title: The role of a lax posterior vaginal fornix in the causation of stress and urgency symptoms: a preliminary report.
abstract: Ten patients are presented with symptoms of urinary stress and/or urgency. Eight were cured by approximation of the uterosacral ligaments. This supports the contention of the Integral Theory of Female Urinary Incontinence that a loosely tethered supralevator vagina may be an important element in urinary incontinence, especially following hysterectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynaecology, Royal Perth Hospital, Western Australia.
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Petros
authors.forename: U I
authors.initials: UI
authors.lastname: Ulmsten
mesh_terms: D004548:Elasticity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D008022:Ligaments / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D014621:Vagina / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery