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Pelvic Organ Prolapse

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Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is one of the most common problems faced by every gynecologist. Understandably, terminology is very important when describing vaginal or uterine descent, for two reasons. First, the physician’s notes must represent the clinical problem and be able to communicate it to another colleague exactly as it has been seen. The second reason is quality assurance in research, where exact terminology is needed to accurately describe changes in pelvic organ prolapse and to allow comparisons between institutions and studies.

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  1. Urology and Andrology Clinic, Department of Surgical and Biomedical Science, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

    Elisabetta Costantini MD

  2. Department of Urogynecology, San Carlo-IDI Hospital, Rome, Italy

    Franca Natale MD

  3. Department of Sciences and Medico-Surgical Biotechnologies, Sapienza, University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Antonio Carbone MD, Antonio Luigi Pastore MD & Giovanni Palleschi MD

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Costantini, E., Natale, F., Carbone, A., Pastore, A.L., Palleschi, G. (2016). Pelvic Organ Prolapse. In: Heesakkers, J., Chapple, C., De Ridder, D., Farag, F. (eds) Practical Functional Urology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25430-2_7

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