Pelvic Floor Dysfunction and Pelvic Surgery in the Elderly

David A. Gordon, M.D., FACSChief of Urology, Levindale Chronic Hospital & Neuro-Rehabilitation CenterDirector of Graduate Medical Education in Urology, Sinai Hospital of BaltimoreProgram Chair, NeuroUrology, UroGerontology, UroRehabilitation FellowshipAssistant Clinical Professor, University of Maryland The Sandra & Malcolm Berman Brain & Spine InstituteBaltimore, MD Mark R. Katlic, M.D., M.M.M., FACSChairman, Department of SurgeryDirector, Center for Geriatric SurgerySinai Hospital of Baltimore2401 West Belvedere AvenueBaltimore, MD

• Anatomy, Neuroanatomy and Biomechanics of the Pelvis.- Pelvic Floor Physiology: From Posterior Compartment to Perineal Body to Anterior Compartment.- Cellular and Molecular Aging.- Principles of Geriatric Surgery.- Nutritional Considerations in Pelvic Medicine & Surgery.- Microbiology of Virulence: Urinary Tract Infection versus Colonization.- Chronic Catheter Associated Complications and Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection.- Physical Therapy Evaluation and Treatment of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction Including Hypertonic Pelvic Floor Dysfunction.- Multichannel Urodynamic Testing.- Anorectal Manometry.- Functional Anorectal Imaging: Radiologic Considerations and Clinical Implications.- Colonoscopy in Elderly Patients.- Treatment Options For Stress Urinary Incontinence.- The Neurogenic Bladder and Hypertonic Pelvic Floor Muscle Dysfunction.- Biology of Pain and Pathophysiology of Pelvic Pain Syndrome.- Interstitial Cystitis: The Painful Bladder Syndrome.- Overactive Bladder (OAB) in The Elderly with Contemporary Notions on Treatment including Sacral Nerve Stimulation (SNS).- Sacral Neuromodulation in Interstitial Cystitis.- Therapeutic neural blockade.- Pelvic Organ Prolapse in the Older Woman.- Robotic Pelvic Surgery: Historical Perspective, Single Site Robotic Surgery & Robotic Sacral Colpopexy.- Genito-Urinary Fistulae: Vesicovaginal, Ureterovaginal and other Urinary Fistula.- Rectal Prolapse in the Elderly.- Fecal Incontinence.- Colorectal Interventions: Chronic Constipation.- Fecal Diversion and Ostomies.- Pelvic Hernias.- Colorectal Interventions: Rectovaginal Fistulas.- Colorectal Interventions: Benign Anorectal Disease