...Lifan Shen; Huijun Bai Introduction: The aim of the study was to evaluate the relationship between the deformation of pelvic floor muscles, which primarily participate in sexual activity, in non-prolapse patients compared to those with pelvic organ prolapse (POP), using MRI combined with 3D...

..., and she had an uneventful recovery at her 3-month postoperative visit without a recurrence of prolapse and gained good continence. The presence of bladder calculi should be considered in the setting of irreducible pelvic organ prolapse. The abdominal approach of cystolithotomy with a concomitant...

...Paulo Rodrigues; Shlomo Raz Background: Mesh-related complications resulting from pelvic organ prolapse (POP) reconstruction operations may be a devastating experience leading to multiple and complex interventions. Objectives: The aim of the study was to describe the experience and time frame...

...) is the main treatment option for the repair of anterior and apical pelvic organ prolapse (POP). Indications and technical aspects are not standardized, and the question remains whether it is necessary to place a mesh on both anterior and posterior vaginal walls, particularly in cases with only minor...

...Laura Mateu-Arrom; Cristina Gutiérrez-Ruiz; Joan Palou Redorta; Carlos Errando-Smet Introduction: Although the use of transvaginal mesh (TVM) in the repair of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) has been restricted, there are still some cases in which TVM may be the most appropriate approach. The TVM...

... and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Underactive bladder Overactive bladder Pelvic organ prolapse Posterior fornix syndrome Voiding dysfunction...

...Ester Illiano; Alessandro Zucchi; Konstantinos Giannitsas; Antonio Carbone; Antonio Luigi Pastore; Elisabetta Costantini Background: The preservation of the uterus has an important role in the pelvic organ prolapse (POP) surgery. Objectives: The aim of this study is to assess the long-term...

... Funk M: Lifetime risk of stress urinary incontinence or pelvic organ prolapse surgery. Obstet Gynecol 2014; 123: 1201–1206. 3. Illiano E, Giannitsas K, Zucchi A, Di Biase M, Del Zingaro M, Bini V, Costantini E: Sacrocolpopexy for posthysterectomy vaginal vault prolapse: long-term follow-up. Int...

...Laura Mateu Arrom; Carlos Errando Smet; Cristina Gutierrez Ruiz; Pedro Araño; Joan Palou Redorta Introduction: Our aim was to assess the efficacy and complications of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) correction with transvaginal mesh (TVM). Materials and Methods: We retrospectively assessed patients who...

... and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Approximately 40% of women with pelvic organ prolapse have urinary incontinence and, thus, these women have incontinence...

...Luigi Mearini; Elisabetta Nunzi; Manuel Di Biase; Elisabetta Costantini Introduction: Despite the increasing success of surgery for pelvic organ prolapse, recurrent vaginal vault prolapse is not rare. We present a step-by-step laparoscopic approach with a sacral colpopexy (SC) for treatment...

...Maria Angela Cerruto; Carolina D'Elia; Francesca Maria Cavicchioli; Stefano Cavalleri; Matteo Balzarro; Antonio Benito Porcaro; Pierpaolo Curti; Walter Artibani Background: Pelvic organ prolapse is a common condition, affecting about 50% of women with children. The aim of our study was to evaluate...

...) and their changes after surgical repair. Methods: Forty-three patients with vault prolapse and prevalent posterior compartment prolapse -underwent pelvic organ prolapse repair surgery: 28 received colposacropexy and 15 were treated by the vaginal approach. Subjective success was lack of prolapse-related symptoms...

...Elisabetta Costantini; Alessandro Zucchi; Massimo Lazzeri; Michele Del Zingaro; Alberto Vianello; Massimo Porena Objective: To report conservative and surgical strategies for treatment of mesh erosion after pelvic organ prolapse (POP) repair. Methods: Between 1998 and 2008, 179 patients underwent...

...-assisted laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy. Methods: We conducted a prospective analysis of our series of robotic sacrocolpopexy. Inclusion criteria: patients with grades III and IV cystocele and or other symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse. We performed a transperitoneal four-trocar technique with the Da Vinci...

... was correlated significantly and inversely with educational status only in continent patients (ρ = –0.254; p = 0.037) and in patients with pelvic organ prolapse (ρ = –0.256; p = 0.017). Conclusions: The IIQ answer rate correlated directly with educational status in an Italian female population. 5 08 2008...