Pelvic Organ Prolapse

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A model for predicting the risk of de novo stress urinary incontinence in women undergoing pelvic organ prolapse surgery. 
  • American Urogynecologic Society Prolapse Consensus Conference Summary Report. 
  • An International Urogynecological Association (IUGA) / International Continence Society (ICS) Joint Report on the Terminology for Female Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP). 
  • An International Urogynecological Association (IUGA) / International Continence Society (ICS) joint report on the terminology for female pelvic organ prolapse (POP). 
  • An International Urogynecological Association (IUGA)/International Continence Society (ICS) joint report on the terminology for female pelvic organ prolapse (POP). 
  • An International Urogynecological Association (IUGA)/International Continence Society (ICS) joint report on the terminology for reporting outcomes of surgical procedures for pelvic organ prolapse. 
  • Apical prolapse repair: weighing the risks and benefits. 
  • Apical prolapse. 
  • Association Between the Amount of Vaginal Mesh Used With Mesh Erosions and Repeated Surgery After Repairing Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Stress Urinary Incontinence. 
  • Attitudes toward hysterectomy in women undergoing evaluation for uterovaginal prolapse. 
  • Bacterial uropathogens and antibiotic susceptibility of positive urine cultures in women with pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence. 
  • Bowel function, sexual function, and symptoms of pelvic organ prolapse in women with and without urinary incontinence. 
  • Building a National Registry for Pelvic Organ Prolapse. 
  • Characterizing the phenotype of advanced pelvic organ prolapse. 
  • Comprehensive analysis of LAMC1 genetic variants in advanced pelvic organ prolapse. 
  • Conceptual framework for patient-important treatment outcomes for pelvic organ prolapse. 
  • Concomitant Anterior Repair, Preoperative Prolapse Severity, and Anatomic Prolapse Outcomes After Vaginal Apical Procedures. 
  • Cost-minimization analysis of robotic-assisted, laparoscopic, and abdominal sacrocolpopexy. 
  • Development and Validation of a Quantitative Measure of Adaptive Behaviors in Women With Pelvic Floor Disorders. 
  • Do Mixed-Flora Preoperative Urine Cultures Matter? 
  • Does concomitant anterior/apical repair during midurethral sling improve the overactive bladder component of mixed incontinence? 
  • Effect of Uterosacral Ligament Suspension vs Sacrospinous Ligament Fixation With or Without Perioperative Behavioral Therapy for Pelvic Organ Vaginal Prolapse on Surgical Outcomes and Prolapse Symptoms at 5 Years in the OPTIMAL Randomized Clinical Trial. 
  • Epidemiology and outcome assessment of pelvic organ prolapse. 
  • Evaluation and management of complications from synthetic mesh after pelvic reconstructive surgery: a multicenter study. 
  • Forecasting the prevalence of pelvic floor disorders in U.S. Women: 2010 to 2050. 
  • Further validation of the short form versions of the Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory (PFDI) and Pelvic Floor Impact Questionnaire (PFIQ). 
  • Future Directions of Research and Care for Urinary Incontinence: Findings from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Summit on Urinary Incontinence Clinical Research in Women. 
  • How does site of pelvic organ prolapse repair affect overactive bladder symptoms? 
  • Incidence of adverse events after uterosacral colpopexy for uterovaginal and posthysterectomy vault prolapse. 
  • Interrater reliability of the International Continence Society and International Urogynecological Association (ICS/IUGA) classification system for mesh-related complications. 
  • Is postoperative bowel function related to posterior compartment prolapse repair? 
  • Long-Term Effectiveness of Uterosacral Colpopexy and Minimally Invasive Sacral Colpopexy for Treatment of Pelvic Organ Prolapse. 
  • Long-term outcomes following abdominal sacrocolpopexy for pelvic organ prolapse. 
  • Lower abdominal and pelvic pain with advanced pelvic organ prolapse: a case-control study. 
  • Matrix metalloproteinase-9 genetic polymorphisms and the risk for advanced pelvic organ prolapse. 
  • Mesh sacrocolpopexy compared with native tissue vaginal repair: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 
  • Mesh use in surgery for pelvic organ prolapse. 
  • Midurethral slings for stress urinary incontinence: a urogynecology perspective. 
  • Models for Predicting Recurrence, Complications, and Health Status in Women After Pelvic Organ Prolapse Surgery. 
  • Native Tissue Prolapse Repairs: Comparative Effectiveness Trials. 
  • Neural entrapment during uterosacral ligament suspension: an anatomic study of female cadavers. 
  • Open sacrocolpopexy and vaginal apical repair: retrospective comparison of success and serious complications. 
  • Operations and pelvic muscle training in the management of apical support loss (OPTIMAL) trial: design and methods. 
  • Oral antibiotics to prevent postoperative urinary tract infection: a randomized controlled trial. 
  • Pain and activity after vaginal reconstructive surgery for pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence. 
  • Pelvic Floor Disorders Registry: Study Design and Outcome Measures. 
  • Pelvic floor symptoms improve similarly after pessary and behavioral treatment for stress incontinence. 
  • Pelvic organ prolapse. 
  • Perioperative Behavioral Therapy and Pelvic Muscle Strengthening Do Not Enhance Quality of Life After Pelvic Surgery: Secondary Report of a Randomized Controlled Trial. 
  • Perioperative adverse events after minimally invasive abdominal sacrocolpopexy. 
  • Pervasive impacts of mode of delivery across multiple measures of prolapse severity. 
  • Phenotyping clinical disorders: lessons learned from pelvic organ prolapse. 
  • Polyethylene Glycol 3350 and Docusate Sodium Compared With Docusate Sodium Alone After Urogynecologic Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial. 
  • Predicting the number of women who will undergo incontinence and prolapse surgery, 2010 to 2050. 
  • Predicting urinary incontinence after surgery for pelvic organ prolapse. 
  • Quantification of vaginal support: are continuous summary scores better than POPQ stage? 
  • Reanalysis of a randomized trial of 3 techniques of anterior colporrhaphy using clinically relevant definitions of success. 
  • Responsiveness and minimally important difference of SF-6D and EQ-5D utility scores for the treatment of pelvic organ prolapse. 
  • Risk for Exfoliation Syndrome in Women With Pelvic Organ Prolapse : A Utah Project on Exfoliation Syndrome (UPEXS) Study. 
  • Robotic-assisted sacrocolpopexy: early postoperative outcomes after surgical reduction of enlarged genital hiatus. 
  • Sexual activity and vaginal topography in women with symptomatic pelvic floor disorders. 
  • Sexual function after vaginal versus nonvaginal prolapse surgery. 
  • Surgical Alteration of Genital Hiatus Size and Anatomic Failure After Vaginal Vault Suspension. 
  • Surgical management of pelvic organ prolapse. 
  • Surgical options for apical prolapse repair. 
  • Surgical techniques for removing problematic mesh. 
  • Symptomatic and anatomic 1-year outcomes after robotic and abdominal sacrocolpopexy. 
  • The Incidence of Perioperative Adverse Events in the Very Elderly Undergoing Urogynecologic Surgery. 
  • The Pelvic Floor Disorders Registry: Purpose and Development. 
  • The Quality of Health Information Available on the Internet for Patients With Pelvic Organ Prolapse. 
  • The effect of surgical start time in patients undergoing minimally invasive sacrocolpopexy. 
  • The impossible voyage. 
  • Thirty-day Morbidity of Abdominal Sacrocolpopexy Is Influenced by Additional Surgical Treatment for Stress Urinary Incontinence. 
  • Thirty-third American Urogynecologic Society Annual Meeting Presidential Address: the end of the beginning. 
  • Tissue remodeling in the female reproductive tract--a complex process becomes more complex: the role of Hox genes. 
  • Trends in use of surgical mesh for pelvic organ prolapse. 
  • Utility of postoperative laboratory studies after female pelvic reconstructive surgery. 
  • Vaginal Mesh in Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery: Controversies, Current Use, and Complications. 
  • Vaginal Uterosacral Ligament Suspension: A Retrospective Cohort of Absorbable and Permanent Suture Groups. 
  • Vaginal native tissue repair versus transvaginal mesh repair for apical prolapse: how utilizing different methods of analysis affects the estimated trade-off between reoperation for mesh exposure/erosion and reoperation for recurrent prolapse. 
  • Validation of a Model Predicting De Novo Stress Urinary Incontinence in Women Undergoing Pelvic Organ Prolapse Surgery. 
  • Validation of the activities assessment scale in women undergoing pelvic reconstructive surgery. 
  • Validation of the surgical pain scales in women undergoing pelvic reconstructive surgery. 
  • What happens to the posterior compartment and bowel symptoms after sacrocolpopexy? evaluation of 5-year outcomes from E-CARE. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Amundsen, Cindy Louise, Roy T. Parker, M.D. Distinguished Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, in the School of Medicine, Surgery, Urology
  • Jelovsek, John E, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke Clinical Research Institute
  • Visco, Anthony Gabriele, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Weidner, Alison Catherine, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Urogynecology