(1) Background: Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is common among post-menopausal women affecting more than 25% in their lifetime—with 11% having a lifetime risk of undergoing an operation for POP. In April 2019, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) took surgical mesh transvaginal use off market due to safety effectiveness concerns. This leaves colporrhaphy or with bio-graft options POP repair. (2)...

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...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to compare histological and biochemical features of the (normal) precervical anterior vaginal wall and the prolapsed anterior vaginal wall of women with pelvic organ prolapse (POP). These data were compared to tissue of the precervical anterior vaginal wall of age-matched controls without POP to identify possible intrinsic and acquired effects. STUDY ...

To cite: Botelho P, Carvalho AF, Torrão H, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2013-009667 DESCRIPTION A 49-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with severe abdominal pain after vigorous sexual intercourse. The patient had a history of hysterectomy (due to cervix carcinoma) 3 months before and due to postoperative haematic losse...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES To evaluate the efficacy of laparoscopic sacrocervicopexy for apical support in sexually active patients with pelvic organ prolapse. METHODS One-hundred thirty-five women with symptomatic prolapse of the central compartment (Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantitative [POP-Q] stage 2) underwent laparoscopic sacrocervicopexy. The operating physicians used synthetic mesh to att...

Introduction: Pelvic floor muscle function of 30 overweight postmenopausal women prior to and after colporrhahpy was monitored in this study. Material and Methods: Patients diagnosed with cystokele or combined cysto-rectokele was involved. 1 mg oral estriol and local estriol cream were administered for 30 days preoperatively. Pelvic floor muscle function was monitored by surface electromyograph...