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Axel Ingelman-Sundberg

Axel Ingelman-Sundberg

🇸🇪 Swedend. 2009

Training and career​

  • Died 12 October 20091
  • Former position Professor and head of obstetrics and gynecology, Sabbatsberg Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm (1949–1979)2
  • Medical school Medicine, Uppsala University2
  • Leadership Co-founder, International Urogynecological Association (1976)2
  • Leadership President, International Urogynecological Association (1976–1980)3

Biography​

Axel Ingelman-Sundberg was professor and head of obstetrics and gynecology at Sabbatsberg Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, from 1949 to 1979.2 Ingelman-Sundberg studied medicine at Uppsala University.2 Ingelman-Sundberg co-founded the International Urogynecological Association in 1976.2 Ingelman-Sundberg served as the association's president from 1976 to 1980.3

Contributions​

  • Ingelman-Sundberg pubococcygeus repair for stress urinary incontinence (1947). Described an extravaginal pelvic floor repair using pubococcygeus muscle to support the bladder neck in stress urinary incontinence.4
  • Co-founding the International Urogynecological Association (1976). Co-organized the association’s founding at the 1976 FIGO meeting and served as its first president.5

Footnotes​

  1. iuga.org. Accessed October 2026. ↩

  2. ICS News. 2009): A Tribute. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6

  3. History & Past Presidents. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2

  4. Ingelman-Sundberg A. "Extravaginal Plastic Repair of the Pelvic Floor for Prolapse of the Bladder Neck." Gynaecologia. 2010:242–254. doi:10.1159/000312257 ↩

  5. History & Past Presidents. Accessed October 2026. ↩