[Interdisciplinary questions of gynecology and urology]

Disease of the female genital system often lead to involvement of the urinary tract. This mostly is caused by topical relations between both systems. Futhermore renal disease and disease of the urinary tract are frequent complications of pregnancy. In the course of centuries research in the gynecological and urological interdisciplinary area have developed which lead to many new understandings in diagnosis and therapy. Concerned patients received help that had not been accessible in earlier times. Examples are post partum bladder-vaginal fistulas, stress-incontinence, urological complications in operations of uterine cancer and pyelonephritis in pregnancy. Many questions, though, remain unsolved despite progress in this interdisciplinary area.