Correction of Massive Vaginal Prolapse in an Older Population: A Four‐Year Experience at a Rural Tertiary Care Center
1993
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.
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