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Editorial

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

Pelvic Floor Digest

Original Article

The clinical role of the gracilis muscle: an example of multidisciplinary collaboration

• ENRICO VIGATO
• VERONICA MACCHI
• CESARE TIENGO
• BRUNO AZZENA
• ANDREA PORZIONATO
• ALDO MORRA
• CARLA STECCO
• GIUSEPPE DODI
• FRANCESCO MAZZOLENI
• RAFFAELE DE CARO

Preliminary retrospective case series study of the outcome of ProliftTM technique in thirty women with pelvic organ prolapse including its effect on stress urinary incontinence

• NADER GAD
• MAAIKE MOLLER

Role of enterocoele in obstructed defecation syndrome: proposal of a new radiological and surgical classification

• CLAUDIO MORANDI
• BEATRICE BREVEGLIERI
• CLAUDIO MORATTI
• LUCA VERGANTI
• PIETRO TORRICELLI

The effect of suture material on outcomes of surgery for pelvic organ prolapse

• HOWARD B. GOLDSTEIN
• BABAK VAKILI
• NICHOLAS FRANCO
• KAROLYNN T. ECHOLS
• RALPH R. CHESSON

Pruritus ani: aetiologic and causative factors in 94 adult patients

• CLETO VELLER FORNASA
• ALESSANDRA TRENTO
• GIANNI BEZZE

Case Report

Neurilemoma (Schwannoma) of the ischiorectal fossa: a case report and a brief review of the relevant pathology

• JOHANN COETZEE
• AMANDA DE BEER

Prepubic sling in curing non-stress leakage following complete cure of stress incontinence by a midurethral sling

• PETER PETROS
• PETER RICHARDSON

Other

The impact of birth history on pelvic floor function: a retrospective assessment of 10,125 patients

• VITO LEANZA
• STEFANO DATI
• GIOVANNI PISAPIA CIOFFI
• MANUELA ACCARDI

EDITORIAL: PERINEOLOGY… THE STORY BEHIND THE CONCEPT

Letter to the Editor

STARR Procedure for the treatment of outlet obstruction syndrome

Ahmed Shafik (1933-2007)