ICS Podcast

Hear from session chair Melanie Morin (Physiotherapist, Canada) along with an international panel of experts including Anna Padoa
(Urogynaecologist, Israel), Heather Howard (Sexologist, United States), Dee Hartmann (Physiotherapist, United States). Learn how they will discuss the most up-to-date evidence and advanced clinical practice on sexual health and pelvic floor function and disorders in women.

ICS Podcast

Through its annual meeting and journal, the International Continence Society (ICS) has been advancing multidisciplinary continence research and education worldwide since 1971.

Over 3,000 Urologists, Uro-gynaecologists, Physiotherapists, Nurses and Research Scientists make up ICS, a thriving society dedicated to incontinence and pelvic floor disorders. The Society is growing every day and welcomes you to join us. If you join today, you'll enjoy substantial discounts on ICS Annual Meeting registrations and free journal submissions.

Joining ICS is like being welcomed into a big family. Get to know the members and become involved in a vibrant, supportive community of healthcare professionals, dedicated to making a real difference to the lives of people with incontinence.

Hosted by Alison Hainsworth with guests Kim Gorissen, Paula Igualada-Martinez and Rebecca Stevens. 

Find out which patients with bowel dysfunction can benefit from sacral neuromodulation.  

ICS Podcast

Through its annual meeting and journal, the International Continence Society (ICS) has been advancing multidisciplinary continence research and education worldwide since 1971.

Over 3,000 Urologists, Uro-gynaecologists, Physiotherapists, Nurses and Research Scientists make up ICS, a thriving society dedicated to incontinence and pelvic floor disorders. The Society is growing every day and welcomes you to join us. If you join today, you'll enjoy substantial discounts on ICS Annual Meeting registrations and free journal submissions.

Joining ICS is like being welcomed into a big family. Get to know the members and become involved in a vibrant, supportive community of healthcare professionals, dedicated to making a real difference to the lives of people with incontinence.

The ICS 2023 Toronto conference fosters collaboration between all disciplines involved in continence care.

Hear from Benoit Peyronnet (Urologist), Dean Elterman (Urologist), Philip Van Kerrebroeck (Urologist), Shannon Wallace (Urogynaecologist), Howard Goldman (Urologist), Marcus Drake (Urologist), Paula Igualada Martinez(Physiotherapist)
and Angela Rantell(Nurse) about their most anticipated sessions and events at ICS 2023 Toronto, and what they love about ICS!

ICS Podcast

Through its annual meeting and journal, the International Continence Society (ICS) has been advancing multidisciplinary continence research and education worldwide since 1971.

Over 3,000 Urologists, Uro-gynaecologists, Physiotherapists, Nurses and Research Scientists make up ICS, a thriving society dedicated to incontinence and pelvic floor disorders. The Society is growing every day and welcomes you to join us. If you join today, you'll enjoy substantial discounts on ICS Annual Meeting registrations and free journal submissions.

Joining ICS is like being welcomed into a big family. Get to know the members and become involved in a vibrant, supportive community of healthcare professionals, dedicated to making a real difference to the lives of people with incontinence.

Get a taste of the faculty's upcoming talks at this exciting roundtable discussion taking place at ICS 2023 Toronto.

Hear from session chair Dr Benoit Peyronnet (Urologist,  Rennes, France) along with an international panel of experts including Dr Adrian Wagg (geriatrician, Edmonton, Canada), Dr Stuart Reynolds (urologist, Nashville, USA), Dr Claire Hentzen (Physical medicine and rehabilitation, Paris, France) and Dr Benjamin Brucker (urologist, New York, USA). Learn how they will delve into the pathophysiology of overactive bladder, to demonstrate how deciphering the symptoms and urodynamics profile may help to identify several subtypes of OAB. 

ICS Podcast

Through its annual meeting and journal, the International Continence Society (ICS) has been advancing multidisciplinary continence research and education worldwide since 1971.

Over 3,000 Urologists, Uro-gynaecologists, Physiotherapists, Nurses and Research Scientists make up ICS, a thriving society dedicated to incontinence and pelvic floor disorders. The Society is growing every day and welcomes you to join us. If you join today, you'll enjoy substantial discounts on ICS Annual Meeting registrations and free journal submissions.

Joining ICS is like being welcomed into a big family. Get to know the members and become involved in a vibrant, supportive community of healthcare professionals, dedicated to making a real difference to the lives of people with incontinence.

 Dr William Gibson (Geriatrician, Edmonton, Canada) and Dr Catherine Murphy (Nurse, Southampton, United Kingdom) discuss this free, core curriculum workshop; including Dr Joan Ostaszkiewicz (Nurse, Melbourne, Australia) and Dr Anne Suskind (Urologist, San Francisco, United States).
 
 Learn how they will use case studies to explore the ethical challenges faced when managing continence in people living with dementia (PLWD), using the four principles of medical ethics.

ICS Podcast

Through its annual meeting and journal, the International Continence Society (ICS) has been advancing multidisciplinary continence research and education worldwide since 1971.

Over 3,000 Urologists, Uro-gynaecologists, Physiotherapists, Nurses and Research Scientists make up ICS, a thriving society dedicated to incontinence and pelvic floor disorders. The Society is growing every day and welcomes you to join us. If you join today, you'll enjoy substantial discounts on ICS Annual Meeting registrations and free journal submissions.

Joining ICS is like being welcomed into a big family. Get to know the members and become involved in a vibrant, supportive community of healthcare professionals, dedicated to making a real difference to the lives of people with incontinence.

 Get a taste of the faculty's upcoming talks at this exciting roundtable discussion taking place at ICS 2023 Toronto.

Hear from session chair Dr Howard Goldman (Urologist, Ohio, United States) along with an international panel of experts including Dr Rose Khavari (Urologist, Texas, United States), Dr Evgeniy Kreydin (Urologist, California, United States), Dr John Heesakkers (Urologist, Maastricht, Netherlands) and Dean Elterman (Urologist, Toronto, Canada). Learn how they will examine several emerging technologies including tibial nerve implants and innovations in sacral, transcranial as well as non-invasive spinal stimulation.

ICS Podcast

Through its annual meeting and journal, the International Continence Society (ICS) has been advancing multidisciplinary continence research and education worldwide since 1971.

Over 3,000 Urologists, Uro-gynaecologists, Physiotherapists, Nurses and Research Scientists make up ICS, a thriving society dedicated to incontinence and pelvic floor disorders. The Society is growing every day and welcomes you to join us. If you join today, you'll enjoy substantial discounts on ICS Annual Meeting registrations and free journal submissions.

Joining ICS is like being welcomed into a big family. Get to know the members and become involved in a vibrant, supportive community of healthcare professionals, dedicated to making a real difference to the lives of people with incontinence.

Michael Chancellor, State of the Art speaker at ICS 2023 Toronto, describes to Local Scientific Programme Co-Chair Jerzy Gajewski how he will present the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning for the advancement of research into this elusive urological syndrome in his lecture at the International Continence Society Annual Meeting.

Bladder Pain Syndromes: Have we made any advances in our understanding?

ICS Podcast

Through its annual meeting and journal, the International Continence Society (ICS) has been advancing multidisciplinary continence research and education worldwide since 1971.

Over 3,000 Urologists, Uro-gynaecologists, Physiotherapists, Nurses and Research Scientists make up ICS, a thriving society dedicated to incontinence and pelvic floor disorders. The Society is growing every day and welcomes you to join us. If you join today, you'll enjoy substantial discounts on ICS Annual Meeting registrations and free journal submissions.

Joining ICS is like being welcomed into a big family. Get to know the members and become involved in a vibrant, supportive community of healthcare professionals, dedicated to making a real difference to the lives of people with incontinence.

In this episode, Joan Ostaszkiewicz, nurse and member of the ICS Scientific, Education and Ethics committees discusses:

• Emotional and behavioural responses to incontinence
• The social construction of beliefs and feelings about incontinence  
•  Disease prestige
•  Shame and Disgust 
•  The status of continence carework

ICS Podcast

Through its annual meeting and journal, the International Continence Society (ICS) has been advancing multidisciplinary continence research and education worldwide since 1971.

Over 3,000 Urologists, Uro-gynaecologists, Physiotherapists, Nurses and Research Scientists make up ICS, a thriving society dedicated to incontinence and pelvic floor disorders. The Society is growing every day and welcomes you to join us. If you join today, you'll enjoy substantial discounts on ICS Annual Meeting registrations and free journal submissions.

Joining ICS is like being welcomed into a big family. Get to know the members and become involved in a vibrant, supportive community of healthcare professionals, dedicated to making a real difference to the lives of people with incontinence.

Submit your abstract now to present your work at the leading international event for continence research and education. Hear from Adrian Wagg, Geriatrician, Marcus Drake, Urologist, Amy Dobberfuhl, Urologist, Manjula Annappa, Urogynaecologist, Paula Igualada Martinez, Physiotherapist, Angela Rantell, Nurse, Philip Van Kerrebroeck,  Urologist, Howard Goldman, Urologist, Lori Birder, Neuroscientist, Elisabetta Costantini, Urologist, Enrico Finazzi Agrò,  Urologist, Shannon Wallace, Urogynaecologist, Steven E Schraffordt Koops, Urogynaecologist, and John Heesakkers,  Urologist about why you should submit your abstract to ICS 2023 Toronto. 

ICS invites Clinical and Non-Clinical Abstracts in Urology, Urogynecology, Colorectal, Bowel Dysfunction, Nursing, Physiotherapy, Conservative Management and Pure and Applied Science. Abstracts are accepted in the following categories: - Continence Care Products / Devices / Technologies - Pelvic Organ Prolapse - E-Health - Pelvic Pain Syndromes - Ethics - Pharmacology - Female Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) / Voiding Dysfunction - Pregnancy and Pelvic Floor Disorders (New for 2023!) - Female Sexual Dysfunction - Prevention and Public Health - Female Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI) - Prostate Clinical / Surgical - Geriatrics / Gerontology - Quality of Life / Patient and Caregiver Experiences - Health Services Delivery - Rehabilitation - Imaging - Research Methods / Techniques - Male Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) / Voiding Dysfunction - Transgender Health - Male Sexual Dysfunction - Urethra Male / Female - Male Stress Urinary Incontinence (Post Prostatectomy Incontinence) - Urodynamics - Neurourology 

ICS Podcast

Through its annual meeting and journal, the International Continence Society (ICS) has been advancing multidisciplinary continence research and education worldwide since 1971.

Over 3,000 Urologists, Uro-gynaecologists, Physiotherapists, Nurses and Research Scientists make up ICS, a thriving society dedicated to incontinence and pelvic floor disorders. The Society is growing every day and welcomes you to join us. If you join today, you'll enjoy substantial discounts on ICS Annual Meeting registrations and free journal submissions.

Joining ICS is like being welcomed into a big family. Get to know the members and become involved in a vibrant, supportive community of healthcare professionals, dedicated to making a real difference to the lives of people with incontinence.

Do patients really care what exactly is causing their symptoms? Hear the views of experts in the field.

Production of this podcast has been funded by Laborie. The views and opinions are those of the featured experts and not necessarily those of the ICS or Laborie. Disclosures are available in each expert's ICS profile.

The ‘Urodynamics Under the Lens’ podcast series explores the role, benefits and optimal usage of urodynamics from the personal perspectives of a range of experts in the field. Over recent years, opposing viewpoints in the literature about the value of urodynamics in functional urology have made this a confusing topic for many. This series aims to dispel misconceptions and encourage reflection. Future episodes will include specialist dialogues on the application of urodynamics in specific settings, explore quality assurance in urodynamic practice and provide accessible explanatory content aimed at patients.

Enrico Finazzi Agrò, Urologist
Eskinder Solomon, Clinical Scientist
Tufan Tarcan, Urologist
Marcus John Drake, Urologist
Desiree Vrijens, Urologist
Ulrich Mehnert, Neurourologist
Melissa R. Kaufman, Urologist

Urodynamics Under the Lens video series

ICS Podcast

Through its annual meeting and journal, the International Continence Society (ICS) has been advancing multidisciplinary continence research and education worldwide since 1971.

Over 3,000 Urologists, Uro-gynaecologists, Physiotherapists, Nurses and Research Scientists make up ICS, a thriving society dedicated to incontinence and pelvic floor disorders. The Society is growing every day and welcomes you to join us. If you join today, you'll enjoy substantial discounts on ICS Annual Meeting registrations and free journal submissions.

Joining ICS is like being welcomed into a big family. Get to know the members and become involved in a vibrant, supportive community of healthcare professionals, dedicated to making a real difference to the lives of people with incontinence.