TY - JOUR
T1 - Correction of Massive Vaginal Prolapse in an Older Population
T2 - A Four‐Year Experience at a Rural Tertiary Care Center
AU - Kaminski, Paul F.
AU - Sorosky, Joel I.
AU - Pees, Richard C.
AU - Podczaski, Edward S.
PY - 1993/1
Y1 - 1993/1
N2 - Objective: To ascertain the success of complex reconstructive vaginal surgery in older women. Design: Retrospective review of hospital and outpatient records. Setting: Rural tertiary care referral center, Pennsylvania State University Hospital, Hershey, Pennsylvania Patients: Twenty‐four patients referred for massive eversion of the vagina and/or complete procidentia. Measurements: Symptoms and anatomic correction of patients' complaints. Results: After surgery, 83 percent were asymptomatic without pelvic relaxation, 4 percent were asymptomatic with pelvic relaxation, 4 percent were symptomatic without pelvic relaxation, and 9 percent were symptomatic with relaxation. Conclusions: Older women can undergo major vaginal reconstructive surgery with relief of symptoms and restoration of vaginal depth and axis. 1993 The American Geriatrics Society
AB - Objective: To ascertain the success of complex reconstructive vaginal surgery in older women. Design: Retrospective review of hospital and outpatient records. Setting: Rural tertiary care referral center, Pennsylvania State University Hospital, Hershey, Pennsylvania Patients: Twenty‐four patients referred for massive eversion of the vagina and/or complete procidentia. Measurements: Symptoms and anatomic correction of patients' complaints. Results: After surgery, 83 percent were asymptomatic without pelvic relaxation, 4 percent were asymptomatic with pelvic relaxation, 4 percent were symptomatic without pelvic relaxation, and 9 percent were symptomatic with relaxation. Conclusions: Older women can undergo major vaginal reconstructive surgery with relief of symptoms and restoration of vaginal depth and axis. 1993 The American Geriatrics Society
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1993.tb05946.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1993.tb05946.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 8418121
AN - SCOPUS:0027446124
SN - 0002-8614
VL - 41
SP - 42
EP - 44
JO - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
JF - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
IS - 1
ER -