The importance of the pathophysiology of the pelvic organ prolapse in understanding the symptoms of the pelvic floor disorders

Gineco eu ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 151-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ionescu O.
2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (9-10) ◽  
pp. 199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca G. Rogers

Pelvic floor disorders (PFDs) can impact sexual function. This summary provides an overview of the impact of stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse and their treatments on sexual function. In general, interventions that successfully address PFDs will generally improve sexual function as well. However, there are patients whose sexual function will remain unchanged despite treatment, and a small but significant minority who will report worsened sexual function following treatment for their pelvic floor dysfunction.


2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magdalena Emilia Grzybowska ◽  
Konrad Futyma ◽  
Dariusz Wydra

The aim of this cross-sectional study was to determine the cutoff scores for sexual dysfunction in disease-specific Pelvic Organ Prolapse/Incontinence Sexual Questionnaire—IUGA Revised (PISQ-IR) for women with pelvic floor disorders (PFD). Medical history and urogynecological data of 521 women with PFD were collected. The subjects provided information about their sexual activity and completed Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) and PISQ-IR questionnaires. Sexually active (SA) women were further analyzed and categorized using their FSFI scores: <26.55—sexual dysfunction, >26.55—no sexual dysfunction. Receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curve tested how well PISQ-IR allowed to discriminate between patients with and without sexual disorders. Area under curve (AUC) was calculated to measure the PISQ-IR Summary Score efficiency in the prediction. The cutoff values which minimalize (1-specifity) and maximize sensitivity were selected. In the analyzed cohort, 250 (48%) women were SA and a total of 226 SA were recruited for the study: 143 (63.3%) with <26.55 FSFI and 83 (36.7%) with >26.55 FSFI (response rate: 90.4%). Using ROC curve analysis, PISQ-IR Summary Score of 2.68 was determined to be the optimal cutoff for distinguishing between dysfunctional and nondysfunctional women (AUC = 0.85), allowing to diagnose sexual dysfunction in SA women with PFD, with 90% sensitivity and 71% specificity.


2013 ◽  
Vol 24 (7) ◽  
pp. 1091-1103 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. G. Rogers ◽  
T. H. Rockwood ◽  
M. L. Constantine ◽  
R. Thakar ◽  
D. N. Kammerer-Doak ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Saida Abrar ◽  
Raheela Mohsin ◽  
Huda Saleem

Objectives: To assess the effect of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and/or stress urinary incontinence (SUI) on various domains of female sexual functions in patients before and after reconstructive surgery for these pelvic floor disorders. Methods: We conducted a quasi-experimental study of 126 women aged 25-65 years, presenting with POP / SUI, from January 1st 2019 to December 31st 2019 at Aga Khan University Hospital. POP surgery was performed only in patients with symptomatic POP ≥ stage 2 according to POP-Q (quantification). Sexual functions were assessed using Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) questionnaire, among sexually active women at baseline and 18 months after surgery. Results: Mean age of the participants was 51.6, with a mean parity of four. Out of 126 patients, 31 patients underwent vaginal hysterectomy, pelvic floor repair and mid-urethral sling (MUS), 55 had vaginal hysterectomy with pelvic floor repair, 12 women had only pelvic floor repair and 10 patients had uterine suspension surgery for prolapse, while 18 patients underwent MUS operation alone for SUI. There was a statistically significant difference in female sexual functions after surgery for POP and/or SUI (p<0.01). This improvement was observed in both total and individual scores of each domain of FSFI with an overall improvement in sexual function from a mean of 18.5 pre-surgery to 20.8 post-surgery. Conclusions: This study reveals that women sexual functions are affected by POP and SUI and improve remarkably after reconstructive surgeries for these pelvic floor disorders. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.37.4.3892 How to cite this:Abrar S, Mohsin R, Saleem H. Surgery for pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence and female sexual functions: A quasi-experimental study. Pak J Med Sci. 2021;37(4):---------. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.37.4.3892 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (7) ◽  
pp. e0254050
Author(s):  
Eskedar Demissie Beketie ◽  
Wubishet Tesfaye Tafese ◽  
Zebene Mekonnen Assefa ◽  
Fantahun Walle Berriea ◽  
Genet Asfaw Tilahun ◽  
...  

Introduction Pelvic floor disorders (PFD) are gynecologic health problems containing a wide variety of clinical problems; the most prevalent problems are pelvic organ prolapse, fecal incontinence, and urinary incontinence. It is a significant women’s health problem for both developed and developing countries. One in five women in Ethiopia experiences at least one major type of pelvic floor disorders. Despite the severity of the problem, due attention was not given, and no study has been conducted on pelvic floor disorders in the Gurage Zone. Objective To determine the prevalence and associated factors of symptomatic pelvic floor disorders among women living in Gurage Zone, SNNPR, Ethiopia, 2020. Methodology Community-based cross-sectional study was conducted from February to March 2020 among 542 women residing in the Gurage Zone. A multi-stage sampling method was used to select the participants. Interviewer administered, pretested questionnaires containing questions related to pelvic organ prolapse, urinary, and fecal incontinence was used. The urinary incontinence severity index questionnaire was used to assess the severity of urinary incontinence. Epi-Info x7 was used to record data, and SPSS was used to analyze the data. Binary logistic regression with 95% CI was used to explore the relationship between PFD and other independent variables. After multivariable logistic regression analysis variables with P-value less than 0.05 was used to determine significant association. Result A total of 542 participants were included in this study. Overall, 41.1% of the participants reported one or more symptoms of pelvic floor disorders. Urinary incontinence had the highest prevalence (32.8%), followed by pelvic organ prolapse (25.5%) and fecal incontinence (4.2%). History of weight lifting >10 Kg (AOR = 3.38; 95% CI: 1.99, 5.72), ≥5 vaginal delivery (AOR = 11.18; 95% CI: 1.53, 81.58), and being in menopause (AOR = 3.37; 95% CI: 1.40, 8.07) were identified as possible contributing factors in the development of a pelvic floor disorders. Conclusion The prevalence of symptomatic PFD was higher compared to other similar studies in Ethiopia. Heavy weight lifting, repetitive vaginal deliveries and menopause were factors significantly associated with PFD. Expansion of technologies and building basic infrastructures, health education on kegel exercise and promotion of family planning should be considered as a prevention strategy.


Author(s):  
Andrew Feola ◽  
Masayuki Endo ◽  
Jan Deprest

The vagina plays a focal point in support by directly supporting the bladder, urethra, uterus, and rectum. The vagina also is a central location for connective tissue and muscle attachments. Failure in any component of this intricate support system can lead to the development of pelvic floor disorders, such as pelvic organ prolapse (POP), urinary and fecal incontinence and sexual dysfunction.


2017 ◽  
Vol 752 ◽  
pp. 59-63
Author(s):  
Elvira Brătilă ◽  
Petre Brătilă ◽  
Diana Comandașu ◽  
Monica Cîrstoiu ◽  
Roxana Bohîlțea ◽  
...  

Pelvic floor disorders including stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse represent a challenge for gynecologist or urogynecologist even nowadays. Conservative treatment for these conditions proves its effectiveness only in few cases selected from early forms of incontinence or prolapse the most cases being solved surgically. The introduction of the procedure imagined by Petros and Ulmsten, known as TVT (Trans Vaginal Tape) in which the medium urethra is supported by a synthetic tape produced in 1996 a revolution in the surgical treatment of stress urinary incontinence. Radical changes also appeared in pelvic organ prolapse surgery extrapolating the hernia repair procedure by using synthetic mesh. After nearly 20 years of experience the mesh surgery is today a common practice in urogynecology. Between 2011 and 2015 we operated in private practice a total number of 297 cases of which 187 cases of stress urinary incontinence and 110 cases of pelvic organ prolapse. From these 86 (78,1%) cases were represented by cystoceles, associated with early apical prolapse or rectoceles, 18 (16,3%) cases by apical prolapse (grade III-IV) and 6 (5,4%) cases by posterior compartment prolapse alone. We performed mesh surgery in 32 (29%) cases represented mainly by anterior compartment prolapse. In 6 (18,7%) cases we founded mesh extrusion which required partially resection. In two cases we performed large resection of anterior vaginal wall required grafting with acellular second generation graft. In all cases with mesh extrusion the biomechanical analysis revealed significant decrease in effective porosity of the mesh due to excessive tensioning or folding of the mesh. The use of mesh in stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse represent a justified alternative in selected cases. The specific complications due to meshes are more frequent in prolapse surgery compared to stress urinary incontinence. In all cases altered effective porosity due to technical defects in surgery represents the leading cause.


Impact ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (7) ◽  
pp. 19-21
Author(s):  
Katsuko Shinozaki

Urinary incontinence after childbirth, which is also referred to as postpartum urinary incontinence, is the involuntary leaking of urine that can be experienced by new mothers. It can also occur during pregnancy and, either way, can have a dramatic impact on quality of life. In addition to urinary incontinence, there are a range of other pelvic floor disorders that can affect pregnant women and new mothers, including pelvic organ prolapse and fecal incontinence. Katsuko Shinozaki is a researcher based at the Postgraduate School of Health and Welfare Science at the International University of Health and Welfare, Japan. She is focusing her research on this issue. Shinozaki is developing a programme for care during childbirth for the prevention of urinary incontinence.


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