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|Fellow’s Pelvic Research Network (FPRN) Newsletter |

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|Volume 5 Issue 1 |

|MISSION STATEMENT: The purpose of the FPRN is to enable fellows to work together cooperatively and conduct multi-center pelvic floor research projects. The goal of the |

|FPRNTM is to imbue fellows with greater confidence, ability and efficiency in becoming accomplished researchers. Within the FPRN fellows will work and collaborate both |

|with peers and leaders in the field of urogynecology. The network also provides the opportunity to form ties with colleagues throughout the United States and Canada that |

|will continue long after fellowship. Participation in the FPRN should help members become more effective researchers. |

|MESSAGE |

|Welcome to our BIANNUAL FPRN Newsletter. Through this newsletter, we hope to keep you updated on ongoing and new projects and the latest things the FPRN is working on. |

|In this issue, we will report on the exciting happenings from our meeting at AUGS 2013 in Las Vegas, NV! |

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|Presentations at AUGS 2013: |

|Oakley SH, Brown HW, Greer JA, Richardson M, Adelowo A, Yurteri-Kaplan LA, Lindo FM, Greene KA, Fok C, Book NM, Saiz CM, Plowright LN, Harvie HS, Pauls RN. Management of |

|Rectovaginal Fistulae: A Multicenter Review from the Fellows’ Pelvic Research Network. |

|PROJECT UPDATES |

| Cystometric bladder capacity and other predictors of failed postoperative voiding |Risk factors for vaginal cuff dehiscence |

|trial following a midurethral sling |PI: AeuMuro Lake, Yale University |

|PI: Meadow Good, Southwestern Medical Center |Mentors: Toby Chai, R. Gala |

|Mentors: David Rahn, Nazinan Ehsani |Sites: Mount Sinai, University Hospital, UPMC, North Shore, U of Chicago/Northshore |

|Sites: Actively Recruiting |Description: A case-control study of women who underwent total hysterectomy to |

|Description: A case-control study of patients who fail their voiding trials versus |identify preoperative risk factors associated with vaginal cuff dehiscence. |

|those who pass after isolated midurethral slings to determine risk factors for short |Timeline/ next deadline: Recruitment open now! Join! aeumuro.lake@yale.edu |

|term voiding dysfunction. | |

|Timeline/ next deadline: Recruitment open now! Join! Meadow.Good@utsouthwestern.edu | |

|Patients’ Knowledge of and Attitude Towards Robotic Surgery for Pelvic Organ Prolapse|Risk factors for lower urinary tract injury at the time of prolapse and incontinence |

|PI: Christine Chu, University of Pennsylvania |surgery |

|Mentors: Heidi Harvie, Emily Weber LeBrun |PI: Stephanie Pickett, University of Oklahoma HS Center |

|Sites: Henry Ford Health Systems, U. Penn |Mentors: Lior Lowenstein, Deena White |

|Description: A cross-sectional study to determine the knowledge of and preference of |Sites: OUHSC, Northwestern, U. New Mexico, Brown, U. South Florida, Washington |

|robotic surgery in women with pelvic organ prolapse. |Hospital, Scott&White, Hopkins, WIHRI |

|Timeline/next deadline: Recruitment open now! Join! |Description: A case-control study of women undergoing surgery for prolapse and/or |

|christinem.chu@uphs.upenn.edu |incontinence that sustained a lower urinary tract injury compared to matching |

| |controls undergoing prolapse and/or incontinence surgery who did not have lower |

| |urinary tract injury. |

| |Timeline/next deadline: Recruitment open now! Join! Stephanie-Pickett@ouhsc.edu |

|Change in Male and Female Sexual Function After Midurethral Slings |Impact of technologic innovation on hysterectomy route trends and associated |

|PI: Kristie Greene, University of South Florida |implications for post-graduate surgical resident education in the United States. |

|Mentors: Lior Lowenstein, Leise Knoepp |PI: Peter Jeppson, Brown University |

|Sites: USF, MWHC/Georgetown, Scott&White, Case Western, Mt Auburn, Loma Linda, U. New|Mentors: Vivian Sung |

|Mexico, Walter Reed |Sites: University of New Mexico, Emory, Good Samaritan, Mount Sinai, and Brown. |

|Description: Multi-centered prospective trial investigating the affects of MUS on |Description: To describe trends in hysterectomy routes before and after the |

|sexual function of male-female couples before and after surgery. |implementation of robotic technology (abdominal, laparoscopic, robotic, and vaginal |

|Timeline/next deadline: Recruitment closed. Plan for SGS 2015. |routes). |

| |Timeline/next deadline: Accepted to SGS 2014. |

|Prospective study on the effect of interstim on bowel function in patients with | |

|refractory overactive bladder | |

|PI: Monica Richardson | |

|Mentors: Andy Vu, Leslie Rickey | |

|Sites: Standford, UCLA, UC Irvine, U Mass, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Mt Sinai, U. of | |

|Chicago | |

|Description:A case series evaluating changes in bowel function in patients who | |

|undergo Interstim for OAB using validated questionnaires. | |

|Timeline/next deadline: Accepted to SGS 2014. | |

|ANCILLARY STUDIES |

|Incidence endometrial and ovarian cancer during benign hysterectomy |Evaluation of Male and Female Goals for Midurethral Sling |

|Ancillary to: Impact of technologic innovation on hysterectomy route trends and |Anicillary to: Change in Male and Female Sexual Function After Midurethral Slings |

|associated implications for post-graduate surgical resident education in the United |PI: Ladin Yurteri-Kaplan, Medstar Washington Hospital Center / Georgetown |

|States | |

|PI: Leda Gattoc, Emory | |

|Intraoperative and postoperative complications by route of hystectomy | |

|Ancillary to: Impact of technologic innovation on hysterectomy route trends and | |

|associated implications for post-graduate surgical resident education in the United | |

|States | |

|PI: Salma Rahimi, Mount Sinai | |

|Timeline / next deadline: Accepted to SGS 2014. | |

|RECENT STUDY PROPSAL ACCEPTANCE FROM AUGS |

|Social Networking: Multi-center survey of use among urogynecology patients |Return to baseline function status in elderly women undergoing pelvic organ prolapse |

|PI: Donna Mazloomdoost, Good Samaritan Hospital |surgery |

|Mentors: Danielle Antosh, Heidi Harvie, Rachel Pauls |PI: Avita Pahwa, University of Pennsylvania |

|Sites: Open for recruitment |Mentors: Lily Ayra |

|Description: A cross-sectional study to determine women’s use of social networking to|Sites: Open for recruitment |

|seek information about pelvic floor disorders. |Description: Prospective cohort study to determine the rate of return to baseline |

|Timeline/next deadline: Recruitment open now! Join! Donna_Mazloomdoost@ |functional status for older women undergoing pelvic organ prolapse surgery. |

| |Timeline/next deadline: Recruitment open now! Join! |

| |Avita.Pahwa@uphs.upenn.edu |

|Efficacy of repeat midurethral slings for persistent or recurrent stress urinary | |

|incontinence | |

|PI: Robert Chan, Methodist | |

|Mentors: Danielle Antosh, Robert Gutman | |

|Sites: Open for recruitment | |

|Description: Retrospective cohort study comparing outcomes of repeat midurethral | |

|sling, retropubic versus transobturator, to treat persistent stress urinary | |

|incontinence. | |

|Timeline/next deadline: Recruitment open now! Join! | |

|cardinalrcc@ | |

|ANNOUNCEMENTS |

|Get involved in a FPRN project. Our goal is for every FPRN member to be involved in at least one project! |

|Please contact one of the FPMRS Fellows above to enroll as an ancillary study site now! |

|If you or your colleagues have not yet joined FPRN – go to and click on the FPRN link from the menu |

|RECENT PUBLICATIONS |

|Andy UU, Nosti PA, Kane S, White D, Lowenstein L, Gutman RE, Harvie HS. Incidence of unanticipated uterine pathology at the time of minimally invasiveabdominal |

|sacrocolpopexy. J Minim Invasive Gynecol. S1553-4650, 2013. |

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|Korbly NB, Kassis N, Good MM, Richardson ML, Brook NM, Yips S, Saguan D, Gross C, Evans J, Lopes VV, Harvie HS, Sung V. Patient Preferences for Uterine Preservation and |

|Hysterectomy in Women with Pelvic Organ Prolapse. Am J Obstet Gynecol., 209: 470.e1-6, 2013. |

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|Good MM, Korbly N, Kassis N, Richardson ML, Book NM, Saquan D, Gross C, Evans J, Harvie HS, Sung V. Prolapse-related knowledge and attitudes in women with pelvic organ |

|prolapse symptoms. Am J Obstet Gynecol., 209:481.e1-6, 2013. |

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|Crisp CC, Book NM, Smith AL, Cunkelman JA, Mishan V, Treszezamsky AD, Adams SR, Apostolis C, Lowenstein L, Pauls RN. Body image, regret, and satisfaction following |

|colpocleisis. Fellows' Pelvic Research Network, Society of Gynecologic Surgeons. Am J Obstet Gynecol., 209: 473.e1-7, 2013. |

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|Nosti PA, Andy UU, Kane S, White DE, Harvie HS, Lowenstein L, Gutman RE. Outcomes of Minimally Invasive and Abdominal Sacrocolpopexy: A Fellows’ Pelvic Research Network |

|Study. Accepted to FPMRS 2013. |

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|Oakley SH, Brown HW, Greer JA, Richardson ML, Adelowo A, Yurteri-Kaplan LA, Lindo FM, Green KA, Fok CS, Book NM, Saiz CM, Plowright LN, Harvie HS, Pauls RN. Management of |

|Vesicovaginal Fistulae: A Multicenter Anaylsis from the Fellows’ Pelvic Research Network. Accepted to FPMRS 2013. |

|FELLOWS |

|We currently have 79 fellows from 51 fellowship programs involved!! |

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|SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD |

|Husam Abed, Lily Arya, Tola Omotosho Fashokun, Rajiv Gala, Robert Gutman, Janet Hardy, Heidi Harvie, Lior Lowenstein, Miles Murphy, Cedric Oliver, Danielle Patterson, |

|David Rahn Leslie Rickey, Rebecca Rogers, Joseph Schaffer, Vivan Sung, Thomas Wheeler, Stephen Young |

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|FPRN Liason |

|Miles Murphy |

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|JUNIOR ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS |

|Sonia Adams, Arielle Allen, Danielle Antosh, Tirsit Asfaw, Ahmet Bedestani, Nina Bhatia, Bryce Bowling, Jessica Braken, Heidi Brown, Heidi Chen, Chris Chung, Andrea Crane,|

|Catrina Crisp, Jacqueline Cunkelman, Kristina Cvach, Christina Dancz, Madeline Dick, Keith Downing, Patricia Dramitinos, Nazanin Ehsani, Maria Estanol, Janelle Evans, |

|Cynthia Fok, Elizabeth Frankman, Sarah Freidman, Leda Gattoc, Amy George, Karen Gold, Cara Grimes, Joy Greer, Carey Gross, Sarah Hammil, Edmund Higgins, Kay Hoskey, Diego |

|Illanes, Peter Jeppson, Sarah Kane, Deborah Karp, Sesh Kasturi, Shunaha Kim-Fine, Virginia King, Leslie Knoepp, Nicole Korbly, Mamta Mamik, Mona McCullough, Ghafar |

|Mohamed, Stephanie Molden, Ignacio Montoya, Tyler Muffly, Rachel Nardos, Patrick Nosti, Aimee Nguyen, Apurva Pancholy, Canace Parker-Autry, Minita Patel, Hiren Patel, |

|Danielle Patterson, Arash Rahi, Varuna Raizada, Olga Ramm, Jennifer Rothschild, Docile Saguan, Kamran Sajadi, Emily Saks, Terri-Ann Samules, Melanie Santoas, Saya Segal, |

|Alexander Shapiro, Jon Sheperd, Larua Sckoczylas, Amiee Smith, Gina Sternschuss, Jasmine Tan-Kim, Megan Tarr, Alison Tate, Alejandro Treszezamsky, Christine Vaccaro, Andy |

|Vu, Emily Weber Lebrun, Salim Wehbe, Amanda White, Dena White, Cheau Williams |

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|FPRN Steering Committee |

|Kristie Greene, M.D. (Chair), University of South Florida, kgreene2@health.usf.edu |

|Ladin Yurteri-Kaplan, M.D. (Treasurer) Washington Hospital Center, ladinyurterikaplan@ |

|Susan Oakley, M.D. (Secretary) Good Samaritan Hospital, susan_oakley@ |

|Sonali Raman Vora, M.D. (Web Administrator) Brown University, Sonali.vora@ |

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