Born in Spain the first Research Group for pelvic floor dysfunction in women.

For the first time in Spain has created a research group for the study of pelvic floor dysfunction in women, GISPEM, which encompasses 37 specialized in pelvic floor throughout the country.

The group GISPEM (Pelvic Floor Research Group Women), sponsored by Astellas Pharma, analyze the results from the study VEHISP (Overactive bladder in women attending gynecologic consultation with pelvic floor problems), which has collected data on symptoms and voiding pelvic floor dysfunction in 500 patients. This will represent an important source of information that will be useful for clinical practice related gynecologic pelvic floor.

The results of the work group GISPEM, whose principal investigator is Dr. Montserrat Espuna, president of the Spanish Section of Pelvic Floor of the Spanish Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics (SEGO), shall be reported in national and international congresses and published in scientific journals and help to enhance and disseminate existing knowledge about this disease. As explained from GISPEM, "the group was born thanks to the motivation and scientific interest of all its members to deepen the knowledge of the bladder and its relationship to other pelvic floor disorders.

The pelvic floor is a system of muscles and ligaments of the abdomen closed the floor to maintain proper position and suspend the bladder, uterus and rectum. The weakening of the pelvic floor causes problems in the functioning of any of these organs.


Astellas Pharma sponsored this project as part of its commitment to research and promotes the continuity of the Group GISPEM support the study of new targets that produce relevant data within this therapeutic area.