INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS: The terminology for anorectal dysfunction in women has long been in need of a specific clinically-based Consensus Report. METHODS: This Report combines the input of members of the Standardization and Terminology Committees of two International Organizations, the International Urogynecological Association (IUGA) and the International Continence Society (ICS), assisted on Committee by experts in their fields to form a Joint IUGA/ICS Working Group on Female Anorectal Terminology. Appropriate core clinical categories and sub classifications were developed to give an alphanumeric coding to each definition. An extensive process of twenty rounds of internal and external review was developed to exhaustively examine each definition, with decision-making by collective opinion (consensus). RESULTS: A Terminology Report for anorectal dysfunction, encompassing over 130 separate definitions, has been developed. It is clinically based with the most common diagnoses defined. Clarity and user-friendliness have been key aims to make it interpretable by practitioners and trainees in all the different specialty groups involved in female pelvic floor dysfunction. Female-specific anorectal investigations and imaging (ultrasound, radiology and MRI) has been included whilst appropriate figures have been included to supplement and help clarify the text. Interval review (5-10 years) is anticipated to keep the document updated and as widely acceptable as possible. CONCLUSIONS: A consensus-based Terminology Report for female anorectal dysfunction terminology has been produced aimed at being a significant aid to clinical practice and a stimulus for research.

Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland OH USA

Department of General Anthropology Charles University Prague Czech Republic

Kings College London London UK

Maastricht University Medical Center Maastricht University Maastricht The Netherlands

Princess Anne Hospital Southampton UK

Regional Hospital Treviso Italy

University College Hospital London UK

University of Melbourne Mercy Hospital for Women Monash Health Melbourne Victoria Australia

University of New South Wales Sydney New South Wales Australia

Urogynaecology and Pelvic Floor Reconstruction Unit Croydon University Hospital London Road Croydon Surrey CR7 7YE UK

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