These guidelines aim to assist the general practitioners by providing them with the necessary knowledge and understanding of urinary incontinence, diagnosis and
management options in the various age and gender groups as well as what help and services are available to them.
These guidelines are based on the recommendations of the International Consultation on Incontinence and the International Continence Society, with modifications for our local needs based on local clinical research and the availability of resources.
The guidelines are provided in PDF format free of charge from here.
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Target Audience: Public
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A refreshing and succinct guide on an all common problem. This is a very welcome and much needed book by two well known experts in the field of bowel incontinence. It is intended mainly for the public and Asian patients suffering from bowel incontinence but it is also an excellent book for nurses and GPs wishing to explain the condition to their patients in layman terms. It is a handy size bilingual softcover book in English and Chinese, which covers issues such as bowel function and the causes, tests and treatments.
Bowel incontinence is not uncommon and it is likely that there are many people suffering from it are too embarrassed to talk about it or seek medical help. This easy-to-read book gives the patient the knowledge and confidence to seek advice and help from his/her GP. In the pipeline. a Bahasa Melayu edition.
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Target Audience: Primary care doctors and Health care professionals
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The management of incontinence poses great challenges for health care professionals. This Handbook is intended to serve as a compendium and ready source of information with day-to-day answers to common problems facing the primary care doctors and health care professionals, especially nurses who are often the first person the patient with this condition comes into contact with.
This clear and succinct coverage of the "state-of-the-art" of incontinence management would surely translate into better diagnosis, improved management and greater promotion of incontinence for all.
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The Handbook aims to familiarise readers on the various management strategies and to adopt a multi-discipline and integral approach. It is clearly laid out and well illustrated. The material is divided into clearly defined chapters which make it easy as a reference.
In its 2nd edition, the Handbook aims to contribute to the improvement in knowledge on the part of health care professionals. This comprehensive and very practical Handbook draws on the expertise of very experience doctors and nurses in the field of incontinence. It has proven to be an invaluable resource for health care professionals. Coming soon. Chinese edition.
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Target Audience: Primary care doctors and Health care professionals
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A well known team of urologist and healthcare professionals across Asia, authorities in their fields have written as what can be referred to as the standard and reference work in female urology. This reference book offers a comprehensive approach to female urology with a focus on reflecting Asian views.
The book is a complete compendium for the diagnosis, workup including urodynamics, medical management and surgical treatment of incontinence that affects the patient from the "cradle to grave'. It will be the prime resource for medical therapies and the best guidebook for the surgeon dealing with simple to extremely complicated surgery of incontinence of the female patient.
The authors have adopted a deliberately practical style so that the book can be used on a daily basis in clinical practice - in almost every health care setting there will be patients who can benefit from the care described. The book is a project undertaken by the Asia Pacific continence Advisory Board and the Asian society for Female Urology.
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Table Of Contents
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Chapter 1: Development of Female Urology In Asia And The Importance Of Pelvic Floor Centres To Enhance This New Specialty by Professor Peter Lim Huat Chye, Singapore
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Chapter 2: Anatomy of The Lower Urinary Tract by Dr Ho Siew Hong, Singapore
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Chapter 3: Physiology of Micturition by Associate Professor Marie Carmela Lapitan, Philippines
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Chapter 4: Evaluation of Incontinence and Pelvic Floor by Associate Professor Suvit Bunyavejchevin, Thailand and Associate Professor Marie Carmela Lapitan, Philippines
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Chapter 5: Investigative Tools In Incontinence and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction by Dr Roy Ng Kwok Weng, Singapore
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Chapter 6: Etiology of Urinary Incontinence by Dr Vasan Satya Srini, India
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Chapter 7: The Overactive Bladder - Current Concepts and Pharmacology by Dr Ho Kwan-Lun, Hong Kong and Dr Tam Po-Chor, Hong Kong
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Chapter 8: The Female Neurogenic Bladder: Challenges, Pitfalls And Management by Dr Adela Tow Peh-Er, Singapore and Dr Kong Keng He, Singapore
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Chapter 9: Hypotonic Bladder - Updates by Dr David Consigliere, Singapore and Assistant Professor Edmund Chiong, Singapore
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Chapter 10: Urinary Incontinence in Children by Dr David T Bolong, Philippines
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Chapter 11: Incontinence in Geriatric Population by Dr Edmund Man Fuk Leung, Hong Kong
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Chapter 12: The Management of Male Incontinence by Dr Siow Woei Yun, Singapore and Dr Michael Wong Yuet Chen, Singapore
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Chapter 13: Genitourinary Fistulae - With Reference To Situation in Pakistan by Professor Javed H Rizvi, Pakistan and Associate Professor Tahira Naru, Pakistan
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Chapter 14: Urogenital Fistulae in Females by Dr Bakhtawar K Dastur, India
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Chapter 15: Transvaginal Approach in Vesicovaginal Fistula by Dr H Junizaf, Indonesia
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Chapter 16: Biofeedback and Behavioural Approach to Urinary Incontinence by Professor Masood Ahmed Sheikh, Paskistan
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Chapter 17: Management of Sexual and Psychosocial Problems in Urinary Incontinence by Dr William Han How Chuan, Singapore
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Chapter 18: Current Surgical Approach to Stress Urinary Incontinence in Women by Dr Siow Woei Yun, Singapore and Dr Michael Wong Yuet Chen, Singapore
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Chapter 19: Colposuspension in SUI by Dr Cecilia Willy Cheon, Hong Kong
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Chapter 20: The Technical Aspects of Tensionfree Vaginal Tape - TVT by Associate Professor Alex Cheng Wang, Taiwan
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Chapter 21: Tension-free Vaginal Tape in the Management of Genuine Stress Incontinence in Women - The Indian Experience by Associate Professor N Rajameshwari, India
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Chapter 22: Pubovaginal Sling: Past, Present And Future by Professor Wachira Kochakarn, Thailand
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Chapter 23: Transpubic Approach for Female Urethral Reconstruction by Professor K Sasidharan, India and Associate Professor Arun Chawla, India and Associate Professor Kumaresan Natarajan, India
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Chapter 24: Biomaterials and Injectables by Dr Pearllyn Quek Leng Choo, Singapore
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Chapter 25: Neuromodulation in Urinary Incontinence by Professor Jeong Gu Lee, Korea
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Chapter 26: Augmentation Enterocystoplasty for Neuropathic Patients by Professor Hemant R Pathak, India
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Chapter 27: Post Prostatectomy Incontinence by Dr Rudi Yuwana, Indonesia
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Chapter 28: Management of Faecal Incontinence - The Principles by Dr Wong Soong Kuan, Singapore
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Chapter 29: Nursing Management of Urinary Incontinence by Clinical Instructor Chia Hwee Huang, Singapore
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Chapter 30: Appliances, Aids and Catheters by Senior Staff Nurse Baty Ng Bee Lian, Singapore
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Chapter 31: Practical Care: Intermittent Catheterisation by Senior Nursing Officer King Foong Meng, Singapore
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Chapter 32: Bladder Re-Education by Nurse Clinician Tay Lee Hua, Singapore
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Chapter 33: Pelvic Floor Management by Senior Physiotherapist Sonya Gill Kaur, Singapore
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Chapter 34: Stoma Management by Nurse Clinician Tay Ai Choo, Singapore
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Chapter 35: Running the Continence Clinic by Nurse Clinician Heng Lee Choo, Singapore
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Chapter 36: Toilets, Incontinence And Other Toilet Related Diseases by Professor Peter Lim Huat Chye, Singapore
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Chapter 37: Overview of Continence Organisations in Asia by Rani Vadiveloo, Singapore
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