Description of Research Expertise
Fecal Incontinence
Pelvic floor disorders in Older Women
Selected Publications
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.
Hassani D, Arya L, Andy U.: Continence: Bowel and Bladder and Physical Function Decline in Women. Curr Geriatr Rep. 2020 Jun;9(2):64-71. doi: 10.1007/s13670-020-00313-x. Epub 2020 Mar 9. : 2020.
Lee DD, Arya LA, Andy UU, Harvie HS: Video Virtual Clinical Encounters Versus Office Visits for Postoperative Care After Pelvic Organ Prolapse Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg. 2020 Jun 25. doi: 10.1097/SPV.0000000000000909. Online ahead of print : 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. 2020 Jan;39(1):58-65. doi: 10.1002/nau.24221. Epub 2019 Dec 9. : 2020.
Sung VW, Menefee S, Dunivan G, Richter HE, Moalli P, Weidner A, Andy UU, Jelovsek E, Mazloomdoost D, Whitworth R, Thomas S; NICHD Pelvic Floor Disorders Network: Design of a Study to Measure Patient-Perspectives in Adverse Event Reporting (the PPAR Study): Supplementary Study to the ASPIRe Trial. Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg. 2020 Jun 1. doi: 10.1097/SPV.0000000000000845. Online ahead of print : 2020.
Andy UU, Amundsen CL, Honeycutt E, Markland AD, Dunivan G, Dyer KY, Korbly NB, Bradley M, Vasavada S, Mazloomdoost D, Thomas S: Sacral Neuromodulation versus OnabotulinumtoxinA for refractory urgency urinary incontinence: impact on fecal incontinence symptoms and sexual function. Am J Obstet Gynecol 221(5):513.e1-513.e15 : 2019.
Chu CM, Schmitz KH, Khanijow K, Stambakio H, Newman DK, Arya LA, Andy UU: Feasibility and outcomes: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of a home-based integrated physical exercise and bladder-training program vs usual care for community-dwelling older women with urinary incontinence. Neurourol Urodyn 38 (5): 1399-1408,2019.
Lee DD, Arya LA, Andy UU, Sammel MD, Harvie HS: Willingness of Women with Pelvic Floor Disorders to Use Mobile Technology to Communicate with Their Health Care Providers. Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg 25 (2): 134-138,2019.
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