TY - JOUR
T1 - A 2-Year Evaluation of Quality of Life Outcomes of Patients with Pelvic Organ Prolapse Treated with an Elevate Prolapse Repair System
AU - Buca, Danilo Italo Pio
AU - Leombroni, Martina
AU - Falò, Eleonora
AU - Bruno, Matteo
AU - Santarelli, Alessandro
AU - Frondaroli, Franco
AU - Liberati, Marco
AU - Fanfani, Francesco
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Objectives To evaluate 2-year quality of life of women with pelvic organ prolapse submitted to prosthetic correction with Elevate. Methods We enrolled 116 consecutive patients with a stage ≥ to 2 prolapse. The Prolapse Quality of Life questionnaire was administered in the preoperative time and after 2 years of follow-up. The statistical results were obtained by using the SPSS Advanced Statistical™ 11.0 Software. Results Patient's quality of life improved substantially following prosthetic vaginal surgery. In particular, a clear improvement in the "general state of patients health" (P < 0.05), and a reduction in the daily physical, social, and psychological quality of life (P < 0.05) connected to the prolapse of pelvic organ were observed. Furthermore, a significant reduction in the percentage of patients with urinal disturbances (86.2% preoperative vs 20.7% postoperative; P < 0.05), and an improvement in patient's relations with their partners with 12 patients resuming sexual activity were found. Conclusions This study demonstrates that prosthetic vaginal correction represents a long-term efficient clinical instrument for women with symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse. It also achieves a resolution for urinary symptomatology and embarrassment, social limitation, physical and psychological difficulties of women, which, in great part, resulted in many overcoming surgical therapy, worried about fixed outcomes.
AB - Objectives To evaluate 2-year quality of life of women with pelvic organ prolapse submitted to prosthetic correction with Elevate. Methods We enrolled 116 consecutive patients with a stage ≥ to 2 prolapse. The Prolapse Quality of Life questionnaire was administered in the preoperative time and after 2 years of follow-up. The statistical results were obtained by using the SPSS Advanced Statistical™ 11.0 Software. Results Patient's quality of life improved substantially following prosthetic vaginal surgery. In particular, a clear improvement in the "general state of patients health" (P < 0.05), and a reduction in the daily physical, social, and psychological quality of life (P < 0.05) connected to the prolapse of pelvic organ were observed. Furthermore, a significant reduction in the percentage of patients with urinal disturbances (86.2% preoperative vs 20.7% postoperative; P < 0.05), and an improvement in patient's relations with their partners with 12 patients resuming sexual activity were found. Conclusions This study demonstrates that prosthetic vaginal correction represents a long-term efficient clinical instrument for women with symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse. It also achieves a resolution for urinary symptomatology and embarrassment, social limitation, physical and psychological difficulties of women, which, in great part, resulted in many overcoming surgical therapy, worried about fixed outcomes.
KW - pelvic organ prolapse
KW - polypropylene mesh
KW - quality of life
KW - pelvic organ prolapse
KW - polypropylene mesh
KW - quality of life
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/167821
U2 - 10.1097/SPV.0000000000000310
DO - 10.1097/SPV.0000000000000310
M3 - Article
SN - 2151-8378
VL - 22
SP - 410
EP - 414
JO - FEMALE PELVIC MEDICINE & RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
JF - FEMALE PELVIC MEDICINE & RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
ER -