POP Flashcards
POP
downward descent of female pelvic organs
established risk factors
vaginal birth
advance age
increased BMI
Potential risk factors of pop
previous hysterectomy
family history
constipation
race
Classification of pop
Anterior vaginal wall prolapse
Posterior vaginal wall prolapse
Apical prolapse
Anterior vaginal wall prolapse [anterior compartment]
urethrocele=urethra prolapse
cystocele=protrusion of bladder into vagina *common
posterior compartment
rectocele= rectum bulge into vagina
enterocele =small intestine bulge into vagina
apical prolapse
uterine prolapse
vaginal vault prolapse
vaginal vault prolapse
condition in which upper portion of the vagina loses it shape and sags or drops into vaginal canal or out of vagina
symptoms of prolapses
seeing or feeling the bulging
urinary incontinence
urgency
frequency
bowel incontinence
straining
dyspareunia
Assessments
digital palpation
Perineometer [vaginal monometer]
ultrasonography
scales
management of pop
Kegel exercise
Biofeedback
Vaginal cones
Pessaries
Trunk stabilization
Obliterative surgery
Reconstructive surgery
Colporrhaphy
treat anterior and posterior prolapse
Performed through the vagina
Sacro colpopexy
Treats vaginal vault prolapses and enterocele
Abdominal incision or laparoscopy
Surgical mesh attached to vagina and sacrum
Sacrohysteropexy
treat uterine prolapse
surgical mesh attached to uterine and sacrum
Hysterectomy
Removal of women’s uterus [partial] or and cervix [totally]
