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Pelvic Organ Prolapse: Introduction

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Pelvic Floor Disorders

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Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) represents a significant health as well as economic problem worldwide and may have a deleterious impact on a woman’s quality of life; however, it rarely has significant morbidity or mortality. It is estimated that 25% of women older than 60 years suffer from some degree of POP, and more than 300,000 operations for POP are performed annually in the US alone [1, 2].

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    Tomasz Rechberger MD

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  1. Pelvic Floor Unit and Colorectal Service 1st Department of General Surgery, Regional Hospital, Treviso, Italy

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  2. Department of Pediatric Radiology Children’s Teaching Hospital, Skubiszewski Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland

    Andrzej Paweł Wieczorek

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    Clive I. Bartram

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Rechberger, T. (2010). Pelvic Organ Prolapse: Introduction. In: Santoro, G.A., Wieczorek, A.P., Bartram, C.I. (eds) Pelvic Floor Disorders. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1542-5_52

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