@article{b8bcf931b699490990db9ecced0e9820,
title = "An International Continence Society (ICS) report on the terminology for female pelvic floor fistulas",
abstract = "Introduction: The terminology for female pelvic floor fistulas (PFF) needs to be defined and organized in a clinically based consensus Report. Methods: This Report combines the input of members of the International Continence Society (ICS) assisted at intervals by external referees. Appropriate core clinical categories and a sub-classification were developed to give a coding to definitions. An extensive process of 19 rounds of internal and external review was involved to examine each definition, with decision-making by collective opinion (consensus). Results: A terminology report for female PFF, encompassing 416 (188 NEW) separate definitions, has been developed. It is clinically based with the most common diagnoses defined. Clarity and user-friendliness have been key aims to make it interpretable by practitioners and trainees in different specialty groups involved in female pelvic floor dysfunction and PFF. Female-specific imaging (ultrasound, radiology, and magnetic resonance imaging) and conservative and surgical PFF managements as well as appropriate figures have been included to supplement and clarify the text. Interval (5–10 years) review is anticipated to keep the document updated and as widely acceptable as possible. Conclusion: A consensus-based terminology report for female PFF has been produced to aid clinical practice and research.",
keywords = "Female urinary incontinence, Pelvic Floor Fistula, Pelvic reconstructive surgery",
author = "Judith Goh and Lauri Romanzi and Sohier Elneil and Bernard Haylen and Grace Chen and Gamal Ghoniem and Munir'deen Ijaiya and Soo Kwon and Joseph Lee and Sherif Mourad and Rajeev Ramanah and Mohan Regmi and {Mohsin Rivzi}, Raheela and Rebecca Rogers and Jonothan Sharp and Vivian Sung",
note = "Funding Information: No discussion on terminology should fail to acknowledge the fine leadership shown by the ICS over many years. The legacy of that work by many dedicated clinicians and scientists is present in all the Reports by the different Standardization Committees. It is pleasing that the ICS leadership has generously supported this initiative, including the funding of the majority of the figures, as a means of progress in this important and most basic area of PFF. This document was initiated at ICS Tokyo (SE, BH—September 2016) and formalized in London (June 2017—SE Chair) with LR as Co-chair (ICS Florence, September 2017) and JG as Co-chair from early 2019 with BH from October 2019. Working Group (WG) live meetings have been held in Florence (September 2017), Philadelphia (August 2018), and Gothenburg (September 2019). At Version 12 (early 2019), it had involved 11 rounds of review and writing by co-authors to form an interim draft. After some delays, formal editing, large sections of rewriting, and additions as well as formatting occurred (October–December 2019—JG, BH with help from LR) to create, for the first time, a “journal-ready” Version 13. There were a further two rounds of WG review, with the collation of comments and then the insertion of Figures to form Version 16 (JG, BH with help from LR). External review (8 experts—Version 17) was followed by website publication (Version 18). Sign-off has included ICS Standardization Steering Committee (Version 19) and ICS Board reviews (collation of comments V17-V19 and journal submission—JG, BH). Version 20 (post-Board review) will be submitted for NAU journal publication. We are extremely grateful for the eight expert external reviewers (Prof. Ganesh Dangal, Dr. Andrew Browning, Prof. Dirk De Ridder, Dr. Hannah Krause, Dr. Chris Payne, Dr. Tamsin Greenwell, Prof. Sayeba Akhter, Dr. Linda Ferrari). All of these colleagues provided excellent feedback. We thank the other colleagues who have provided comments on the website reviews including Prof. Hashim Hashim. This document has been greatly enhanced by the medical illustrations of Levent Efe, www.leventefe.com.au, who's ongoing work for ICS has been greatly appreciated. This document and all the NEW or CHANGED definitions will be uploaded to the ICS GLOSSARY (www.ics.org/glossary) where immediate electronic access to definitions and document download is available. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 Wiley Periodicals LLC",
year = "2020",
month = nov,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1002/nau.24508",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "39",
pages = "2040--2071",
journal = "Neurourology and Urodynamics",
issn = "0733-2467",
publisher = "John Wiley and Sons Inc.",
number = "8",
}