The Effect of Age on Short-Term Outcomes After Abdominal Surgery for Pelvic Organ Prolapse

Holly E. Richter; Patricia S. Goode; Kim Kenton; Morton B. Brown; Kathryn L. Burgio; Karl Kreder; Pamela Moalli; E. James Wright; Anne M. Weber; Pelvic Floor Disorders Network

doi:10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01178.x

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The Effect of Age on Short-Term Outcomes After Abdominal Surgery for Pelvic Organ Prolapse

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The Effect of Age on Short-Term Outcomes After Abdominal Surgery for Pelvic Organ Prolapse

Holly E. Richter, Patricia S. Goode, Kim Kenton, Morton B. Brown, Kathryn L. Burgio, Karl Kreder, Pamela Moalli, E. James Wright, Anne M. Weber and Pelvic Floor Disorders Network

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS), Vol.55(6), pp.857-863

06/2007

DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01178.x

PMID: 17537085

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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To compare perioperative morbidity and 1-year outcomes of older and younger women undergoing surgery for pelvic organ prolapse (POP). DESIGN: Prospective ancillary analysis. SETTING: Academic medical centers in National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Colpopexy and Urinary Reduction Study. PARTICIPANTS: Women with POP and no symptoms of stress incontinence. INTERVENTION: Abdominal sacrocolpopexy with randomization to receive Burch colposuspension for treatment of possible occult incontinence or not. MEASUREMENTS: Perioperative complications and Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification and quality-of-life (QOL) questionnaires (Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory, Pelvic Floor Impact Questionnaire, and Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) preoperatively, immediately postoperatively, and 6 weeks and 3 and 12 months postoperatively). RESULTS: Three hundred twenty-two women aged 31 to 82 (21% aged ≥70), 93% white. Older women had higher baseline comorbidity (P[removed]

Quality of Life

Surgery

length of stay

older women

outcomes

pelvic organ prolapse

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Title: Subtitle: The Effect of Age on Short-Term Outcomes After Abdominal Surgery for Pelvic Organ Prolapse
Creators: Holly E. Richter - University of Alabama at Birmingham
Patricia S. Goode - University of Alabama at Birmingham
Kim Kenton - University of Alabama at Birmingham
Morton B. Brown - University of Alabama at Birmingham
Kathryn L. Burgio - University of Alabama at Birmingham
Karl Kreder - University of Alabama at Birmingham
Pamela Moalli - University of Alabama at Birmingham
E. James Wright - From theDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology‡Division of Gerontology and Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama†Birmingham/Atlanta Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama§Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Loyola University, Maywood, Illinois∥Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Michigan¶Department of Urology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa#Division of Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaDepartment of Urology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland††National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland
Anne M. Weber - University of Alabama at Birmingham
Pelvic Floor Disorders Network
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS), Vol.55(6), pp.857-863
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01178.x
PMID: 17537085
NLM abbreviation: J Am Geriatr Soc
ISSN: 0002-8614
eISSN: 1532-5415
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc
Number of pages: 7
Language: English
Date published: 06/2007
Academic Unit: Obstetrics and Gynecology; Urology
Record Identifier: 9984383911302771

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