Physician

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Donald Ostergard is an expert in the field of Obstetrics & Gynecology. He researched medicine at University of California San Francisco School of Medicine. University of California San Francisco School of Medicine is one of the top medical schools in the US. University of California San Francisco School of Medicine is ranked 3/3 in Research/PrimaryCare. Donald Ostergard is a published doctor. He published 99 publications, including: 'The relationship of body mass index to intra-abdominal pressure as measured by multichannel cystometry.'

Publications

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• Post-implantation alterations of polypropylene in the human.
• Polypropylene mesh and the host response.
• Evidence-based Medicine for Polypropylene Mesh Use Compared With Native Tissue Vaginal Prolapse Repair.
• Reflections on my career as a urogynecologist.
• Degradation, infection and heat effects on polypropylene mesh for Pelvic implantation: what was known and when it was known.
• Polypropylene Vaginal mesh grafts in gynecology.
• Vaginal mesh grafts and the Food and Drug Administration.
• Solifenacin for overactive bladder: secondary analysis of data from VENUS based on baseline continence Status.
• Update on the utilization of grafts in Pelvic reconstruction surgeries.
• Lessons from the past: directions for the future. Do new marketed surgical procedures and grafts produce ethical, personal liability, and legal concerns for physicians?
• Newer pharmacologic options in management of overactive bladder syndrome.
• Urinary incontinence: newer pharmacotherapeutic trends.
• The epochs and ethics of incontinence surgery: is the direction forward or backwards?
• Medical technology assessment and surgery for stress incontinence.
• Stress urinary incontinence at rest.
• Multichannel urodynamics: ambulatory versus standard urodynamics.
• The relationship of body mass index to intra-abdominal pressure as measured by multichannel cystometry.
• Primary slings for everyone with genuine stress incontinence? The argument against.
• Intrasubject variability of the pressure-transmission ratio in patients with genuine stress incontinence.
• Banked human fascia lata for the suburethral sling procedure: a preliminary report.
• Protecting the pelvic floor: obstetric management to prevent incontinence and pelvic organ Prolapse.
• Postoperative catheterization, urinary retention, and permanent voiding dysfunction after polytetrafluroethylene suburethral sling placement.
• Evaluation of pressure transmission ratios in women with genuine stress incontinence and low urethral pressure: a comparative study.
• The role of patient history in the diagnosis of urinary incontinence.
• Predicting intrinsic urethral sphincter dysfunction in women with stress urinary incontinence.
• Tissue reaction to expanded polytetrafluoroethylene suburethral sling for urinary incontinence: clinical and histologic study.
• Long-term clinical and urodynamic evaluation of the polytetrafluoroethylene suburethral sling for treatment of genuine stress incontinence.
• Evaluation of current urodynamic testing methods in the diagnosis of genuine stress incontinence.
• A comparison of stress leak-point pressure and maximal urethral closure pressure in patients with genuine stress incontinence.
• Pelvic floor electrical stimulation in the treatment of genuine stress incontinence: a multicenter, placebo-controlled trial.
• The effect of patient position on proximal urethral mobility.
• Urogynecology and Pelvic reconstructive surgery: office preoperative evaluation of the incontinent female.
• Endocervical strip biopsy instrument: an alternative to endocervical curettage.
• Cryosurgical treatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia.
• Prediction of clearance of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia by conization.
• Bladder pillar block anesthesia for urethral dilatation in women.
• DES-related Vaginal lesions.
• Urodynamic effects of retropublic urethropexy in genuine stress incontinence.
• Urethral pressure profiles of women with urethral diverticula.
• Real-time ultrasonography in the evaluation of urinary stress incontinence.
• Diagnostic procedures in female urology.
• Significance of urethral vascular pulsations in genuine stress urinary incontinence.
• Urodynamics in women with stress urinary incontinence.
• Vesical instability: urodynamic parameters by microtip transducer catheters.
• Diagnosis of lower urinary tract disorders in PostMenopausal patients.
• Central nervous system toxicity related to prolonged metronidazole therapy.
• Urethral diverticula: urethral closure pressure profile: a preliminary report.
• The effect of uterovaginal Prolapse on urethrovesical pressure dynamics.
• Delayed reaction to the Dacron buttress used in urethropexy.
• Multifocal carcinoma of the femal genitals.
• Gas chromatographic analysis of estrogens.
• Sartorius muscle interposition for the treatment of the radiation-induced Vaginal fistula.
• Comparison of electrocauterization and cryosurgery for the treatment of benign disease of the Uterine cervix.
• The treatment of vulvar condyloma acuminata by cryosurgery. A preliminary report.
• Symptomatic Pelvic lymphocyst. Differentiation from recurrent carcinoma.
• Treatment of chronic cervicitis by cryotherapy.
• Malignant melanoma of the female urethra treated by cryosurgery with radical vulvectomy and anterior exenteration. Report of a case.
• The treatment of chronic cervicitis by cryotherapy. A preliminary report.
• Cytologic diagnosis of squamous dysplasia and carcinoma of the cervix.
• Urinary estriol as an indicator of fetal well-being.
• Cryosurgery for benign disease of the cervix.
• Abnormal Papanicolaou smears. Evaluation by colposcopy, biopsies, and endocervical curettage.
• Comparison of two antibiotic regimens in the treatment of septic abortion.
• Septic threatened abortion. A retrospective study of twenty years'' experience.
• Septic incomplete abortion. A retrospective study of twenty years'' experience.
• Acute effect of castration on serum FSH and LH in the adult woman.
• The incidence of false negative cervical cytology as determined by colposcopically directed biopsies.
• A training program for allied health personnel in family planning and cancer screening: a preliminary report.
• Cryocauterization for preinvasive cervical neoplasia.
• The family planning specialist.
• The family planning specialist as a provider of health care services.
• Thrombosis of vulvar varicosities during pregnancy.
• A technique for selective fetal hypophysectomy in utero.
• The physiology and clinical importance of amniotic fluid. A review.
• IntraUterine contraception in multiparas with the Dalkon Shield.
• The potential for paramedical personnel in family planning. An analysis based on the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare 5-year Plan for Family Planning Servi...
• The cervical relaxant properties of prostaglandin E2 in non pregnant subjects.
• Cytologic evaluation following cryosurgical treatment for severe dysplasia and carcinoma-in-situ.
• IntraUterine contraception in nulliparas with the Dalkon shield.
• Outpatient therapy of preinvasive cervical neoplasia: selection of patients with the use of colposcopy.
• The insertion of intraUterine devices by physicians and paramedical personnel.
• Endocervical cells in cervical smears.
• The Dalkon shield: a clinical evaluation.
• Are RN''s the best family planning specialist recruits?
• The use of hyperbaric oxygen in the treatment of clostridial septicemia complicating septic abortion. Report of a case.
• Estriol in pregnancy.
• Toluidine blue and colposcopy for screening and delineating vulvar neoplasia.
• Toxic shock syndrome following carbon dioxide laser treatment of genital tract condyloma acuminatum.
• The low pressure urethra as a factor in failed retropubic urethropexy.
• Evaluation of male consorts of women with genital human papilloma virus infection.
• Uninhibited urethral relaxation: an unusual cause of incontinence.
• Urodynamic changes in urethrovesical function after radical hysterectomy.
• A urodynamic appraisal of success and failure after retropubic urethropexy.
• Supine urethroscopic and standing cystometry as screening methods for the detection of detrusor instability.
• Cryotherapy for the treatment of proximal urethral condyloma acuminatum.
• Ultrasonography in urinary incontinence.
• Voiding dysfunction in the adolescent.
• Recurrent stress incontinence. Causes and treatment in the female patient.

Schools

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• Harbor General Hospital

Procedures Preformed

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• Colpopexy
• Colporrhaphy
• Endocervical Curettage
• Gynecologic Cancer Screening
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Conditions Treated

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• Asymptomatic Post-Menopausal Status
• Atrophic Vaginitis
• Hyperlipidemia
• Hypertension
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Doctors Specialties

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• Obstetrics
• Gynecology

Accepted Insurances

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Education

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• Harbor - UCLA Medical Center
• University of California San Francisco School of Medicine

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