An international team of urologists and gynaecologists, authorities in their fields, have written what has become the standard reference work on the subject of female urology and urogynaecology. Starting with the subject's history and epidemiology across the world, the textbook's eighty-one chapters cover the basic structure and function of the lower urinary tract in the female; the diagnostic evaluation of incontinence and prolapse (including tests, urodynamics and radiology); the treatment of incontinence, prolapse and related conditions (including non-operative therapy and management; the different forms of surgical therapy and the complications of surgery); the different forms of associated disorders, including urinary tract infections and lower bowel disorders; and other considerations that include care in the community and medico-legal aspects. The appendices include guidelines by the International Continence Society.