Urethrovaginal fistula is a rare occurrence with unknown prevalence, Common causes of urethrovaginal fistulas are complicated vaginal deliveries, damage to the urethra during vaginal surgery, (particularly excision of urethral diverticulum) and surgery of the anterior vaginal wall including synthetic slings [1]. Rare etiologies of urethrovaginal fistulas include vaginal hysterectomy, pressure n...

OBJECTIVE To compare sexual function before and 12 months after between sacrocolpopexy and sacrocervicopexy. METHODS This retrospective study examined a cohort of 55 sexually active women who underwent either supracervical hysterectomy with sacrocervicopexy (n=28) or total abdominal hysterectomy with sacrocolpopexy (n=27) for stage II to IV pelvic organ prolapse. Pelvic floor support was meas...

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE The status of pelvic supporting organs and possible related factors in a population of Iranian women, 18 - 68 years of age, were studied in primary health care centers. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, 3,730 women were visited in three primary health care centers. The status of their pelvic supporting organs was measured according to the pelvic organ prolapse quanti...

INTRODUCTION In high stage vaginal prolapse, recurrence risk patients, anterior and apical defects need to be addressed in the same procedure. The pre-molded commercial mesh kits are expensive and not always available. Alternative effective and safe treatment ways, with lower costs are desirable. OBJECTIVE To present long term follow-up of patients treated with a homemade mesh shape to correc...

Objective. To investigate the differences in efficacy, postoperative complications, and patient satisfaction between posterior intravaginal slingplasty (PIVS) and unilateral sacrospinous ligament fixation (SSLF) procedures. Study Design. A retrospective study of thirty-three women who underwent PIVS or SSLF treatment for vaginal vault prolapse in Oulu University Hospital. The patients were invi...

INTRODUCTION Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is a significant public health problem in developing countries including Ethiopia. However, less has been documented on risk factors of POP. Therefore, the aim of this study was to identify the determinants factors of POP. METHODS An unmatched case-control study was conducted among gynecologic patients in Bahir Dar city, North West Ethiopia, from July ...

AIM Primary aim was to modify Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory (PFDI) and Pelvic Floor Impact Questionnaire (PFIQ) to assess pelvic organ prolapse (POP) in Arabic Muslim women. Secondary aim was to compare functional and anatomical outcomes of POP repair. METHODS Questionnaire. A characteristic (prayer) was added to PFIQ. Linguistic validation of questionnaires was then done. Twenty cases were...

The use of vaginal mesh in pelvic organ prolapse (POP) repair surgery has become more common in recent years. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the common practice of Israeli urogynecologists, and to determine whether surgical practice has changed over the last two years. Methods. In 2009 and again in 2011, a survey was mailed to all urogynecologists affiliated with an academic i...

Hypothesis / aims of study Collagen is ubiquitous in the human body and it is the main component of connective tissue. Several different types of collagen have been identified and is known that it is strongly represented in the vaginal wall and endopelvic fascia. Therefore collagen is the main component of the pelvic supporting structures and Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP) is the clinical manifest...