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Erschienen in: International Urogynecology Journal 8/2018

15.09.2017 | Original Article

Obesity: how much does it matter for female pelvic organ prolapse?

verfasst von: Natharnia Young, Ixora Kamisan Atan, Rodrigo Guzman Rojas, Hans Peter Dietz

Erschienen in: International Urogynecology Journal | Ausgabe 8/2018

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Abstract

Introduction and hypothesis

The objective was to determine the association between body mass index (BMI) and symptoms and signs of female pelvic organ prolapse (POP).

Methods

An observational cross-sectional study of 964 archived datasets of women seen for symptoms and signs of lower urinary tract and pelvic organ dysfunction between September 2011 and February 2014 at a tertiary urogynaecology centre in Australia was carried out. An in-house standardised interview, the International Continence Society Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification (ICS POP-Q) and 4-D translabial ultrasound, followed by analysis of ultrasound volumes for pelvic organ descent and hiatal area on Valsalva, were performed, blinded against other data.

Results

There is a positive association between BMI and posterior compartment prolapse on clinical examination and ultrasound imaging, but not for the anterior and central compartments. There was no association with prolapse symptom bother and a negative association with symptoms of prolapse.

Conclusions

In this observational study, we found a strong association between all tested measures of posterior compartment descent and BMI, both clinical and on imaging.
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Metadaten
Titel
Obesity: how much does it matter for female pelvic organ prolapse?
verfasst von
Natharnia Young
Ixora Kamisan Atan
Rodrigo Guzman Rojas
Hans Peter Dietz
Publikationsdatum
15.09.2017
Verlag
Springer London
Erschienen in
International Urogynecology Journal / Ausgabe 8/2018
Print ISSN: 0937-3462
Elektronische ISSN: 1433-3023
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-017-3455-8

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