PURPOSE This prospective study was performed to achieve visualization of the reestablishment of anatomy after reconstructive surgery in the different pelvic compartments with non-absorbable radiopaque meshes, providing valuable anatomic information for surgeons implanting meshes. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 30 female patients with stress urinary incontinence (SUI), anterior and posterior...

A rectocele is a herniation of the rectum through the recto vaginal septum causing a protrusion of the posterior vaginal wall. The prevalence of rectocele ranges from 20% to 80% of the general population. Hendrix et al. performed a cross-sectional analysis of women who enrolled in the women’s health initiative of a hormone replacement therapy clinical trial. The total populationwas 27,342women....

OBJECTIVE To construct and validate a prediction model for estimating the risk of de novo stress urinary incontinence (SUI) after vaginal pelvic organ prolapse (POP) surgery and compare it with predictions using preoperative urinary stress testing and expert surgeons' predictions. MATERIALS AND METHODS Using the data set (n=457) from the Outcomes Following Vaginal Prolapse Repair and Midureth...

Objective: To investigate the predisposing risk factors in the occurrence of complications after vaginal hysterectomy. Material and methods: The data obtained from 223 patients, admitted to tertiary care center that underwent vaginal hysterectomy due to benign pathology between January 2006 and March 2012 were retrospectively analyzed .Chisquare test was used to evaluate variables in categorize...

To the editor: We greatly appreciate the interest in our work as commented on in your journal. In our article published in the Korean Journal of Urology in 2015 [1], we concluded that the Nazca-Tc system is effective and safe in the treatment of advanced anterior vaginal wall prolapse with a low rate of complications after medium-term follow-up. One of our study limitations was sexual inactivit...

OBJECTIVES This report describes results of posterior vaginal wall prolapse and rectocele treatment performing tension free reconstruction method with polypropylene mesh implantation. MATERIAL AND METHODS In years 2001 to 20015, 71 female patients in age of 42-82 years were surgically treated. Besides difficult emptying they complained of feeling of heaviness in the pelvis (38%) and dyspareun...

AIM To assess the anatomic effectiveness and complications of the Posterior IVS technique for the treatment of pelvic organ prolapse over a period of 3 years. METHODS A retrospective, single-arm, non-comparative study involving routine, standardised, pre-operative assessment, surgery and follow-up care using the Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantifications score at 1, 2 and 3 years was performed. Th...

Introduction. Vaginal vault prolapse is a common complication following vaginal hysterectomy with negative impact on women's quality of life due to associated urinary, anorectal and sexual dysfunction. A clear understanding of the supporting mechanism for the uterus and vagina is important in making the right choice of corrective procedure. Management should be individualised, taking into consi...

Hypothesis / aims of study Despite increase in popularity of uterus preserving techniques, vaginal hysterectomy is still a common option in the surgical treatment of uterine prolapse. However, in pelvic organ prolapse (POP) special attention has to be paid to a sufficient suspension of the vaginal vault in order to prevent recurrence of descent and to protect possibly additional repair of the v...

This was a retrospective study carried out on all hysterectomy specimens sent to Department of Pathology of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal from 1st September 2005 to 28th February 2006, to study the histopathological findings of these specimens. All informations used in the study were obtained from the records of Department of Pathology of the hospital. Out of 221 hyst...