OBJECTIVE To determine the long-term objective and subjective outcomes of use of a porcine skin graft (Pelvicol) compared with conventional colporrhaphy in recurrent pelvic organ prolapse surgery and to analyze risk factors and safety. DESIGN Open randomized controlled multicenter study. SETTING Eight Swedish hospitals. POPULATION 135 consecutive women with recurrent cystocele and/or rect...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to compare female sexual function after surgical treatment of anterior vaginal prolapse with either small intestine submucosa grafting or traditional colporrhaphy. METHODS Subjects were randomly assigned, preoperatively, to the small intestine submucosa graft (n = 29) or traditional colporrhaphy (n = 27) treatment group. Postoperative outcomes were analyzed...

BACKGROUND It has been shown that addressing apical support at the time of hysterectomy for pelvic organ prolapse (POP) reduces recurrence and reoperation rates. In fact, national guidelines consider hysterectomy alone to be inadequate treatment for POP. Despite this, anterior and posterior colporrhaphy are frequently performed without a colpopexy procedure and hysterectomy alone is often utili...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of colporrhaphy on sexual problems of women with pelvic organ prolapseis. METHODOLOGY Sixty patients with pelvic organ prolapse (cystocele - rectocele) in a quasi-experimental study before and after treatment were included. Presence of pelvic organ prolapseis was assessed by examination in the lithotomy position. Degree of prolapse was determined according to ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the anatomical cure rate and complications related to collagen-coated mesh for cystocele, compared with a conventional anterior colporrhaphy. DESIGN A randomised controlled study. SETTING Six departments of obstetrics and gynaecology in Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark. POPULATION Women aged 55 years or older, referred for surgery with a prolapse of the anteri...

The aim of this study was to determine the most effective and suitable time to remove the urinary catheter (Foley) after anterior and posterior colporrhaphy surgery. Patients who experience anterior Colporrhaphy operation for genuine stress incontinency or pelvic organ prolapsed will have post operative voiding dysfunction. These patients need postoperative drainage. One of the methods preferre...

vulvar necrotizing fascitis is an uncommon infectious disorder. since the first reported cases almost 100 years, ago, necrotizing fasciitis continues to present a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. what usually begins as a subtle infection can become life-threatening. we report two cases of vulvar necrotizing fasciitis, one after posterior colporrhaphy in a woman with four risk factors and t...