Introduction and hypothesis The aim was to determine the incidence and prevalence of
pelvic organ prolapse surgery and describe how outcomes are reported. Methods Every 4 …

Pelvic organ prolapse is downward descent of female pelvic organs, including the bladder,
uterus or post-hysterectomy vaginal cuff, and the small or large bowel, resulting in protrusion …

Importance Pelvic floor disorders (eg, urinary incontinence), which affect approximately 25%
of women in the United States, are associated with childbirth. However, little is known about …

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence and trends of these pelvic floor disorders in US
women from 2005 to 2010. METHODS: We used the National Health and Nutritional …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the lifetime risk of first-time incident pelvic organ prolapse (POP)
surgery with the intention of updating previous risk estimates that have been based on …

Context Pelvic floor disorders (urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence, and pelvic organ
prolapse) affect many women. No national prevalence estimates derived from the same …

Objective: The purpose of this study was to describe the prevalence of and correlates for
pelvic organ prolapse. Study Design: This was a cross-sectional analysis of women who …

OBJECTIVES: To estimate the number of women who will have symptomatic pelvic floor
disorders in the United States from 2010 to 2050. METHODS: We used population …

Please cite this paper as: Gyhagen M, Bullarbo M, Nielsen T, Milsom I. Prevalence and risk
factors for pelvic organ prolapse 20 years after childbirth: a national cohort study in singleton …

Female pelvic floor dysfunction is a term applied to a wide variety of clinical conditions,
including urinary incontinence, anal incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, sensory and …