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Recurrence of vaginal prolapse after total vaginal hysterectomy with concurrent vaginal uterosacral ligament suspension: comparison between normal-weight and overweight women.

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BACKGROUND Obesity is one of the most important risk factors for the development and progression of the pelvic organ prolapse. However, data regarding whether obesity is a risk factor for recurrence after pelvic organ prolapse surgery are controversial. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to

Vaginal prolapse recurrence after uterosacral ligament suspension in normal-weight compared with overweight and obese women.

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OBJECTIVE To compare recurrent prolapse after vaginal uterosacral ligament suspension in normal-weight compared with overweight or obese women. METHODS We performed a retrospective cohort study of the risk of recurrent prolapse after uterosacral ligament suspension in normal-weight compared with

Robotically assisted laparoscopic repair of anterior vaginal wall and uterine prolapse by lateral suspension with mesh: initial experience and video.

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OBJECTIVE Sacral colpopexy/hysteropexy is a well-established approach to vaginal apex support and was the first technique used to treat pelvic organ prolapse (POP) with robotic assistance. However, dissection at the level of the promontory may be difficult, especially in obese patients, and

[Obesity as a risk factor to Burch surgery failure].

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OBJECTIVE to observe the impact of obesity and other risk factors on the rate of failure in patients submitted to Burch's surgery for the treatment of urinary incontinence. METHODS cases study of patients submitted to Burch's surgery, from 1992 to 2003. Patients were evaluated at the second

Bilateral hydronephrosis caused by vaginal prolapse.

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BACKGROUND Even though it is uncommon, uterine prolapse can cause compression of ureters and bilateral hydronephrosis, predisposing to arterial hypertension and renal failure. Hydronephrosis consequent to cystocele and to vaginal prolapse is even rarer. METHODS This paper reports on a 59 year-old

Challenges Associated With Cervical Cancer Screening and Management in Obese Women: A Provider Perspective.

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Obese women are at increased risk of cervical cancer, partly due to missed detection of cervical precancers during routine cervical cancer screening. We administered a clinician survey to better understand specific challenges and identify potential solutions to performing cervical

The association between obesity and stage II or greater prolapse.

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OBJECTIVE We sought to evaluate the association between obesity and vaginal prolapse as well as pelvic organ prolapse symptoms. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study of women referred for urogynecologic care. The exposure was obesity and outcome, stage>or=II prolapse. Secondary outcomes were

Efficacy of anchoring the four-arm transvaginal mesh to the mid-urethra vs original surgery as a surgical correction for stress urine incontinence in coexisting anterior vaginal prolapse grades II and III: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

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BACKGROUND The prevalence of obesity with aging is escalating alarmingly; and pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI) are now becoming a growing epidemic among the elderly. Synthetic transvaginal mesh has been employed with increasing popularity in the treatment of POP and

[Sacropexy with abdominal fascia in treatment of vaginal prolapse vault of menopausal women].

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BACKGROUND Vaginal vault prolapsed is a rare complication, with a frequency from 0.2 to 1% after hysterectomy, which is presented due to a bad surgical technique in fixation of the vault suspension elements, as well others factors as the multiparity, menopause, chronic lungs disease, obesity,

[Etiology of uterine prolapse].

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From the factors known to promote descensus those which may best be objectified--among them overweight, hard physical labour, weakness of the connective tissue and number of births--are examined in a group of women with descensus and a control group with regard to their valence for the development

Risk factors for pelvic floor repair after hysterectomy.

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OBJECTIVE Having demonstrated that prior history of prolapse was a risk factor for pelvic floor repair procedures after hysterectomy, the objective of this study was to assess medical risk factors for pelvic floor repair after hysterectomy. METHODS Using the Rochester Epidemiology Project database

Urinary incontinence in Belgium; prevalence, correlates and psychosocial consequences.

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This article describes the prevalence of urinary incontinence in the Belgian population and assesses factors associated with urinary incontinence. The significance of urinary incontinence as a public health problem is evaluated through its psychosocial consequences. The data comes from the

[Prosthetic repair of genito-urinary prolapses by the transobturateur infracoccygeal hammock technique: medium-term results].

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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the anatomical and functional medium-term efficacy and possible complications of vaginal prosthetic surgery with transobturator and infracoccygeal support to treat genital urinary prolapse. METHODS A prospective and monocentre study was conducted, from

Risk factors for genital prolapse in non-hysterectomized women around menopause. Results from a large cross-sectional study in menopausal clinics in Italy. Progetto Menopausa Italia Study Group.

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OBJECTIVE To analyze determinants/risk factors for uterine prolapse in a population of women around menopause. METHODS Between 1997 and 1999, we conducted a large cross sectional study on the characteristics of women around menopause attending a network of first level outpatients menopause clinics

Long-term results of genital prolapse surgery with polypropylene mesh.

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The risk of intervention due to urogenital prolapse in a woman's life is 11.1%. Recurrences after classic surgery reach up to 38%. With the aim of improving these results, transvaginal mesh kits are used. The purpose of the study is to describe the results of efficacy and long-term

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