EDITORIAL : The ‘Elephant in the Room’

Why does no one in the Arab world currently address the real problems of female pelvic medicine and surgery? More than two decades ago, during one of the annual AUA conferences, I was engaged in an interesting conversation with the eminent and visionary Professor Mohamed Ghoneim. During our discussion, I asked him very pointedly why a prominent institution such as the Urological Institution of Mansoura – which at that time was the only institute offering several urological subspecialties as an integrated service – does not include a specialist in Female Urology? His answer was simple and convincing. He said, ‘‘We have so many bigger urological problems in Egypt’’. That was many years ago.