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Dr. Hugo Davila is a board-certified urologist and Clinical Assistant Professor at Florida State University, College of Medicine. He completed his surgery and urology training at the University of South Florida and Moffitt Cancer Center. Dr. Davila currently practices at Florida Healthcare Specialists (an affiliate practice of Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute) and Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital. He is a leading physician researcher, having previously completed clinical studies on fibrosis, aging, and nitric oxide. His studies were published in prestigious journals, such as Biology of Reproduction, Cardiovascular Research, Urology and British Journal of Urology. 

Topics: Pelvic Floor

Pelvic floor disorders lead to hundreds of thousands of surgical interventions on female patients in the USA each year. An estimated 30% of these cases require re-operations.

Topics: Pelvic Floor, 3D Imaging

In this handbook Dr. Aparna Hegde and Dr. G Willy Davila provide an introduction to the role of multicompartment pelvic floor ultrasound imaging in the management of patients who have undergone sling surgery for stress urinary incontinence.

Topics: Pelvic Floor, 3D Imaging

Dr. Santoro, Chief of Pelvic Floor Unit at the Treviso Regional Hospital in Italy describes why the complexity of pelvic floor surgery and treatment necessitates a multidisciplinary approach, and explains what kind of evaluation is needed to understand the pelvic floor prior to surgery and treatment.

Topics: Pelvic Floor, 3D Imaging

MRI will not show the placement of mesh and neither can an X-Ray. However, one modality that can depict mesh is ultrasound. According to Dr. Elizabeth Mueller, Division and Fellowship Director of Female Public Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, ultrasound is the only modality that allows her to not only detect mesh, but perform more precise mesh removal surgeries.

Topics: Pelvic Floor, 3D Imaging