Prevalence, etiology and risk factors of pelvic organ prolapse in premenopausal primiparous women

Autor: Louise C. Kenny, Barry A. O’Reilly, Ali S. Khashan, U. A. Durnea, C. M. Durnea, M. M. Smyth
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: International urogynecology journal. 25(11)
ISSN: 1433-3023
Popis: The natural history of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is poorly understood. We investigated the prevalence and risk factors of postnatal POP in premenopausal primiparous women and the associated effect of mode of delivery. We conducted a prospective cohort study in a tertiary teaching hospital attending 9,000 deliveries annually. Collagen-diseases history and clinical assessment was performed in 202 primiparae at ≥1 year postnatally. Assessment included Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification (POP-Q) system, Beighton mobility score, 2/3D-transperineal ultrasound (US) and quantification of collagen type III levels. Association with POP was assessed using various statistical tests, including logistic regression, where results with p
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