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Doppler Ultrasound Testing Suggests Hemorrhoids in Females may be a Consequence of Impaired Blood Flow Associated with Pelvic Organ Prolapse

Journal of Coloproctology, 2022
Background It has been observed that there is a high incidence of hemorrhoids in female patients with pelvic organ prolapse. Also, in these patients, hemorrhoidal disease improves after the surgical correction of the pelvic organ prolapse ...
Traian Enache, Diana Elena Soare
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Determinants of pelvic organ prolapse among gynecologic patients, Northeastern Ethiopia, 2020: A case–control study

Women's Health, 2023
Background: The majority of women in developing countries, including Ethiopia, do not seek medical help; as a result, they face substantial impacts on their health.
Afework Edmealem, Sewunet Ademe, Mulugeta W/Selassie   +2 more
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Biomechanics of pelvic organ prolapse [PDF]

Science China Life Sciences, 2015
Pelvic organ prolapse (POP), caused by damage of the support system in the pelvic floor, is downward descent of female pelvic organs, resulting in protrusion of the vagina, uterus, or both. It has been reported recently that POP has a prevalence of 3%6% when defined by symptoms and up to 50% based on a vaginal examination [1]. POP is basically divided
Shuang Ren, Qiguo Rong, Bing Xie, Jianliu Wang   +3 more
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Support role undifferentiated connective tissue dysplasia in genital organ rolapse evolution

Лечащий Врач, 2022
One of the most significant risk factors for the formation  of internal  genital organs is connective  tissue diseases. The steady increase in the number of women suffering from pelvic organ prolapse has led to the fact that this pathology has become ...
M. S. Selikhova, V. V. Skvortsov, G. V. Ershov, A. G. Ershov, G. I. Malyakin   +4 more
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Pelvic Organ Prolapse [PDF]

Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery, 2019
Abstract Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is a common, benign condition in women. For many women, it can cause vaginal bulge and pressure, voiding dysfunction, defecatory dysfunction, and sexual dysfunction, which may adversely affect quality of life. Women in the United States have a 13% lifetime risk of undergoing surgery for POP1.
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Narrative review of the epidemiology, diagnosis and pathophysiology of pelvic organ prolapse [PDF]

International Brazilian Journal of Urology
The exact prevalence of pelvic organ prolapse is difficult to establish. The anatomical changes do not always consist with the severity or the symptoms associated with prolapse.
Adi Y. Weintraub, Hannah Glinter, Naama Marcus-Braun   +2 more
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Pelvic organ prolapse in nulliparae [PDF]

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2022
BackgroundPregnancy and childbirth are thought to be the strongest environmental risk factors for pelvic organ prolapse, but prolapse does occur in nulliparae.AimTo characterise prolapse in vaginal nulliparae.Material and methodsThis was a retrospective study using archived clinical and imaging data of 368 vaginally nulliparous women seen between 2006 ...
Hans Peter Dietz, Leilani Chavez‐Coloma, Talia Friedman, Friyan Turel   +3 more
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Determinants of pelvic organ prolapse among gynecologic patients attending public referral hospitals in Amhara region, Ethiopia, 2020: Institution-based unmatched case-control study design

SAGE Open Medicine, 2022
Background: Pelvic organ prolapse is a common disorder, with up to 40% of women worldwide having some form of anatomical prolapse, and it is a significant public health problem in developing countries including Ethiopia.
Nurye Sirage, Desta Hailu, Tensay Kahsay, Elias Amaje   +3 more
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Fully Automated Organ Segmentation in Male Pelvic CT Images [PDF]

Balagopal A, Kazemifar S, Nguyen D, Lin M H, Hannan R, Owrangi A and Jiang S 2018 Fully automated organ segmentation in male pelvic CT images Phys. Med. Biol. 63 245015, 2018
Accurate segmentation of prostate and surrounding organs at risk is important for prostate cancer radiotherapy treatment planning. We present a fully automated workflow for male pelvic CT image segmentation using deep learning. The architecture consists of a 2D localization network followed by a 3D segmentation network for volumetric segmentation of ...
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The effects of leaflet material properties on the simulated function of regurgitant mitral valves [PDF]

, 2023
Advances in three-dimensional imaging provide the ability to construct and analyze finite element (FE) models to evaluate the biomechanical behavior and function of atrioventricular valves. However, while obtaining patient-specific valve geometry is now possible, non-invasive measurement of patient-specific leaflet material properties remains nearly ...
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