Years from menopause-to-surgery is a major factor in the post-operative subjective outcome for pelvic organ prolapse
- Authors
- Ahn, Ki Hoon; Kim, Tak; Hur, Jun Young; Kim, Sun Haeng; Lee, Kyu Wan; Kim, Young Tae
- Issue Date
- Aug-2010
- Publisher
- SPRINGER LONDON LTD
- Keywords
- Years from menopause-to-surgery; Patient global impression of improvement; Pelvic organ prolapse
- Citation
- INTERNATIONAL UROGYNECOLOGY JOURNAL, v.21, no.8, pp 969 - 975
- Pages
- 7
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- INTERNATIONAL UROGYNECOLOGY JOURNAL
- Volume
- 21
- Number
- 8
- Start Page
- 969
- End Page
- 975
- URI
- https://scholarworks.korea.ac.kr/kumedicine/handle/2020.sw.kumedicine/14643
- DOI
- 10.1007/s00192-010-1133-1
- ISSN
- 0937-3462
1433-3023
- Abstract
- The purpose of the current study was to determine the main factors associated with post-operative subjective outcome in post-menopausal patients with pelvic organ prolapse. Ninety-four women were selected among patients who underwent surgery for grade 3 or 4 prolapse. The outcome was evaluated by the Patient Global Impression of Improvement (PGI-I) scale. Multivariate ordinal regression analysis was performed. The number of patients with improvement (1 or 2 on the PGI-I scale) was 88 (93.7%). Age and years from menopause-to-surgery were negatively (beta = -0.16, P = 0.01) and positively (beta = 0.14, P = 0.01) associated with the PGI-I scale. The aging effect was lost after adjusting for prolapse grade. The greater the number of years from menopause-to-pelvic organ prolapse surgery, the less satisfied were the patients. The association between older patients and greater satisfaction appears to be a confounding effect of prolapse grade.
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