Aim: To assess the role of Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and pelvic organ prolapse quantification (POPQ) system in the evaluation of female pelvic organ prolapse. Design: Prospective study. Setting: Tanta University Hospital. Patients: The study was carried out on 60 patients having clinical manifestations suggesting pelvic floor weakness. Intervention: All the patients were subjected to his...

Pelvic organ prolapse is a common medical problem in parous women that becomes particularly acute with advancing age. As life expectancy increases, this condition is acquiring greater significance: 20% of women on gynaecology waiting lists in the UK are awaiting prolapse surgery, which demonstrates the enormity of this virtual pandemic. Prolapse usually refers to a combination of deficiencies o...

UNLABELLED We present a case of uterine prolapse complicating a second trimester pregnancy which was managed successfully with a vaginal pessary. CASE A 19 year-old primigravid woman referred to the obstetric emergency unit at the 16th week of gestation complaining of uterine prolapse. A silicone ring-shaped middle-size vaginal pessary was placed into the vagina. On each control visit, when t...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE DON, a serious complication of GO, is frequently difficult to diagnose clinically in its early stages because of confounding signs and symptoms of congestive orbitopathy. We evaluated the ability of square area measurements of orbital apex crowding, calculated with MDCT, to detect DON. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifty-six patients with GO were studied prospectively with comp...

BACKGROUND Normal vaginal delivery can cause significant strain on the pelvic floor. We present a review of the current knowledge on vaginal delivery as a risk factor for urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse compared to caesarean section. MATERIAL AND METHOD We conducted a literature search in PubMed with an emphasis on systematic review articles and meta-analyses. The search was co...

Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) following surgery for urogenital prolapse remains a problem. Prolapse and SUI commonly co-exist. However, in patients with advanced prolapse, symptomatic SUI is rare owing to the obstructive effect of the prolapsed organ and/or urethral kinking. Terms used in the literature to describe this condition include occult, potential, masked, latent, hidden, iatrogenic...

BACKGROUND Female pelvic organ prolapse is common and generally thought to worsen over time. This assumption has recently become less plausible, as the author and others have been able to show that mild to moderate pelvic organ descent is common in young, nulligravid women. AIMS To investigate the relationship between age and pelvic organ prolapse. METHODS The records of 1110 women seen for...

BACKGROUND To clarify whether the use of balloons for cervical ripening is associated with the incidence of umbilical cord prolapse. METHODS A postal questionnaire survey was distributed in Japan. Cases of umbilical cord prolapse occurring during labor in association with the use of balloons for cervical ripening between 2007 and 2011 in Japan were analyzed. RESULTS Answers from 942 institu...

INTRODUCTION Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) is a reversible method of surgical gastric restriction. Following LAGB, the adverse event most commonly necessitating subsequent reoperation is prolapse of the gastric corpus or fundus above the band. A review of the medical literature reveals no reports of nonpancreatic pseudocysts being associated with this adverse event. Nonpancrea...

AIMS To assess the relationship between prolapse recurrence and some risk factors in a group of women submitted to reconstructive pelvic surgery. METHODS Women referred to our Urogynaecological Units complaining of prolapse symptoms were prospectively included. We excluded women who were affected by apical vaginal prolapse >stage I after a previous hysterectomy. All women had pelvic surgery w...