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Determinants of pelvic organ prolapse among women attending gynecology outpatient clinics in public hospitals of west hararge, Eastern Ethiopia: an unmatched case-control study

BMC Women's Health
Introduction Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is a significant public health problem in developing countries including Ethiopia. It contributes to bowel, urinary, and psychological issues that lower women’s everyday functioning and productivity, and raise ...
Daba Kumera Gotaye, Firezer Belay Keno, Emiru Merdassa, Lencho Kajela Solbana, Segni Mulugeta Tafasa, Teferi Babu Itana, Worku Fikadu, Wabi Tamasgen, Gemechu Tiruneh   +8 more
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Increasing Anteroposterior Genital Hiatus Widening Does Not Limit Apical Descent for Prolapse Staging during Valsalva’s Maneuver: Effect on Symptom Severity and Surgical Decision Making [PDF]

, 2018
Objective: Determine if anteroposterior genital hiatus (GH) widening obscures rather than facilitates signs and symptoms, inadvertently altering management decisions for women with pelvic organ prolapse (POP) during Valsalva's Maneuver, at a given total ...
Guanzon, Anna, Heit, Michael, Khoder, Waseem   +2 more
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Self‐reported pelvic floor dysfunction 12 months after an obstetric anal sphincter injury in relation to maternal body mass index

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, EarlyView.
Self‐reported dyspareunia one year after an obstetric anal sphincter injury (OASI) is less common among overweight and obese women than in normal weight. The risk for anal incontinence does not differ between the BMI groups one year after an OASI, while the risk for UI increases with increasing BMI.
Linda Hjertberg, Eva Uustal, Marie Blomberg, Sofia Pihl   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Validation of the Pelvic Organ Prolapse Simple Screening Inventory (POPSSI) in a population of Ethiopian women

BMC Women's Health, 2019
Background The incidence of Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP) in the developing world is not known. A nonclinical screening tool for prolapse is needed in the resource poor setting.
Dawit Worku Kassa, Yirgu Gebrehiwot Ferede, Polina Advolodkina   +2 more
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Oxidative Stress: A Possible Trigger for Pelvic Organ Prolapse

Journal of Immunology Research, 2020
Pelvic organ prolapse is a frequent health problem in women, encountered worldwide, its physiopathology being still incompletely understood. The integrity of the pelvic-supportive structures is a key element that prevents the prolapse of the pelvic ...
Radu Dragos Marcu, Dan Liviu Dorel Mischianu, Lucian Iorga, Camelia Cristina Diaconu, Mihaela Surcel, Adriana Narcisa Munteanu, Carolina Constantin, Gheorghita Isvoranu, Ovidiu Gabriel Bratu   +8 more
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Current practice of colposuspension in the United Kingdom: Results of a national survey

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, EarlyView.
UK colposuspension practice is heterogenous. Comparative studies and national consensus on core technical steps are needed. Abstract Introduction Colposuspension procedures have increased in the UK following the 2018 suspension of vaginal mesh for stress urinary incontinence.
Kar Yee Lor, Annika Taithongchai, George Araklitis, Aysha Waheed, Rayan Mohamed‐Ahmed, Angie Rantell, Dudley Robinson   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Eficácia do treinamento da musculatura do assoalho pélvico e de exercícios hipopressivos para o tratamento do prolapso de órgãos pélvicos em mulheres: ensaio clínico randomizado [PDF]

, 2012
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Previous studies have shown that women with pelvic floor dysfunctions present decreased cross-sectional area (CSA) of the levator ani muscle.
Bernardes, Bruno Teixeira, Castro, Rodrigo de Aquino, Girão, Manoel João Batista Castello, Jármy Di Bella, Zsuzsanna Ilona Katalin, Oliveira, Emerson, Resende, Ana Paula Magalhães, Sartori, Marair Gracio Ferreira, Stüpp, Liliana   +7 more
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Female pelvic floor protection—Where do we have to go?

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, EarlyView.
Long lasting improvement of women's health needs that all professions involved in pregnancy, birth, postpartum rehabilitation and diagnostics and treatment of pelvic floor disorders gather together to increase pelvic floor protection. Abstract Pelvic floor protection has a growing awareness and importance in long lasting strategies to provide female ...
Miriam Deniz, Luisa Wirth, Kathrin Beilecke, Ralf Tunn, Markus Huebner   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Validation of the Hungarian version of the Prolapse and Incontinence Knowledge Questionnaire (PIKQ)

European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology: X
Objective: The Prolapse and Incontinence Knowledge Questionnaire (PIKQ) is a self-administered, reliable and valid instrument which assess knowledge regarding urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. There is no validated Hungarian version of this
Éva Szatmári, Alexandra Makai, Eszter Ambrus, Márta Hock   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Quality of life after Uphold (TM) Vaginal Support System surgery for apical pelvic organ prolapse-A prospective multicenter study [PDF]

, 2017
Objective: To study the effects on quality of life in women operated for apical pelvic organ prolapse using the Vaginal Uphold (TM) System. Study design: In this prospective cohort study, women (n = 207) with symptomatic apical prolapse, with or without ...
Altman, Daniel, Falconer, Christian, Mikkola, Tomi S., Morcos, Edward, Rahkola-Soisalo, Paivi, Rudnicki, Martin   +5 more
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