Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas; Indiana University Health, Bloomington, Indianapolis, Indiana; Department of Colorectal Surgery, Grand Rapids Women's Health, Grand Rapids, Michigan; and the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
Corresponding author: Holly E. Richter, PhD, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1700 6th Avenue South, Suite 10382, Birmingham, AL 35233; e-mail: [email protected].
Supported by an industry-sponsored grant from Pelvalon, Inc.
Presented at the 2014 Joint American Urogynecologic Society and International Urogynecological Association meeting, July 22–26, 2014, Washington, DC.
Financial Disclosure Dr. Richter has been a consultant for Pelvalon and Kimberly Clark. She has received research grants from Pelvalon, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (Urinary Incontinence Treatment Network and K24), the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (Pelvic Floor Disorders Network and 3T MRI), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/National Institute of Health/Department of Health and Human Services, and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/Yale University. She has received royalties from UpToDate and has served on the Board of Directors for the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons (not compensated). Drs. Takase-Sanchez and Varma have been consultants for Pelvalon. The other authors did not report any potential conflicts of interest.
