Pelvic Obesity: Clinical Aspects

Obesity is a multisystemic chronic disease, which is associated with various pelvic pathologies and abnormalities. Wesuggest a novel term: pelvic obesity, which is defined as a syndrome of morphological and functional abnormalities inthe pelvic cavity and its organs that are associated with obesity and result in genitourinary, reproductive, and systemicdysfunction. This communication enumerates the diverse aspects of pelvic obesity and elucidates the rationale for a unified,multidisciplinary approach.