ReviewCurrent urology reports2011
Emerging concepts for pelvic organ prolapse surgery: What is cure?
Review in Current urology reports, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.
- Residency Exposure to URPS (Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery)-Trained Attendings Increase the Number of Female Pelvic Procedures Performed by General Urologists After Graduation.Neurourology and urodynamics · 2026Article
- Patient-reported outcomes in pelvic organ prolapse repair: the missing information needed to inform our understanding of what matters most to patients.Gynecology and pelvic medicine · 2024Article
- International urogynecological consultation chapter 4.1: definition of outcomes for pelvic organ prolapse surgery.International urogynecology journal · 2023Review
- Modified Vaginal Mesh Procedure with DynaMeshDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Long-term outcomes of cable-suspended suture technique versus conventional suture for anterior vaginal wall prolapse: a retrospective cohort study.BMC women's health · 2023Article
- Current surgical management of pelvic organ prolapse: Strategies for the improvement of surgical outcomes.Investigative and clinical urology · 2019Review
- Robot-assisted laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy with autologous fascia lata: technique and initial outcomes.International urogynecology journal · 2019Article
- Repair of recurrent rectocele with posterior colporrhaphy or non-absorbable polypropylene mesh-patient-reported outcomes at 1-year follow-up.International urogynecology journal · 2019Article
- Laparoscopic pelvic organ prolapse repair by mesh interposition following radical cystectomy.IJU case reports · 2019Article
- Impact of surgeon experience on routine prolapse operations.International urogynecology journal · 2018Article
- Automatic Cystocele Severity Grading in Ultrasound by Spatio-Temporal Regression.Medical image computing and computer-assisted intervention : MICCAI ... International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention · 2016Article
- The S.A.C.S. (Satisfaction-Anatomy-Continence-Safety) score for evaluating pelvic organ prolapse surgery: a proposal for an outcome-based scoring system.International urogynecology journal · 2015Observational
- Operation for primary cystocele with anterior colporrhaphy or non-absorbable mesh: patient-reported outcomes.International urogynecology journal · 2015Article
- Early results of a novel technique for anterior vaginal wall prolapse repair: anterior vaginal wall darn.BMC urology · 2014Article
- Long-term follow-up after native tissue repair for pelvic organ prolapse.International urogynecology journal · 2014Article
- Reconstructive laparoscopic prolapse surgery to avoid mesh erosions.GMS Interdisciplinary plastic and reconstructive surgery DGPW · 2013Article
- A novel technique for anterior vaginal wall prolapse repair: anterior vaginal wall darn.TheScientificWorldJournal · 2013Article
- An appraisal of the Food and Drug Administration warning on urogynecologic surgical mesh.Current urology reports · 2012Article
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Abstract
The objective of this review is to discuss emerging concepts in pelvic organ prolapse, in particular, "What is cure?" In a post-trial data analysis of the CARE (Colpopexy and Urinary Reduction Efforts) trial, treatment success varied tremendously depending on the definition used (19.2%-97.2%). Definitions that included the absence of vaginal bulge symptoms had the strongest relationships with the patients' assessment of overall improvement and treatment success. As demonstrated by this study, there are several challenges in defining cure in prolapse surgery. Additionally, the symptoms of prolapse are variable. The degree of prolapse does not correlate directly with symptoms. There are many surgical approaches to pelvic organ prolapse. Multiple ways to quantify prolapse are used. There is a lack of standardized definition of cure. The data on prolapse surgery outcomes are heterogeneous. The goal of surgical repair is to return the pelvic organs to their original anatomic positions. Ideally, we have four main goals: no anatomic prolapse, no functional symptoms, patient satisfaction, and the avoidance of complications. The impact of transvaginal mesh requires thoughtful investigation. The driving force should be patient symptoms in defining cure of prolapse.
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