Pelvic organ prolapse affects millions, yet many women remain untreated.
- Only 18-50% of women seek treatment due to limited knowledge and access issues.
- Monitoring asymptomatic patients is valid; up to 40% show improvement without intervention over 60 months.
- Native tissue repair is now the recommended first-line surgical option, emphasizing patient-reported outcomes over anatomical focus.
Choose treatments based on symptom severity and individual preferences to improve patient satisfaction and outcomes.
- Pessary success rate exceeds 90%, offering a non-surgical alternative with notable persistence.
Review by Padoa A, Braga A (…) Serati M et 3 al. in J Clin Med
