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Predicting the number of women who will undergo incontinence and prolapse surgery, 2010 to 2050.

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Wu, JM; Kawasaki, A; Hundley, AF; Dieter, AA; Myers, ER; Sung, VW
Published in: Am J Obstet Gynecol
September 2011

OBJECTIVE: We sought to estimate the number of women who will undergo inpatient and outpatient surgery for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) or pelvic organ prolapse (POP) in the United States from 2010 through 2050. STUDY DESIGN: Using the 2007 Nationwide Inpatient Sample and the 2006 National Survey of Ambulatory Surgery, we calculated the rates for inpatient and outpatient SUI and POP surgery. We applied the surgery rates to the US Census Bureau population projections from 2010 through 2050. RESULTS: The total number of women who will undergo SUI surgery will increase 47.2% from 210,700 in 2010 to 310,050 in 2050. Similarly, the total number of women who will have surgery for prolapse will increase from 166,000 in 2010 to 245,970 in 2050. CONCLUSION: If the surgery rates for pelvic floor disorders remain unchanged, the number of surgeries for urinary incontinence and POP will increase substantially over the next 40 years.

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Am J Obstet Gynecol

DOI

EISSN

1097-6868

Publication Date

September 2011

Volume

205

Issue

3

Start / End Page

230.e1 / 230.e5

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Urinary Incontinence, Stress
  • United States
  • Pelvic Organ Prolapse
  • Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine
  • Middle Aged
  • Humans
  • Gynecologic Surgical Procedures
  • Female
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Aged
 

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Wu, J. M., Kawasaki, A., Hundley, A. F., Dieter, A. A., Myers, E. R., & Sung, V. W. (2011). Predicting the number of women who will undergo incontinence and prolapse surgery, 2010 to 2050. Am J Obstet Gynecol, 205(3), 230.e1-230.e5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2011.03.046
Wu, Jennifer M., Amie Kawasaki, Andrew F. Hundley, Alexis A. Dieter, Evan R. Myers, and Vivian W. Sung. “Predicting the number of women who will undergo incontinence and prolapse surgery, 2010 to 2050.Am J Obstet Gynecol 205, no. 3 (September 2011): 230.e1-230.e5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2011.03.046.
Wu JM, Kawasaki A, Hundley AF, Dieter AA, Myers ER, Sung VW. Predicting the number of women who will undergo incontinence and prolapse surgery, 2010 to 2050. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Sep;205(3):230.e1-230.e5.
Wu, Jennifer M., et al. “Predicting the number of women who will undergo incontinence and prolapse surgery, 2010 to 2050.Am J Obstet Gynecol, vol. 205, no. 3, Sept. 2011, pp. 230.e1-230.e5. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2011.03.046.
Wu JM, Kawasaki A, Hundley AF, Dieter AA, Myers ER, Sung VW. Predicting the number of women who will undergo incontinence and prolapse surgery, 2010 to 2050. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Sep;205(3):230.e1-230.e5.
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Published In

Am J Obstet Gynecol

DOI

EISSN

1097-6868

Publication Date

September 2011

Volume

205

Issue

3

Start / End Page

230.e1 / 230.e5

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Urinary Incontinence, Stress
  • United States
  • Pelvic Organ Prolapse
  • Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine
  • Middle Aged
  • Humans
  • Gynecologic Surgical Procedures
  • Female
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Aged