A5014032893- Pelvic floor disorders treatments
- Urinary Tract Infections Management
- Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes
- Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments
- Hernia repair and management
- Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research
- Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Vascular anomalies and interventions
- Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis
- Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries
- Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
- Diverticular Disease and Complications
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
Brown University
2022-2025
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2017-2020
This study aimed to determine the effect of a run-in period on fecal incontinence (FI) symptom severity. conducted planned secondary analysis evaluating 12-week treatment with percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation versus sham in reducing FI severity women. All participants completed 4-week designed exclude from randomization women whose symptoms reduced below eligibility threshold after receiving education and completing bowel diaries. Change St Mark's (Vaizey) score weekly episodes during...
OBJECTIVE Negative views of both the self and world are commonly seen in individuals who have suffered psychological trauma. These negative cognitions thought to be significant as they likely play a critical role furthering, if not promoting, other symptoms exacerbating dysfunction sometimes after traumatic event. This has led inclusion persistent beliefs expectations about oneself or DSM-5 (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Although there is considerable self-report behavioral...
Abstract Purpose A growing literature points to an association between overactive bladder (OAB) medications and dementia. Given differences in side effects for extended‐release (ER) immediate‐release (IR) anticholinergic formulations beta‐3 agonists, we examined prescription utilization patterns a national dataset of older adults from 2014 2018. Methods We performed retrospective study using the Medicare Part D Drug Spending Dashboard, publicly available database that includes data...
Objective Our primary objective was to evaluate the proportion of women who underwent surgery after successful pessary fitting for pelvic organ prolapse (POP). secondary objectives were assess when occurs and factors associated with choosing as compared continuing a pessary. Methods study population included successfully fitted POP 1/1/12 12/31/16. We excluded non–English-speaking those used only bridge until surgery. evaluated events occurring fitting, including whether (1) continued use,...
The primary aim of this study was to identify high prescribing specialties overactive bladder (OAB) medications for Medicare Part D beneficiaries, and describe trends by specialty from 2013 2017. secondary compare the proportion medication claims class in each specialty. We used Provider Public Use File four highest then compared patterns OAB prescription beneficiaries over 65 years age between specialties. number claims, cost, region were considered. classified as anticholinergic or...
Health literacy (HL) is the degree to which an individual can obtain, process, and communicate basic health information make appropriate decisions. Understanding HL of patients improve outcomes. Thus, we evaluated in women with pelvic floor disorders investigated its relationship patient demographics, reading level, cognition.We conducted a cross-sectional study convenience sample English-speaking 18 years or older, recruited from female medicine reconstructive surgery clinics July 2016...
Importance There is limited evidence guiding surgeons in how much mesh to resect when treating complications. Objective The aim of the study was compare rates recurrent prolapse after excisional surgical procedures for Study Design This multicenter, retrospective cohort included patients, identified by Current Procedural Terminology codes, who were treated surgically complications at 8 institutions between 2010 and 2019. Excisional categorized as major (total vaginal, extravaginal, total...
5586 Background: Lymph node (LN) metastasis and genomic profiles are important prognostic factors in endometrial cancer (EC). However, the significance of volume metastatic disease found sentinel lymph (SLN) specimens is unknown. We sought to determine if particular mutations were associated with LN metastasis. Methods: Surgically staged women EC at a single institution enrolled genetic sequencing institutional protocol. Relevant targets enriched by custom designed Agilent SureSelect hybrid...