http://www.wsus.org WSUS Release RSS feed. . Copyright 2005, WSUS Tendenci Membership Management Software by Schipul - The Web Marketing Company en-us noemail@wsus.org Fri, 10 Sep 2010 21:53:03 GMT Release http://www.wsus.org/en/rel/33/ PELVIC PROLAPSE Kathleen Kobashi, MD Virginia Mason Medical Center (Seattle, WA) Pelvic prolapse (PP) is a general term referring to the falling down of the pelvic floor. Patients have a variety of complaints depending on which compartment of the pelvic floor or vagina is falling (see below). Prolapse often results from weakness of the supporting structures of the pelvic floor following vaginal childbirth, or due to some degree to hormone changes and aging. PP is a common problem amongst women with an estimated 11% of women undergoing surgery for PP by the age of 80 years1. The National Center for Health Statistics found that 16.3% of hysterectomies were performed for prolapse between 1988 and 19902. In 1996, 600,000 hysterectomies were performed in the United States3; therefore, by inference >90,000 hysterectomies were performed for PP that year. The vagina is located between the bladder and the rectum. At the top of the vagina are the uterus and cervix. Following a... http://www.wsus.org/en/rel/33/ noemail@wsus.org Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:00:00 GMT