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Halina Zyczynski

Halina Zyczynski

🇺🇸 United States

Training and career​

  • Current position Professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences, University of Pittsburgh1
  • Medical school Albany Medical College2
  • Residency University of Pittsburgh2
  • Leadership Medical director, Magee-Womens Research Institute Erie campus1; president, American Urogynecologic Society (2016–2017)3

Contributions​

Her confirmed papers study treatments for pelvic floor disorders, including midurethral and pubovaginal slings, sacrocolpopexy, native tissue apical suspension, and tibial nerve stimulation for fecal incontinence. They also examine perioperative care after pelvic floor reconstructive surgery, including catheter removal and enhanced recovery pathways.45678

Cited on WARWIKI

8 publications with Halina Zyczynski as a listed author are cited on WARWIKI, ordered by the number of pages that cite them. Papers whose author list is shortened to "et al." before this name are not included.

  1. Richter HE, Albo ME, Zyczynski HM, et al. "Retropubic versus transobturator midurethral slings for stress incontinence." N Engl J Med. 2010;362(22):2066–76. doi
    Cited on: Midurethral Sling Trocars (TVT / TOT) · Stress Urinary Incontinence (Female) · Female Slings & Suspensions
  2. Nygaard I, Brubaker L, Zyczynski HM, et al. Long-Term Outcomes Following Abdominal Sacrocolpopexy for Pelvic Organ Prolapse. JAMA. 2013;309(19):2016-2024. doi
    Cited on: Polypropylene Mesh · Apical Prolapse · Sacrocolpopexy
  3. Zyczynski HM, Richter HE, Sung VW, et al. "Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation vs Sham Stimulation for Fecal Incontinence in Women: NeurOmodulaTion for Accidental Bowel Leakage Randomized Clinical Trial." Am J Gastroenterol. 2022;117(4):654-667. doi
    Cited on: Fecal Incontinence · Neuromodulation · Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation
  4. Carter-Brooks CM, Zyczynski HM, Moalli PA, Brodeur PG, Shepherd JP. "Early Catheter Removal After Pelvic Floor Reconstructive Surgery: A Randomized Trial." Int Urogynecol J. 2018;29(8):1203-1212. doi
    Cited on: Sacrospinous Ligament Fixation (SSLF) · Uterosacral Ligament Suspension (USLS) · Colpocleisis (Le Fort and Total)
  5. Siff LN, Barber MD, Zyczynski HM, et al. "Immediate Postoperative Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification Measures and 2-Year Risk of Prolapse Recurrence." Obstet Gynecol. 2020;136(4):792-801. doi
    Cited on: Perineorrhaphy
  6. Sutkin G, Zyczynski HM, Sridhar A, et al. "Association Between Adjuvant Posterior Repair and Success of Native Tissue Apical Suspension." Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2020;222(2):161.e1-161.e8. doi
    Cited on: Perineorrhaphy
  7. Carter-Brooks CM, Du AL, Ruppert KM, Romanova AL, Zyczynski HM. Implementation of a urogynecology-specific enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) pathway. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2018;219(5):495.e1-495.e10. doi
    Cited on: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS)
  8. Howden NS, Zyczynski HM, Moalli PA, et al. "Comparison of autologous rectus fascia and cadaveric fascia in pubovaginal sling continence outcomes." Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2006;194(5):1444–9. doi
    Cited on: Tutoplast-Processed Allografts

Footnotes​

  1. Halina M. Zyczynski, MD. Magee-Womens Research Institute & Foundation. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2

  2. Dr. Halina M. Zyczynski, MD. Urogynecology. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2

  3. Past Presidents. AUGS. Accessed October 2026. ↩

  4. Richter HE, Albo ME, Zyczynski HM, et al. "Retropubic versus transobturator midurethral slings for stress incontinence." N Engl J Med. 2010;362(22):2066–76. doi:10.1056/nejmoa0912658 ↩

  5. Nygaard I, Brubaker L, Zyczynski HM, et al. Long-Term Outcomes Following Abdominal Sacrocolpopexy for Pelvic Organ Prolapse. JAMA. 2013;309(19):2016-2024. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.4919 ↩

  6. Zyczynski HM, Richter HE, Sung VW, et al. "Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation vs Sham Stimulation for Fecal Incontinence in Women: NeurOmodulaTion for Accidental Bowel Leakage Randomized Clinical Trial." Am J Gastroenterol. 2022;117(4):654-667. doi:10.14309/ajg.0000000000001605 ↩

  7. Carter-Brooks CM, Zyczynski HM, Moalli PA, Brodeur PG, Shepherd JP. "Early Catheter Removal After Pelvic Floor Reconstructive Surgery: A Randomized Trial." Int Urogynecol J. 2018;29(8):1203-1212. doi:10.1007/s00192-018-3641-3 ↩

  8. Carter-Brooks CM, Du AL, Ruppert KM, Romanova AL, Zyczynski HM. Implementation of a urogynecology-specific enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) pathway. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2018;219(5):495.e1-495.e10. doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2018.06.009 ↩