestigious Medilink Partnership with Academia Award

Partnership with Academia Award Winner: Femeda Ltd Femeda has committed to the first real world clinical trial for a consumer medical device globally to be run in Manchester. Femeda is extending the partnership with engagement of Phd students from the...

Femeda Ltd Wins Prestigious Medilink Partnership with Academia Award

Femeda has committed to the first real world clinical trial for a consumer medical device globally to be run in Manchester. Femeda is extending the partnership with engagement of Phd students from...

PUJO: Hellstrom principle revisited

This paper describes the result of four out of twenty-three cases (two males, two females) of pelvi-ureteric junction obstruction - PUJO - (mean age 18.25 years, range 16-20), mean follow-up two years (range six months – three years) that were...

ICS updates on continence care: what’s hot in physiotherapy after 80 years?

Origins of pelvic floor physiotherapy Physiotherapy, and in particular pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) is nowadays first-line management for pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD). PFMT is originally attributed to Dr Arthur Kegel, hence the term Kegel exercises. Indeed, he was the...

de smit medical: Assessment of lower bowel dysfunction, anorectal examination and initial treatment (practical course) Jun 25

Course tutor: Julia Herbert, Grad Dip Phys., MSc. MCSP, MPOGP. Consultant Physiotherapist Pelvic Health This two-day course is aimed at practitioners wishing to expand their skills to include the theory of anorectal assessment of male and female pelvic floor muscles...

de smit medical: Assessment of lower bowel dysfunction, anorectal examination and initial treatment (practical course) Oct 25

Course tutor: Julia Herbert, Grad Dip Phys., MSc. MCSP, MPOGP. Consultant Physiotherapist Pelvic Health This two-day course is aimed at practitioners wishing to expand their skills to include the theory of anorectal assessment of male and female pelvic floor muscles...

de smit medical: Advancing practice using biofeedback for adult bladder and bowel dysfunction (Sept 25)

Course tutor: Julia Herbert, Grad Dip Phys., MSc. MCSP, MPOGP. Consultant Physiotherapist Pelvic Health This 1 day advancing practice course will enable clinicians who already have a baseline knowledge of using biofeedback and stimulation to advance their practice in the...

de smit medical: Advancing practice using biofeedback for adult bladder and bowel dysfunction (Mar 25)

Course tutor: Julia Herbert, Grad Dip Phys., MSc. MCSP, MPOGP. Consultant Physiotherapist Pelvic Health This 1 day advancing practice course will enable clinicians who already have a baseline knowledge of using biofeedback and stimulation to advance their practice in the...

Hard flaccid syndrome

Chronic pelvic pain is defined as pain present below the level of the umbilicus with a duration of more than six months [1,2]. Chronic pelvic pain syndromes (CPPS) are highly prevalent in Western society, affecting both males and females. Studies...

Childbirth Trauma

The appeal of this text will I suspect be limited to only a few from the urological fraternity – inevitably those with interests in uro-gynaecology and reconstructive surgery. The text deals with the basics of anorectal physiology as well as...

PFMT in males

Pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) has been described since ancient times in Rome but Kegel popularised it to improve sexual and urinary health after childbirth. In the paediatric population, there is a paradigm shift towards biofeedback-based PFMT for lower urinary...

Lower pole vessels in children with PUJO: laparoscopic vascular hitch or dismembered pyeloplasty?

A crossing vessel accompanying pelvi-ureteric junction obstruction (PUJO) occurs in 25-50% of cases. The Hellstrom vascular hitch procedure was first described in 1951 and has regained popularity since 2003 in the era of laparoscopic surgery as it negates the need...