Older Surgical Procedure for Pelvic Prolapse Repair Prevails in Randomized Trial
A long-time surgical standard for pelvic organ prolapse repair prevailed in a comparison against a newer technique that currently predominates in some parts of the world. Sacrospinous hysteropexy failed to meet noninferiority criteria versus the Manchester procedure for the primary composite outcome of treatment success, with the latter achieving success in 87.3% of patients compared […]
‘Practice Changing’ Trial on Activity Recs After Prolapse Surgery
Telling patients who undergo pelvic organ prolapse (POP) surgery they can resume physical activity and work as soon as they’re able to resulted in noninferior anatomic and symptomatic outcomes compared with standard recommendations, a randomized trial showed. Of 107 women who underwent minimally invasive surgery at a single center, maximum anatomic POP support loss and […]
High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy Boost in Prostate Cancer Improves QOL
SAN ANTONIO — Men with intermediate- and high-risk prostate cancer treated with external-beam pelvic radiotherapy (EBRT) had better quality of life (QOL) outcomes when the combined prostate brachytherapy boost had a high dose rate (HDR), according to research presented here. In a randomized phase III trial comparing health-related QOL outcomes after either low dose rate […]
Endometriosis: It’s Not Just Painful Periods
Latest Women’s Health News SUNDAY, March 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) Chronic pelvic pain — typically during menstruation — is the most common indication of endometriosis, an incurable inflammatory condition that can cause infertility, an expert says. About 10% of women have the disorder in which tissue that normally lines the uterus grows outside of it […]
Digital Device Proves Effective for Treating Urinary Incontinence in Women
Pelvic floor muscle training using a motion-based digital intravaginal device significantly improved symptoms for women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) compared with a home training program, a virtually conducted randomized controlled trial showed. Participants who used the device had greater improvements in urinary symptom severity and degree of bother as measured by the Urogenital Distress […]