Question: Does pelvic floor muscle training reverse pelvic organ prolapse and improve symptoms in women with pelvic organ prolapse? Design: Randomised, controlled trial with concealed allocation and blinded outcome assessment. Setting: A university hospital and physiotherapy clinic in Norway. Participants: Women with pelvic organ prolapse were included. Key exclusion criteria were pelvic organ ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate anatomic and sexual outcomes among patients with severe pelvic organ prolapse, defined as stage III or higher by Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification (POP-Q), who underwent modified laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy. METHODS Between March 2007 and December 2010, a prospective study in Beijing, China, enrolled 21 patients who underwent vaginal hysterectomy, followed by modified...

Objective. To examine retrospectively the occurrence of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in patients who underwent transvaginal mesh repair (TVM) for pelvic organ prolapse (POP). Methods. The presence of preoperative SUI and postoperative changes in SUI was retrospectively analyzed for 105 patients who underwent TVM for POP between September 2009 and September 2012. Results. Preoperative SUI w...

Background: This study compared postvoid residual (PVR) urine volume by ultrasonography in pelvic organ prolapse (POP) patients before and after reduction to evaluate the need for accurately assessing PVR women with POP. Methods: was a prospective including 128 patients. Both standard methods measuring volume, urethral catheterization, portable abdominal ultrasound machines were used. An examin...

Symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse can afflict up to 10% of women. Urinary incontinence, voiding dysfunction or difficulty possibly related to bladder outlet obstruction are common symptoms. Infrequently hydronephrosis or defecatory dysfunction can be seen. The management of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) should start with adequate assessment of all pelvic floor complaints. If a patient is not ...

OBJECTIVES Approximately 20% of women suffer from pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI). Furthermore, POP and overactive bladder (OAB) symptoms often coexist. Midurethral slings and mesh surgeries are both considered to be risk factors for de novo OAB symptoms. The aim of our study was to determine whether simultaneous midurethral sling insertion at the time of pelvi...

The prolapse of one or several pelvic organs is a condition that has been known by medicine since its early days, and different therapeutic approaches have been proposed and accepted. But one of the main problems concerning the prolapse of pelvic organs is the need for a universal, clear and reliable staging method.Because the prolapse has been known and recognized as a disease for more than on...

BACKGROUND Some patients with pelvic organ prolapse may suffer from lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), especially stress urinary incontinence (SUI) named de novo SUI after pelvic floor reconstruction. This study aimed to investigate the incidence and risk factors of de novo SUI. METHODS This is a nested case-control study of 533 patients who underwent pelvic floor reconstruction due to pelv...