Long-term pelvic floor symptoms and urogenital prolapse after hysterectomy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of this study was to describe the natural course of pelvic floor symptoms and pelvic floor anatomy for women long-term after hysterectomy.

Methods

Women who underwent hysterectomy between 1996-2004 carried out the PFDI-20 questionnaire and POP-Q examination. We collected data on the presence and type of pelvic floor symptoms and its relation to the degree of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) per compartment (≥ stage 2).

Results

We obtained data from 247 women on average sixteen years after hysterectomy, with no prolapse (n = 94), anterior prolapse (n = 76), posterior prolapse (n = 38), both anterior- and posterior prolapse (n = 20), and a prolapse involving the vaginal vault (n = 19). Of all 153 women with ≥ stage 2 prolapse, 80 (52%) experienced moderate

SUBMITTER: Vermeulen CKM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10029236 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature