Description of Research Expertise

Fecal Incontinence
Pelvic floor disorders in Older Women

Selected Publications

Pahwa AK, Khanijow KD, Harvie HS, Arya LA, Andy UU: Comparison of Patient Impact and Clinical Characteristics Between Urgency and Passive Fecal Incontinence Phenotypes. Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg 26(9):570-574 : 2020.

Soriano A, Sansone S, Arora E, Arya L, Andy U: Risk of Contamination of voided Urine Specimen in Women with Pelvic Organ Prolapse. Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg 26(8):488-492 : 2020.

Hong CX, Halani PK, Gutkind N, Harvie HS, Arya LA, Andy UU: Perioperative adverse events in women over age 65 undergoing robot-assisted sacrocolpopexy. Int Urogynecol J 31(7):1463-1470 : 2020.

Hassani D, Arya L, Andy U: Continence: Bowel and Bladder and Physical Function Decline in Women. Curr Geriatr Rep 9(2):64-71 : 2020.

Andy UU, Jelovsek JE, Carper B, Meyer I, Dyer KY, Rogers RG, Mazloomdoost D, Korbly NB, Sassani JC, Gantz MG; Pelvic Floor Disorders Network: Impact of treatment for Fecal Incontinence on Constipation Symptoms. Am J Obstet Gynecol 222(6):590.e1-590.e8 : 2020.

Andy UU, Ejike N, Khanijow KD, Flick LC, Markland AD, Arya LA, Frasso R: Diet Modifications in Older Women With Fecal Incontinence: A Qualitative Study. Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg 26(4):239-243 : 2020.

Halani PK, Harvie HS, Arya LA, Andy UU: Is Fluid Intake Associated with Fecal Incontinence in Women. Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg 26 (2): 137-140,2020.

Sutkin G, Zyczynski HM, Sridhar A, Jelovsek JE, Rardin CR, Mazloomdoost D, Rahn DD, Nguyen JN, Andy UU, Meyer I, Gantz MG; NICHD Pelvic Floor Disorders Network: Association between adjuvant posterior repair and success of native tissue apical suspension. Am J Obstet Gynecol 222 (2): 161,2020.

Halani PK, Andy UU, Rao H, Arya LA: Regions of the brain activated in bladder filling vs rectal distention in healthy adults: A meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies. Neurourol Urodyn 39(1):58-65 : 2020.

Halani PK, Andy UU, Rao H, Arya LA: Regions of the brain activated in bladder filling vs rectal distention in healthy adults: A meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies. Neurourol Urodyn 39 (1): 58-65,2020.

Academic Contact Information

PENN Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street, 1000 Courtyard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366