OBJECTIVE To determine whether prolonged urinary bladder catheterisation after vaginal prolapse surgery is advantageous. DESIGN Randomised controlled trial. SETTING A large training hospital in the Netherlands. POPULATION Patients undergoing anterior colporrhaphy. METHODS One hundred patients were included. Patients were randomised into two groups. In one group (n= 50), a transurethral ...

OBJECTIVE To compare surgeons' intraoperative surgeon acceptability or assessment of the operative field regarding bowel contents and patients' satisfaction with or without a mechanical bowel preparation before reconstructive vaginal prolapse surgery. METHODS In this single-blind, randomized trial, women scheduled to undergo vaginal prolapse surgery with a planned apical suspension and poster...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa background: the aim of this study is to evaluate the outcome of an innovative, minimally invasive sling technique with autologous tissue in women with concomitant incontinence and anterior vaginal wall prolapse (avwp). materials and methods: fifty-six women with stress urinary incontinence (sui) or mixed urinary incontinence and avwp were randomly a...

While menopause is an usual process of aged in women, it is a critical period of women's life related with many problem and complaints. 1,2 Pelvic prolapse is common in postmenopausal women, which is defined as the loss of maintenance to the pelvic organs, and it causes in a herniation of these into the vaginal canal. This problem distresses 50% of parous women and at least 50% of all women pro...

Objective: To outline the evidence for the efficacy of surgical procedures used for the primary treatment of urinary incontinence. Options: The range of surgical options available for the primary treatment of urinary incontinence in women. Outcomes: The best possible outcomes for women undergoing primary surgery for urinary incontinence. To provide a current understanding of the evidence availa...

Purpose Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is a major health issue worldwide, affecting 6-8% of women. The most affected site is the anterior vaginal wall. Multiple procedures and surgical techniques have been used, with or without the use of vaginal meshes, due to common treatment failure, reoperations, and complication rates in some studies. Methods Systematic review of the literature and meta-analy...

Correspondence to: Prof. Dubravko Habek, MD, PhD, Clinical Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sveti Duh University Hospital, Sveti Duh 64, Croatian Catholic University, Ilica 242, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia E-mail: [email protected] Received November 9, 2016, accepted April 18, 2017 Leiomyomas of the anterior vaginal wall or suburethral localization are very rare and sporadic cases...

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STUDY OBJECTIVE To determine how the integration of laparoscopic-assisted hysterectomy (LAVH) and endometrial ablation into a health maintenance organization's (HMO) gynecologic practice affected quality of care and operating costs. DESIGN A clinical study reviewing charts of HMO patients having a hysterectomy or endometrial ablation during 1990-1993. SETTING A group practice in Worcester, ...

ARTICLE INFO _________________________________________________________ ___________________ Vol. 39 (4): 506-512, July August, 2013 doi: 10.1590/S1677-5538.IBJU.2013.04.08 IBJU | OUTCOME OF TRANSOBTURATOR ANTERIOR VAGINAL WALL PROLAPSE REPAIR 507 (4). During traditional colporrhaphy, the laterally placed pubocervical fascia is medially plicated; however, this technique is thought to potentially ...