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Pelvic Organ Prolapse

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Pelvic organ prolapse is a common problem and may occur to some degree in 50% of parous women. An estimated 10–20% of these women will have symptomatic prolapse and present for repair. Despite the relatively common nature of this problem we know little about the natural history of the disease when left untreated. Although operations are commonly performed to treat the problem, long-term outcome data is lacking.

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St. George’s Hospital Medical School, London, UK

    Stuart L. Stanton FRCS, FRCOG, FRANZCOG (Hon)

  2. Department of Urology, Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA

    Philippe E. Zimmern MD, FACS

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Gormley, E.A. (2003). Pelvic Organ Prolapse. In: Stanton, S.L., Zimmern, P.E. (eds) Female Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0659-3_27

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