Epidemiology and outcome assessment of pelvic organ prolapse

MD Barber, C Maher - International urogynecology journal, 2013 - Springer
Introduction and hypothesis The aim was to determine the incidence and prevalence of
pelvic organ prolapse surgery and describe how outcomes are reported. Methods Every 4 …

American Gastroenterological Association technical review on constipation

AE Bharucha, JH Pemberton, GR Locke - Gastroenterology, 2013 - gastrojournal.org
This article has an accompanying continuing medical education activity on page e19.
Learning Objective: Upon completion of this exam, successful learners will recognize the …

Prevalence of symptomatic pelvic floor disorders in US women

I Nygaard, MD Barber, KL Burgio, K Kenton, S Meikle… - Jama, 2008 - jamanetwork.com
Context Pelvic floor disorders (urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence, and pelvic organ
prolapse) affect many women. No national prevalence estimates derived from the same …

Comparison of 2 transvaginal surgical approaches and perioperative behavioral therapy for apical vaginal prolapse: the OPTIMAL randomized trial

MD Barber, L Brubaker, KL Burgio, HE Richter… - Jama, 2014 - jamanetwork.com
Importance More than 300 000 surgeries are performed annually in the United States for
pelvic organ prolapse. Sacrospinous ligament fixation (SSLF) and uterosacral ligament …

Pelvic organ prolapse

JE Jelovsek, C Maher, MD Barber - The Lancet, 2007 - thelancet.com
Pelvic organ prolapse is downward descent of female pelvic organs, including the bladder,
uterus or post-hysterectomy vaginal cuff, and the small or large bowel, resulting in protrusion …

Individualised pelvic floor muscle training in women with pelvic organ prolapse (POPPY): a multicentre randomised controlled trial

S Hagen, D Stark, C Glazener, S Dickson, S Barry… - The Lancet, 2014 - thelancet.com
Background Pelvic organ prolapse is common and is strongly associated with childbirth and
increasing age. Women with prolapse are often advised to do pelvic floor muscle exercises …

Pelvic Organ Support Study (POSST): the distribution, clinical definition, and epidemiologic condition of pelvic organ support defects

S Swift, P Woodman, A O'Boyle, M Kahn… - American journal of …, 2005 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to describe the distribution of pelvic organ
support in a gynecologic clinic population to define the clinical disease state of pelvic organ …

Pelvic organ prolapse

MD Barber - Bmj, 2016 - bmj.com
A woman's lifetime risk of surgery for pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is 12-19% with over 300
000 prolapse surgeries performed annually in the US alone. 1-3 POP accounts for about 15 …

Defining success after surgery for pelvic organ prolapse

MD Barber, L Brubaker, I Nygaard… - Obstetrics & …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVES: To describe pelvic organ prolapse surgical success rates using a variety of
definitions with differing requirements for anatomic, symptomatic, or re-treatment outcomes …

[HTML][HTML] Consensus statement AIGO/SICCR diagnosis and treatment of chronic constipation and obstructed defecation (part II: treatment)

A Bove, M Bellini, E Battaglia, R Bocchini… - World journal of …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The second part of the Consensus Statement of the Italian Association of Hospital
Gastroenterologists and Italian Society of Colo-Rectal Surgery reports on the treatment of …