Pelvic organ prolapse after hysterectomy: A 10-year national follow-up study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Hysterectomy may have an effect on the pelvic floor. Here, we evaluated the rates and risks for pelvic organ prolapse (POP) surgeries and visits among women with a history of hysterectomy for benign indication excluding POP.

Material and methods

In this retrospective cohort study 3582 women who underwent hysterectomy in 2006 were followed until the end of 2016. The cohort was linked to the Finnish Care Register to catch any prolapse-related diagnoses and operation codes following the hysterectomy. Different hysterectomy approaches were compared according to the risk for a prolapse, including abdominal, laparoscopic, laparoscopic-assisted vaginal and vaginal. The main outcomes were POP surgery and outpatient visit for POP, and Cox regression was used to identify

SUBMITTER: Kuittinen T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10072247 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature