- In women with pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI), continence surgery at the same time as POP surgery likely improves rates of SUI after surgery. In continent women ...

A. This non-life-threatening condition occurs in a woman when damage to the connective tissue and muscles holding up the vagina, uterus, and cervix causes these organs to prolapse, or drop, from their ...

A pessary is a device that manages pelvic organ prolapse without surgery. You insert the device into your vagina, where it supports your uterus, vagina, bladder, or rectum. Some types of pessaries ...

Pelvic reconstructive surgery treats pelvic organ prolapse, which can occur due to factors like childbirth or chronic coughing. Recovery varies depending on the type of surgery. Pelvic reconstructive ...

A repair procedure isn’t necessary for everyone who develops a rectocele, but it may be the treatment of choice when symptoms can’t be managed conservatively. A rectocele is a type of pelvic organ ...

Kate Hickey was at a trampoline park with her children when she felt pressure in her pelvic area and knew something was wrong ...

September 19, 2011 (Providence, Rhode Island) — The degree of cervical descent seen with a Valsalva maneuver during an examination in the physician's office is often quite different from that seen ...