AIMS To (1) correlate peak and maximum flow rates from non-instrumented flow (NIF) and pressure-flow studies (PFS) in women with pelvic organ prolapse (POP); (2) measure the impact of voided volume and degree of prolapse on correlations. METHODS We compared four groups of women with stages II-IV POP. Groups 1 and 2 were symptomatically stress continent women participating in the colpopexy and...

The study reports a single center experience with surgical management of female pelvic organ prolapse (POP) with and without urinary incontinence.Between January 2006 and July 2016, 93 consecutive patients with anterior and/or apical symptomatic POP underwent abdominal sacrocolpopexy (ASC) or laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy (LSC) or pubovaginal cystocele sling (PCS); 25 patients had concomitant str...

Background and aims: Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is a common disease which is presented as symptomatic descent of the anterior, posterior vaginal wall or apical prolapse. Since, social and cultural factors have impact on interval between symptoms incidence and seek for medical care, diagnosis method and treatment process, it was important to prepare a guideline for management of the Iranian wom...

STUDY OBJECTIVE This brief report will share information about the use and safety of inflating the bladder with carbon dioxide to delineate the margins during laparoscopic dissections near the bladder in patients who have scarring, adhesions, or challenging anatomy. DESIGN A retrospective chart review of patients undergoing total or radical laparoscopic hysterectomy, or support procedures fro...

A woman (22 years) presented with classical bladder exstrophy with stage III cervico-uterine prolapse (POP-Q: Aa1, Ba0, C4, GH4.5, PB2.5, TVL6, Ap-3, Bp-3, and D0) with obstructive nephropathy (serum creatinine 2.5 mg/dl). Bladder-plate excision, ileal conduit urinary diversion, and Prolene mesh sacrocolpopexy were performed. She made uneventful recovery. One year later, she presented with recu...

OBJECTIVES This study aimed to describe the criteria used by US hospitals to grant surgical privileges for select gynecologic procedures and to compare the privileging processes between university-based and community-based hospitals. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional study from January 2011 to December 2012 that included institutions represented by Fellows' Pelvic Research Network member...

The purpose of this study was to assess the current role of robot-assisted urological surgery in the female pelvis. The recently published English literature was reviewed to evaluate this role, with special emphasis on reconstructive procedures. These included colposuspension for genuine female stress urinary incontinence, repair of female genitourinary fistulas, ureterosciatic hernias, sacroco...