Abstract
Female pelvic floor dysfunctions form an extensive, if well hidden problem. Urinary incontinence is perhaps the best known of these dysfunctions but prolapses, faecal incontinence and pelvic pain affect a significant number of women. Even with urinary incontinence, the conventional approaches leave many bladder conditions deemed as ‘incurable.
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Petros, P. (2004). Overview. In: The Female Pelvic Floor. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05445-1_1
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