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Overview

Ian Milsom is affiliated with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. Their research primarily focuses on various aspects of medicine, with particular attention to surgery, rheumatology, epidemiology, urology, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

  • Pelvic floor disorders treatments
  • Anorectal disease treatments and outcomes
  • Urinary tract infections management
  • Pelvic and acetabular injuries
  • Urinary bladder and prostate research
  • Reproductive health and contraception
  • Diverticular disease and complications

Their recent papers cover a range of clinical and epidemiological issues related to pelvic and urinary health. Among these are:

  • "Symptoms of fecal incontinence two decades after no, one, or two obstetrical anal sphincter injuries," 2020, published in American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • "The influence of pregnancy, parity, and mode of delivery on urinary incontinence and prolapse surgery-a national register study," 2022, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • "Temporal trends in obstetric anal sphincter injury from the first vaginal delivery in Austria, Canada, Norway, and Sweden," 2021, Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica
  • "Smoking cessation prior to gynecological surgery-A registry-based randomized trial," 2020, Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica
  • "Fecal incontinence in nonpregnant nulliparous women aged 25 to 64 years-a randomly selected national cohort prevalence study," 2021, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Frequent co-authors with whom Ian Milsom has collaborated include:

  • Maria Gyhagen
  • Sigvard Åkervall
  • Ida Nilsson
  • Mattias Molin
  • Adrian Wagg

Their work is commonly published in several noted scientific venues, with repeated contributions to:

  • Continence
  • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica
  • BMJ Open
  • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

The combination of topics, subfields, and venues illustrates a research profile focused on clinical epidemiology and surgical outcomes related to pelvic health, urinary conditions, and reproductive factors. This reflects an interdisciplinary approach intersecting medicine, surgery, and public health concerns within populations primarily affected by pelvic floor and urinary tract disorders.

Best Publications

  • Population-Based Survey of Urinary Incontinence, Overactive Bladder, and Other Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Five Countries: Results of the EPIC Study

    Debra E. Irwin;Ian Milsom;Steinar Hunskaar;Kate Reilly

  • How widespread are the symptoms of an overactive bladder and how are they managed? A population-based prevalence study.

    I. Milsom;P. Abrams;L. Cardozo;R.G. Roberts

  • 6th International Consultation on Incontinence. Recommendations of the International Scientific Committee: Evaluation and treatment of urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse and faecal incontinence

    Paul Abrams;Karl Erik Andersson;Apostolos Apostolidis;Lori Birder

  • Worldwide prevalence estimates of lower urinary tract symptoms, overactive bladder, urinary incontinence and bladder outlet obstruction

    Debra E. Irwin;Zoe S. Kopp;Barnabie Agatep;Ian Milsom

  • The impact of overactive bladder, incontinence and other lower urinary tract symptoms on quality of life, work productivity, sexuality and emotional well-being in men and women: results from the EPIC study.

    Karin S. Coyne;Chris C. Sexton;Debra E. Irwin;Zoe S. Kopp

  • Advanced maternal age and adverse perinatal outcome.

    Bo Jacobsson;Lars Ladfors;Ian Milsom

  • The prevalence of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in the USA, the UK and Sweden: results from the Epidemiology of LUTS (EpiLUTS) study.

    Karin S. Coyne;Chris C. Sexton;Christine L. Thompson;Ian Milsom

  • Global Prevalence and Economic Burden of Urgency Urinary Incontinence: A Systematic Review

    Ian Milsom;Karin S. Coyne;Sean Nicholson;Marion Kvasz

  • Impact of overactive bladder symptoms on employment, social interactions and emotional well-being in six European countries

    Debra E. Irwin;Ian Milsom;Zoe Kopp;Paul Abrams

  • Urinary Incontinence and its Relationship to Mental Health and Health-Related Quality of Life in Men and Women in Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States

    Karin S. Coyne;Marion Kvasz;Andrea M. Ireland;Ian Milsom

  • The prevalence of urinary incontinence and its influence on the quality of life in women from an urban Swedish population

    Zvetanka Simeonova;Ian Milsom;Anne-Marie Kullendorff;Ulla Molander

  • Economic burden of urgency urinary incontinence in the United States: a systematic review.

    Karin S Coyne;Alan Wein;Sean Nicholson;Marion Kvasz

  • Can ultrasound replace dilation and curettage? A longitudinal evaluation of postmenopausal bleeding and transvaginal sonographic measurement of the endometrium as predictors of endometrial cancer.

    B. Gull;B. Karlsson;I. Milsom;S. Granberg

  • Effect of bothersome overactive bladder symptoms on health-related quality of life, anxiety, depression, and treatment seeking in the United States: results from EpiLUTS.

    Ian Milsom;Steven A. Kaplan;Karin S. Coyne;Chris C. Sexton

  • The Impact of Overactive Bladder on Mental Health, Work Productivity and Health-Related Quality of Life in the UK and Sweden: Results From EpiLUTS

    Karin S. Coyne;Chris C. Sexton;Zoe S. Kopp;Caty Ebel-Bitoun

  • Urinary incontinence and lower urinary tract symptoms: an epidemiological study of men aged 45 to 99 years.

    Ulf G.H. Malmsten;Ian Milsom;Ulla Molander;Lars J. Norlen

  • Prevalence, Severity, and Symptom Bother of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms among Men in the EPIC Study: Impact of Overactive Bladder

    Debra E. Irwin;Ian Milsom;Zoe Kopp;Paul Abrams

  • Transvaginal ultrasonography of the endometrium in women with postmenopausal bleeding: is it always necessary to perform an endometrial biopsy?

    Berit Gull;S.Å. Carlsson;B. Karlsson;P. Ylöstalo

  • The overlap of storage, voiding and postmicturition symptoms and implications for treatment seeking in the USA, UK and Sweden: EpiLUTS

    Chris C. Sexton;Karin S. Coyne;Zoe S. Kopp;Debra E. Irwin

  • Epidemiology of urinary incontinence (UI) and other lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and anal incontinence (AI)

    Ian Milsom;D Altman;R Cartwright;MC Lapitan

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher R. Chapple
Christopher R. Chapple Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Linda Cardozo
Linda Cardozo University of Cambridge
Dirk De Ridder
Dirk De Ridder University of Otago
Paul Abrams
Paul Abrams Southmead Hospital
Alan J. Wein
Alan J. Wein University of Miami
Dan Mellström
Dan Mellström University of Gothenburg
Nancy L. Pedersen
Nancy L. Pedersen Karolinska Institute
Karl-Erik Andersson
Karl-Erik Andersson Lund University
Dorte Gyrd-Hansen
Dorte Gyrd-Hansen University of Southern Denmark
Joakim Dillner
Joakim Dillner Karolinska University Hospital

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