objective: pelvic organ prolapse is a common disorder in women over the world and its general treatment is surgery. therefore it is important to consider if vaginal symptoms, quality of life and sexual function after surgery improve. the purpose of this study was to assess vaginal symptoms in women 3 months after surgery for pelvic organ prolapse. materials and methods: in this study 50 eligibl...

this is to report the case of a huge vaginal stone, and bladder calculi in a 26-year-old woman with previous operation of bladder exstrophy. it seems that the vaginal stone was secondary to the remaining wire used in her previous reconstructive surgery for pelvic closure 20 years ago and now surgery is performed to remove the vaginal and bladder stones.

conclusions the current results showed no significant differences between the outcomes of the two procedures at short-term follow-up. however, the results might have changed in the long term. background stress urinary incontinence in women is a common problem that impairs the quality of life in patients. the extraordinary number of procedures to treat stress urinary incontinence reflects a lack...

INTRODUCTION Since many years, plastic and reconstructive surgery in pelvic organ prolapse (POP) has been performed by vaginal mesh surgery. Although warnings from the scientific societies and the FDA have been published, vaginal mesh surgery still remains a routine treatment of genital prolapse in the female. BACKGROUND Many third-degree referral centres in operative gynaecology found a high...

Hysterectomy is one of the commonest gynecological operations. The outcomes following vaginal hysterectomy have been proved to be better than those following abdominal hysterectomy. Since the availability and widespread use of laparoscopic hysterectomy, the mode of hysterectomy is an issue of debate in cases of non prolapsed uteri, amongst proponents of vaginal and laparoscopic surgery. Laparos...

This is to report the case of a huge vaginal stone, and bladder calculi in a 26-year-old woman with previous operation of bladder exstrophy. It seems that the vaginal stone was secondary to the remaining wire used in her previous reconstructive surgery for pelvic closure 20 years ago and now surgery is performed to remove the vaginal and bladder stones.

Vaginal pessaries still have role in the management of uterovaginal prolapse especially in elderly women, unfit for surgery and as a temporary relief for women waiting for surgery. Forgotten vaginal pessaries may cause serious complications. We here by present a case wtih metallic vaginal ring pessary for 16 years without significant symptoms.

Objective: To evaluate the applicability of the technique of vaginal hysterectomy in non-prolapsed uterus. Methods: A retrospective cohort study with 220 patients submitted to vaginal hysterectomy from January 2004 to July 2010 by the Vaginal Surgery and Pelvic Floor Team. Patients mean age was 44.4 years and they had on average three births (0-10 deliveries). The surgery was performed even in ...

The objective of this video is to describe steps for improved efficiency with vaginal laparoscopy hysterectomy and native tissue apical suspension. This highlights tips success via the vNOTES (vaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery) procedure. Common challenges including ring placement, exposure, suture management are identified overcoming these obstacles outlined. We provide d...

Hakvoort RA, Elberink R, Vollebregt A, et al. How long should urinary bladder catheterisation be continued after vaginal prolapse surgery? A randomised controlled trial comparing short term versus long term catheterisation after vaginal prolapse surgery. BJOG 2004;111:828–30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...