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Matthew Don Barber

Matthew Don Barber

W. Allen Addison, M.D. Distinguished Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Obstetrics and Gynecology
matthew.barber@duke.edu
DUMC Box 3810, Duke Clinic Suite 1293, Durham, NC 27710
200 Trent Drive, Box 3810 Duke Clinic Ste 1293, Durham, NC 27710

Scholarly Works - Conferences

Subgroups of failure after surgery for pelvic organ prolapse and associations with quality of life outcomes: a longitudinal cluster analysis.

Conference Am J Obstet Gynecol · November 2021 BACKGROUND: Treatment outcomes after pelvic organ prolapse surgery are often presented as dichotomous "success or failure" based on anatomic and symptom criteria. However, clinical experience suggests that some women with outcome "failures" are asymptomati ... Full text Link to item Cite

06: Pain and activity after vaginal reconstructive surgery for pelvic organ prolapse

Conference American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology · March 2019 Full text Cite

Surgical Pain After Transobturator and Retropubic Midurethral Sling Placement.

Conference Obstet Gynecol · July 2017 OBJECTIVE: To compare prevalence and severity of any surgical pain between transobturator and retropubic slings; secondary aims were to compare pain at anatomic locations, pain medication use, and pain resolution between transobturator and retropubic sling ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Association Between the Amount of Vaginal Mesh Used With Mesh Erosions and Repeated Surgery After Repairing Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Stress Urinary Incontinence.

Conference JAMA Surg · March 1, 2017 IMPORTANCE: Mesh, a synthetic graft, has been used in pelvic organ prolapse (POP) repair and stress urinary incontinence (SUI) to augment and strengthen weakened tissue. Polypropylene mesh has come under scrutiny by the US Food and Drug Administration. OBJ ... Full text Link to item Cite

Vaginal and laparoscopic mesh hysteropexy for uterovaginal prolapse: a parallel cohort study.

Conference Am J Obstet Gynecol · January 2017 BACKGROUND: There is growing interest in uterine conservation at the time of surgery for uterovaginal prolapse, but limited data compare different types of hysteropexy. OBJECTIVE: We sought to compare 1-year efficacy and safety of laparoscopic sacral hyste ... Full text Link to item Cite

The effect of major depression on quality of life after surgery for stress urinary incontinence: a secondary analysis of the Trial of Midurethral Slings.

Conference Am J Obstet Gynecol · October 2016 BACKGROUND: Depression has been associated with symptom amplification, functional impairment, and lower incontinence-specific quality of life in women with urinary incontinence. Although depression has been shown to impact both subjective and objective out ... Full text Link to item Cite

Bacterial uropathogens and antibiotic susceptibility of positive urine cultures in women with pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence.

Conference Neurourol Urodyn · January 2016 AIMS: The aims of the study are to describe the speciation and resistance patterns of positive urinary cultures in women with pelvic floor disorders (PFDs) and those undergoing pelvic reconstructive surgery. METHODS: Urine cultures with a colony count of > ... Full text Link to item Cite

Assessment of voiding after sling: a randomized trial of 2 methods of postoperative catheter management after midurethral sling surgery for stress urinary incontinence in women.

Conference Am J Obstet Gynecol · May 2015 OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to compare the backfill standard voiding trial (SVT) that relies on the assessment of voided volume to subjective patients' evaluation of their voiding based on the assessment of the force of stream (FOS) after an ... Full text Link to item Cite

Ultrasound Evaluation of Midurethral Sling Position and Correlation to Physical Examination and Patient Symptoms.

Conference Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg · 2015 OBJECTIVE: The primary objective was to evaluate the position and angle variation between 3 different midurethral slings (MUSs) using 3-dimensional ultrasound (US) technology. The secondary objective was to compare differences in findings on physical exami ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Quality of Health Information Available on the Internet for Patients With Pelvic Organ Prolapse.

Conference Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg · 2015 OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to assess the quality of Web sites that provide information on pelvic organ prolapse using validated quality measurement tools. METHODS: The Google search engine was used to perform a search of the following 4 terms: "pelvic org ... Full text Link to item Cite

Perioperative adverse events after minimally invasive abdominal sacrocolpopexy.

Conference Am J Obstet Gynecol · November 2014 OBJECTIVE: Our first objective was to compare peri- and postoperative adverse events between robotic-assisted laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy (RSC) and conventional laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy (LSC) in a cohort of women who underwent these procedures at a tert ... Full text Link to item Cite

Utility of postoperative laboratory studies after female pelvic reconstructive surgery.

Conference Am J Obstet Gynecol · October 2013 OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine the frequency of laboratory studies after female pelvic reconstructive surgery and the rate of intervention based on the results of these laboratory values at a single institution. STUDY DESIGN: We conducted a retrospectiv ... Full text Link to item Cite

Lower abdominal and pelvic pain with advanced pelvic organ prolapse: a case-control study.

Conference Am J Obstet Gynecol · June 2011 OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to compare the relative frequencies of pain in women with and without pelvic organ prolapse (POP). STUDY DESIGN: This was an ancillary analysis of a case-control study investigating functional bowel disorders in wo ... Full text Link to item Cite

Risk of deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in urogynecologic surgical patients.

Conference Am J Obstet Gynecol · November 2010 OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine the incidence of symptomatic deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, collectively referred to as venous thromboembolic events (VTE), in patients undergoing urogynecologic surgery to guide development of a VTE prophy ... Full text Link to item Cite

Assessment of intraoperative judgment during gynecologic surgery using the Script Concordance Test.

Conference Am J Obstet Gynecol · September 2010 OBJECTIVE: We sought to develop a valid, reliable assessment of intraoperative judgment by residents during gynecologic surgery based on Script Concordance Theory. STUDY DESIGN: This was a multicenter prospective study involving 5 obstetrics and gynecology ... Full text Link to item Cite

Assessing vaginal surgical skills using video motion analysis.

Conference Obstet Gynecol · August 2009 OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate the feasibility of using video motion analysis to quantitate a key step of vaginal hysterectomy and define measurable differences between novice and experienced surgical trainees during vaginal hysterectomy. METHODS: Analyses focu ... Full text Link to item Cite

Early experience with mesh excision for adverse outcomes after transvaginal mesh placement using prolapse kits.

Conference Am J Obstet Gynecol · December 2008 OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine the complications, treatments, and outcomes in patients choosing to undergo removal of mesh previously placed with a mesh procedural kit. STUDY DESIGN: This was a retrospective review of all patients wh ... Full text Link to item Cite

De novo rectal prolapse after obliterative and reconstructive vaginal surgery for urogenital prolapse.

Conference Am J Obstet Gynecol · July 2007 OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to compare the incidence of de novo rectal prolapse after obliterative vaginal surgery with the incidence that was seen after reconstructive vaginal surgery for urogenital prolapse. STUDY DESIGN: A chart review was ... Full text Link to item Cite

Psychosocial Impact of Chronic Vulvovaginal Disorders

Conference Obstetrics & Gynecology · April 2006 Full text Cite

Adoption of the pelvic organ prolapse quantification system in peer-reviewed literature.

Conference Am J Obstet Gynecol · December 2003 OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine the method of describing pelvic organ prolapse in the peer-reviewed literature since the introduction of the Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification System (POPQ). STUDY DESIGN: Representative US and interna ... Full text Link to item Cite

Anatomy of ilioinguinal and iliohypogastric nerves in relation to trocar placement and low transverse incisions.

Conference Am J Obstet Gynecol · December 2003 OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to map the course of the ilioinguinal and iliohypogastric nerves. STUDY DESIGN: The courses of iliohypogastric and ilioinguinal nerves from 11 fresh frozen cadavers were mapped from their lateral emergence on the an ... Full text Link to item Cite