Publications

2009

• Dorn SD, Morris CB, Hu Y, Toner BB, Diamant N, Whitehead WE, Bangdiwala SI, Drossman DA.  (2009). 
  Irritable Bowel Subtypes defined by Rome II and Rome III Criteria are Similar. 
  J Clin Gastroenterol, 43:214-20.
• Dunivan GC, Connolly A, Jannelli ML, Wells EC, Geller EJ.
  Body mass index as a risk factor for cystotomy during suprapubic placement of mid-urethral slings.
  Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct. 2009 Jun 6. [Epub ahead of print]
• Dunivan G, Hickman A, and Connolly A,
  Severe Separation of the Pubic Symphysis and Prompt Orthopedic Surgical Intervention:  A Case Report
  Obstet Gynecol. 2009 Aug;114(2 Pt 2):473-5.
• Dunivan G, Nguyen T, Connolly A, Wells, E, Jannelli, M, and Geller E. 
  Body Mass Index as a Risk Factor for Cystotomy During Mid-Urethral Sling Placement
  Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct. 2009 Sep;20(9):1127-3
• Geller E, Wu J, Jannelli M, Nguyen T, Visco A.
  Neonatal Outcomes Associated with Planned Vaginal Versus Planned Primary Cesarean Delivery
  Presented at SAAOG in Asheville, NC.  January 2009
• Robinson BL, Liao JB, Adams SF, Randall TC.
  Vaginal Cuff Dehiscence After Robotic Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy
  Obstet Gynecol. 2009 Aug;114(2, Part 1):369-371.
• van Tilburg MA, Chitkara DK, Palsson OS, Levy RL, Whitehead WE.  (2009). 
  Parental worries and beliefs about abdominal pain. 
  J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr , 48:311-7. PMID: 19274787.

2008

• Brubaker L, Handa VL, Bradley C, Connolly A, Moalli P, Brown MB, Weber A.   (2008). 
  Sexual Function Six Months After First Delivery (For the Pelvic Floor Disorders Network). 
  Obstetrics and Gynecology, 111(5):1040-4.
• Chitkara DK, Van Tilburg MA, Blois-Martin N, Whitehead WE.  (2008). 
  Early life risk factors that contribute to irritable bowel syndrome in adults: a systematic  review. 
  Am J Gastroentrol,103:765-74.
• Geller, E.J., Siddiqui, N.Y., Wu J.M., Visco A.G.  (2008).  
  Short-Term Outcomes of Robotic Sacrocolpopexy Compared With Abdominal Sacrocolpopexy. 
  Obstet Gynecol.,; 112(6):1201-1206.
• Goode PS, Fitzgerald MP, Richter HE, Whitehead WE, Nygaard I, Wren PA, Zyczynski HM, Cundiff G, Menefee S, Senka JM, Gao X, Weber AM.  (2008). 
  Pelvic floor disorders Network. Enhancing participation of older women in surgical trials. 
  J AM Coll Surg, 207:303-11.  PMID: 18722933.
• Grover M, Kanazawa M, Palsson OS, Drossman DA, Whitehead WE.  (2008). 
  Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth in irritable bowel syndrome: Association with colon motility, bowel symptoms, and psychological distress.
  Neurogastroenterology Motil, 20:998-1008. PMID 18482250.
• Kanazawa M, Palsson OS, Thiwan SIM, Turner MJ, Van Tilburg MAL, Gangarosa LM, Chitkara DK, Fukudo S, Drossman DA, Whitehead WE.  (2008). 
  Contributions of pain sensitivity and colonic motility to IBS symptom severity and predominant bowel  habits.
  Am J Gastroenterol, 103(10):2550-2561.
• Lessey BA, Parnell BA, Forstein DA, Miller PB, Higdon III HL, Boone WR.  (2008) 
  Integrin Testing to Improve Success Rates in IVF: A Role for GnRHA and Letrozole as Treatment Options for Women with Implantation Failure.
  Fertil Steril; 90:S1;S224 (abstract).
• Liao YM, Dougherty MC, Biemer PP, Liao CT, Palmer MH, Boyington AR, Connolly A.  (2008). 
  Factors related to lower urinary tract symptoms among a sample of  Employed women in Taipei. 
  Neurourology and Urodynamics, 27(1):52-59. 
• Madhusudan G, Kanazawa M, Palsson OS, Drossman DA, Whitehead WE.  (2008). 
  Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth in irritable bowel syndrome: Association with colon motility, bowel symptoms, and psychological distress. 
  Neurogastroenterology Motil, 20(9):998-1008.
• Nygaard I, Barber MD, Burgio K, Kenton K, Meikle S, Schaffer J, Spino C,  Whitehead WE, Wu J, Brody DJ.  (2008). 
  Pelvic Floor Disorders Network.  Prevalence of symptomatic pelvic floor disorders in US women. 
  JAMA, 300:1311-6.
• Oliphant S, Aktan O, and Connolly AM.  (2008). 
  Predictors of Successful Voiding Before Hospital Discharge after Urinary Stress Incontinence Surgery.  
  International Urogynecology Journal, 19(6):805-810.
• Ringel Y, Drossman DA, Suyenobu BY, Wilber K, Lin W, Whitehead WE, Naliboff BD,  Berman S, Mayer EA.  (2008).
  Effect of abuse history on pain reports and brain responses to aversive visceral stimulation: an FMRI study. 
  Gastroenterology,  134:396-404.
• Thiwan S, Drossman DA, Morris CB, Dalton C, Toner BB, Diamant NE, Hu JB, Whitehead WE, Leserman J, Bangdiwala SI.  (2008). 
  Not all side effects associated with tricyclic antidepressant therapy are true side effects. 
  Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol, Nov 21.  [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 19167522.
• Van Tilburg, MAL, Palsson OS, Levy RL, Feld AD, Turner MJ, Drossman DA, Whitehead WE.  (2008). 
  Complementary and Alternative Medicine use and cost in Functional Bowel Disorders: A six month prospective study in a large HMO. 
  BMC Complement Altern Med, 8:46. PMID 18652682.

2007

• Bradley CS, Nygaard I, Brown MB, Gutman RE, Kenton KS, Whitehead WE, Goode PS,  Wren PA, Ghetti C, Weber AM, for the Pelvic Floor Disorders Network.  (2007).  
  Bowel symptoms in women one year after sacrocolpopexy. 
  Am J Obstetric &  Gynecology, 197(6):642.e1-8.
• Bradley CS, Richter HE, Gutman RE, Brown MB, Whitehead WE, Fine PM, Hakim C, Harford F, Weber AM for the Pelvic Floor Disorders Network.  (2007). 
  Risk factors for sonographic internal anal sphincter gaps 6-12 months after delivery complicated by anal sphincter tear.
  Am J Obstet Gynecol., 197(3):310.e1-5.
• Burgio KL, Borello-France D, Richter HE, Fitzgerald M P,  Whitehead W, Handa VL, Nygaard I, Fine P, Zyczynski H, Visco AG, Brown MB, Weber AM, for the Pelvic Floor Disorders Network.  (2007).
  Risk factors for fecal and urinary incontinence after childbirth: The childbirth and pelvic symptoms study. 
  Am J Gastroenterol,  102:1998-2004.
• Chiarioni G, Whitehead WE, Bassotti G.  (2007). 
  Randomized controlled trial of biofeedback.
  Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol., 5:1119.  PMID:17825773
• Dorn SD, Palsson OS, Thiwan SIM, Kanazawa M, Clark WC, Van Tilburg MAL, Drossman DA, Scarlett Y, Levy RL, Ringel Y, Crowell MD, Olden KW,  Whitehead WE.  (2007). 
  Increased colonic pain sensitivity in irritable bowel syndrome is the result of an increased tendency to report pain rather than increased neurosensory sensitivity.
  Gut, 56:1202-1209.
• Drossman DA, Morris CB, Hu Y, Toner BB, Diamant N, Whitehead WE, Dalton CB, Leserman J, Patrick D, Bangdiwala S.  (2007). 
  Characterization of Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) for patients with Functional Bowel Disorder (FBD) and its  response to treatment. 
  Am J Gastroenterol, 102:1442-1453. 
• Fine PM, Burgio KL, Borello-France D, Richter HE, Whitehead WE, Weber AM, Brown  MB, for the Pelvic Floor Disorders Network.  (2007). 
  Teaching and practice of  pelvic floor muscle exercises in primiparous women during pregnancy and the  postpartum period. 
  Am J Obstetric & Gynecology, 197(1):107.e1-5.
• Geller E.J., Barbee E.R., Wu J.M., Loomis M.J., Visco A.G.  (2007). 
  Validation of Telephone Administration of Two Condition-Specific Quality of Life  Questionnaires. 
  American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology;  197(6):632.e1-4.
• Handa VL, Zyczynski H, Burgio KL, FitzGerald MP, Borello-France D, Janz N, Fine P, Whitehead WE, Brown MB, Weber AM, for the Pelvic Floor Disorders Network.  (2007). 
  The impact of fecal and urinary incontinence on quality of life six months after childbirth. 
  Am J Obstetric & Gynecology, 197(6):636.e1-6.
• Heymen S, Scarlett Y, Jones K, Ringel Y, Drossman D, Whitehead WE.   (2007).
  Randomized controlled trial shows biofeedback to be superior to alternative treatments for patients with pelvic floor dyssynergia-type constipation. 
  Dis Colon  Rectum, 50(4):428-441.
• Hundley A, Wu J, Visco A, Connolly A.  (2007). 
  Assessing optimal collection methods for urine cytology evaluation. 
  International Urogynecology Journal Pelvic Floor Dysfunction.
• Hundley AF, Maygarden S, Wu JM, Visco AG, Connolly A.  (2007). 
  Adequacy of urine cytology specimens: an assessment of collection techniques.
  International Urogynocology Journal, 18(9):997-1001.
• Jannelli ML, Wu JM, Plunkett LW, Williams KS, Visco AG.  (2007).  
  A randomized controlled trial of clean intermittent self-catheterization versus suprapubic catheterization after urogynecologic surgery. 
  American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 197(1):72.e1-4.
• Kanazawa M, Drossman DA, Shinozaki M, Sagami Y, Endo Y, Palsson OS, Hongo M,  Whitehead WE, Fukudo S.  (2007). 
  Translation and validation of a Japanese  version of the irritable bowel syndrome-quality of life measure (IBS-QOL-J).  
  Biopsychosoc, Med, 1(6):6
• Levy RL, Langer SL, Whitehead WE.  (2007). 
  Social learning contributions to the etiology and treatment of functional abdominal pain and inflammatory bowel disease in children and adults. 
  World J Gastroenterol, 13:2397-2403. 
• Liao YM, Dougherty MC, Biemer PP, Liao CT, Palmer MH, Boyington AR, Connolly A.   (2007). 
  Factors related to lower urinary tract symptoms among a sample of  Employed women in Taipei. 
  Neurourology and Urodynamics, 27(1):52-59. 
• Nguyen T, Connolly A. 
  Overactive Bladder
  Gynecology for the Primary Care Physician, 2nd Ed.  Stovall T, Ling F, Chuang A.  Philadelphia: Current Medicine Group LLC; 2007.
• Nygaard I, Handa V, Brubaker L, Borello-France D,  Wei D, Wells E, and Weber A, for the Pelvic Floor Disorders Network.  (2007). 
  Physical activity in women planning sacrocolpopexy. 
  International Urogynecology Journal Pelvic Floor Dysfunction,18(1):33-37.
• Nyrop KA, Palsson OS, Levy RL, Von Korff M, Feld AD, Turner MJ, Whitehead WE.   (2007). 
  Costs of health care for irritable bowel syndrome, chronic constipation,  functional diarrhea and functional abdominal pain. 
  Aliment Pharmacol Ther,  26:237-48.
• Tornehl C, Pruthi R, Connolly A.  (2007).
  Bladder leiomyoma resection facilitated  by abdominal development of the paravaginal space:  A case report. 
  Issues in  Urology, 19(1), 6-8.
• Whitehead WE, Bradley CS, Brown MB, Brubaker L, Gutman RE, Varner RE, Visco A, Weber AM, for the Pelvic Floor Network.  (2007). 
  Postoperative gastrointestinal complications after abdominal sacrocolpopexy for advanced pelvic organ prolapse. 
  Am J Obstetric & Gynecology, 197(1):78.e1-7.
• Whitehead WE, Palsson OS, Levy RL, Feld A, Turner M, Von Korff M.  (2007).  
  Comorbidity in irritable bowel syndrome.
  Am J Gastroenterol, 102:2767-76.
• Wu J, Wechter M, Geller E, Nguyen T, Visco A.  (2007). 
  Hysterectomy rates in the United States. 
  Obstetrics and Gynecology;110:1091-5.
• Wu JM, Visco AG, Weidner AC, Myers ER.  (2007).
  Is burch colposuspension ever cost-effective compared to tension-free vaginal tape for stress incontinence. 
  American Journal Obstetrics and Gynecology; 197(1):62.e1-5.

2006

• Borello-France D, Burgio KL, Richter HE, Zyczynski H, FitzGerald, PM, Whitehead W,  Fine P, Nygaard I, Handa VL, Visco AG, Weber AM, Brown MB.  (2006).  For the  Pelvic Floor Disorders Network. 
  Fecal and urinary incontinence in primiparous women: The Childbirth and Pelvic Symptoms (CAPS) study.
  Obstet Gynecol,  108(4):863-872.
• Bradley CS, Brown MB, Cundiff GW, Goode PS, Kenton KS, Nygaard IE, Whitehead WE, Wren PA, Weber AM.  (2006).  For the Pelvic Floor Disorders Network. 
  Bowel symptoms in women planning surgery for pelvic organ prolapse.
  Am J Obstetric & Gynecology, 195:1814-9.
• Chiarioni G, Whitehead WE, Pezza V, Morelli, A, Bassotti, G.  (2006). 
  Biofeedback is superior to laxatives for normal transit constipation due to pelvic floor dyssynergia. 
  Gastroenterology, 130:657-664.
• Chitkara DK, Bredenoord AJ, Talley NJ,  Whitehead WE.  (2006). 
  Aerophagia and rumination: recognition and therapy. 
  Curr Treat Options Gastroenterol, 9(4):305-313.
• Chitkara DK, Van Tilburg M, Whitehead WE, Talley NJ.  (2006). 
  Teaching diaphragmatic breathing for rumination syndrome. 
  Am J Gastroenterol, 101(11):2449-2452.
• Connolly A.  (2006). 
  Documenting comparability of clinical experience on the obstetrics and gynecology clerkship. 
  American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 195(5): 1468-1473. 
• Levy RL, Langer SL, Walker LS, Feld LD, Whitehead WE.  (2006). 
  Relationship between the decision to take a child to the clinic for abdominal pain and maternal psychological distress. 
  Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, 160(9):961- 965.
• Nguyen T, Witter F. 
  “Renal Hepatic and Gastrointestinal Disorders and Systemic Lupus Erythematous in Pregnancy”. 
  The Johns Hopkins Manual of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 3rd Ed. Bankowski B, Hearne A, Lambrou N, Fox H, Wallach E.  Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006.
• Shinozaki M, Kanazawa M, Sagami Y, Endo Y, Hongo M, Drossman DA, Whitehead WE,  Fukudo S.  (2006). 
  Validation of the Japanese version of the Rome II Modular 
  Questionnaire and Irritable Bowel Syndrome Severity Index. J Gastroenterol,  41(5):491-494.
• Venepalli NK, Van Tilburg MAL, Whitehead WE.  (2006). 
  Recurrent abdominal pain: What determines medical consulting behavior? 
  Dig Dis Sci, 51:192-201.
• Visco AG, Viswanathan M, Lohr KN, Wechter ME, Gartlehner G, Wu JM, Palmieri R, Jonsoon, Funk M, Lux L, Swinson T, Hartmann K.  (2006). 
  Cesarean delivery on maternal request: a systematic evidence review of maternal and neonatal outcomes. 
  Obstetrics and Gynecology, 108:1517.
• Von Baeyer CL, Whitehead WE.  (2006). 
  Effects of parent attention versus distraction on abdominal discomfort in children: a new method and new findings. 
  Pain,122(1-2):8-10.
• Walker LS, Levy RL, Whitehead WE.  (2006). 
  Validation of a measure of protective parent  responses to children’s pain. 
  Clinical Journal of Pain, 22(8):712-716.
• Whitehead WE, Palsson OS, Feld AD, Levy RL, Von Korff M, Turner MJ, Drossman DA (2006). 
  Utility of red flag symptom exclusions in the diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome. 
  Aliment Pharmacol Ther., 1;24(1):137-146.
• Whitehead WE, Palsson OS, Levy RL, Feld AD, Von Korff M, Turner M.  (2006). 
  Reports of “Satisfactory relief” by IBS patients receiving usual medical care are confounded  by baseline symptom severity and do not accurately reflect symptom improvement. 
  Am J Gastroenterol, 101:1057-1065.
• Wu JM, Hundley AF, Visco AG.  (2005). 
  Elective primary cesarean section: Attitudes of urogynecology and maternal fetal medicine specialists. 
  Obstetrics and Gynecology, 105:301.
• Wu JM, Wells EC, Hundley AF, Connolly AM, Williams KS, Visco AG.  (2006). 
  Mesh  erosion in abdominal sacral colpopexy with and without concomitant  hysterectomy. 
  American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 194(5):1418- 1422.
• Wu JM, Williams KS, Hundley AF, Jannelli ML, Visco AG.  (2006). 
  Microscopic hematuria as a predictive factor for detecting bladder cancer at cystoscopy in women with irritative voiding symptoms. 
  American Journal of Obstetrics and  Gynecology, 194:1423.