Mid-term outcomes of moderate-severe cystocele repairing with autologous fascia lata harvested through a small incision by Bo Yu, Junfang Yang, Qingyang Nie, Kun Zhang, Jinsong Han, Yiting Wang

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Randomised controlled trial to investigate the effectiveness of local oestrogen treatment in postmenopausal women undergoing pelvic organ prolapse surgery (LOTUS): a pilot study to assess feasibility of a large multicentre trial by Jane Daniels, Lee Middleton, Tina Sara Verghese, Versha Cheed, Lisa Leighton, Pallavi Manish Latthe

“…Objective To evaluate the feasibility of a multicentre randomised controlled trial (RCT) comparing oestrogen treatment with no oestrogen supplementation in women undergoing pelvic organ prolapse (POP) surgery.Design and setting A randomised, parallel, open, external pilot trial involving six UK urogynaecology centres (July 2015–August 2016).Participants Postmenopausal women with POP opting for surgery, unless involving mesh or for recurrent POP in same compartment.Intervention Women were randomised (1:1) to preoperative and postoperative oestrogen or no treatment. …”
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Pelvic dysfunction in women as a consequence of anatomical and functional changes of the pelvic floor during pregnancy and a reflection of adaptation to childbirth: A review by Aleksandr A. Bezmenko, Anna S. Staroverova

“…Pregnancy, as an additional factor affecting pelvic floor function, may be a trigger for pelvic organ prolapse. In pregnant women with insufficient adaptation of the pelvic floor, injuries during childbirth are more common, and disorders of remodeling the connective tissue components lead to pelvic organ prolapse and subsequent pelvic dysfunction. …”
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Inter-rater and Intra-rater Reliability of Het’s MMT in Pelvic Floor Assessment by Dhara Santosh Agnihotri, Anjali Ravindra Bhise, Arati Vinay Mahishale, Vandana K. Saini, Shila Bhagwanji Amersheda, Yojana Navneet Mange, Samiksha Gupta, Ushma Bhojani, Garima Biswas

“…Objective: Pelvic floor dysfunctions (pfds) such as urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, and vaginismus are very common and are affecting the quality of life of the female suffering through it. …”
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Psychometric Properties of the Turkish Version of Prolapse and Incontinence Knowledge Questionnaire by Arife Korkut, Ilkim Citak Karakaya, Semiha Yenisehir, Mehmet Gurhan Karakaya

“…CONCLUSION: It was concluded that Turkish version prolapse and incontinence knowledge questionnaire is a reliable and valid tool to measure Turkish women’s knowledge and awareness about urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. …”
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Scaffolds for Pelvic Floor Prolapse: Logical Pathways by Julio Bissoli, Homero Bruschini

“…Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) has borrowed principles of treatment from hernia repair and in the last two decades we saw reinforcement materials to treat POP with good outcomes in terms of anatomy but with alarming complication rates. …”
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A rare case of chronic complete uterine inversion in a postmenopausal woman: a case report and literature review by Jie Hu, Weili Yang, Fang Zhang, Chunhong Yan

“…Diagnosing non-puerperal uterine inversion is often challenging because it resembles vaginal or cervical tumors and pelvic organ prolapse. Furthermore, this condition alters the anatomical structure of pelvic organs, thereby complicating diagnosis and treatment, and potentially leading to misdiagnosis with grave consequences. …”
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Use of Surgisis for Treatment of Anterior and Posterior Vaginal Prolapse by Sara Armitage, Elvis I. Seman, Marc J. N. C. Keirse

“…A retrospective review of 65 consecutive Surgisis prolapse repairs, involving the anterior and/or posterior compartment, performed between 2003 and 2009, including their objective and subjective success rates using the pelvic organ prolapse quantification (POPQ) system. Results. …”
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A Case of Laparoscopic Sacrohysteropexy: A Uterus Preserving Surgical Procedure for the Treatment of Uterine Prolapse by Özge Senem Yücel, İlker Selçuk, Aslıhan Yazıcıoğlu, Gökhan Boyraz, Gürkan Bozdağ, İbrahim Esinler

“… Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is defined as the descent of pelvic organs from normal position due to pelvic floor dysfunction. …”
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The Effect of Transobturator Tape Surgery on Female Sexual Functions: A Systematic Review by Engin Yildirim, Nuriye Buyukkayaci Duman, Umit Gorkem, Ozgur Kan

“…The most frequently administered scales were the female sexual function index and The Pelvic Organ Prolapse/Urinary Incontinence Sexual Questionnaire -12. …”
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Long-term health outcomes and quality of life in women with untreated pelvic floor dysfunction: a single-center cohort study by Wenchao Chen, Jiang Gong, Mingsheng Liu, Ying Chang Cai

“…The Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory (PFDI-20) and Short Form-12 (SF-12) were used to assess symptom severity and HRQoL.ResultsThe study found that 56% of participants experienced urinary incontinence (UI), 52% had pelvic organ prolapse (POP), and 47% reported gynecological disorders. …”
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What are the barriers and facilitators to self-management of chronic conditions reported by women? A systematic review by Dawn Dowding, Rohna Kearney, Lucy Dwyer

“…Introduction Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) can be effectively managed using a pessary. …”
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Determinants of Pelvic Floor Disorders among Women Visiting the Gynecology Outpatient Department in Wolkite University Specialized Center, Wolkite, Ethiopia by Ayana Benti Terefe, Tolesa Gemeda Gudeta, Girma Teferi Mengistu, Seboka Abebe Sori

“…The prevalence of pelvic floor disorder was reported to be 17.8% with 9.3% of the women experiencing urinary incontinence, 8.9% experiencing pelvic organ prolapse, and 5.9% experiencing anal incontinence. …”
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Associations of Maternal Complaints to Levator Ani Muscle Trauma within 9 Months after Vaginal Birth: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study by N. Kimmich, J. Birri, A. Richter, R. Zimmermann, M. Kreft

“…Between 3/2017 and 4/2019, we prospectively evaluated vaginal births of 212 primiparous women with singletons in vertex presentation≥36+0 gestational weeks for levator ani muscle (LAM) trauma by translabial ultrasound, for pelvic organ prolapse by clinical examination, and for urogynecological complaints using questionnaires 1-4 days (P1), 6-10 weeks (P2), and 6-9 months (P3) after birth. …”
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Factors Associated with the Severity of Stress Urinary Incontinence in Elderly Women by Suting Li, Zhi Wang, Lian Yang, Shaoying Liu, Lili Jing, Li Hong

“…Data collection encompassed demographic information, clinical features (including obstetric history, chronic diseases, Urogenital Distress Inventory-6 (UDI-6), and International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-Short Form (ICIQ-SF) scores), as well as physical examinations (including assessments of pelvic floor muscle strength, pelvic organ prolapse quantification (POP-Q) system, and pelvic floor ultrasound imaging). …”
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Prevalence and impact of pelvic floor dysfunctions on quality of life in women 5–10 years after their first vaginal or caesarian delivery by Alba González-Timoneda, Nerea Valles-Murcia, Paula Muñoz Esteban, María Sol Torres López, Elisa Turrión Martínez, Patxi Errandonea Garcia, Lola Serrano Raya, Francisco Nohales Alfonso

“…Overall, 50 % of the women had 1 or more PFD within 10 years of giving birth, while 43.9 % of women presented urinary incontinence, 5.5 % presented pelvic organ prolapse, and 15.6 % of women reported some type of anal incontinence. …”
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CHANGES IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND SEXUAL FUNCTION IN WOMEN WITH PELVIC PROLAPSE AFTER LIGATION OF COLPOPEXY WITH POLYPROPYLENE MESH by A. D. Kaprin, A. A. Kostin, V. B. Filimonov, R. V. Vasin, I. V. Vasina

“…Intergroup statistical analysis of the index of female sexual function after surgical treatment of pelvic prolapse showed significant improvement (p<0.05) in the 1st group for all indicators (desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction and total score), in addition to the indicator dyspareunia, in comparison with patients of the 2nd group.Conclusions. The pelvic organ prolapse in women significantly affects their quality of life and becomes the cause of sexual disorders. …”
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