Active clinical trials for "Pelvic Organ Prolapse"

We hypothesize that women who use GIM pre-operatively will feel more prepared for surgery, have less anxiety on the day of surgery and have higher satisfaction scores 6 weeks after surgery compared to women who undergo our routine pre-operative care.

Objectives The objective of this study is to help identify the best practice regarding the use of indwelling catheter after minimally invasive urogynecologic surgery. Investigators propose a randomized controlled trial comparing the immediate removal of indwelling urethral catheter, after minimally invasive sacrocolpopexy, to the present standard catheter removal on post operative day one. Evidence based catheter management will be helpful to both providers and patients in post-operative decision making. Specific Aims Aim 1: To demonstrate that immediate removal of catheter after minimally invasive sacrocolpopexy results in shorter hospital stay than removal on postoperative day 1. Aim 2: To demonstrate that immediate removal of catheter after minimally invasive sacrocolpopexy confers no increased risk of re-catheterization. Aim 3: To demonstrate that immediate removal of catheter after minimally invasive sacrocolpopexy decreases the occurrence of urinary tract infection. Design A randomized controlled trial comparing the standard overnight indwelling urethral catheterization with removal of catheter immediately post surgery after minimally invasive sacrocolpopexy, at Oregon Health & Science University. Outcome measures Primary outcome measures are hospital stay in hours after completion of surgery and need for re-catheterization. Hospital stay will be counted from the time the patient leaves the operating room to the time she leaves the hospital. To avoid confounding, investigators are only including the first / morning case of the day. For re-catheterization, investigators will evaluate if patient was able to void after completion of surgery. Investigators will compare the post voiding residuals, the need for re-catheterizations and the numbers of patients going home with an indwelling catheter between the two groups. Investigators will also compare the number of urinary tract infections, as documented by urine culture and subsequent treatment, between the two groups. Study Subjects Study subjects will be women undergoing minimally invasive sacrocolpopexy. Women will be invited to participate in the study during their preoperative visit. If they agree to participation, this will be noted in their chart. Randomization to group will occur immediately following surgery.

This is research in which students are queried by questionnaires on their satisfaction with and experience with certain educational practices (use of a camera image projecting during a live surgery) or with pre-recorded video. As data collection only involves survey data collection and satisfaction with an educational experience, and randomization/intervention is only involving use of one type of educational method versus another .

In this study, the investigators are evaluating the effect of vaginal probiotics on the bothersome side effects of pessary use and the impact on the vaginal microenvironment (lactobacilli, anaerobic bacteria, mobiluncus bacteria, WBCs, cellular debris, epithelial cells, and BVAB-1), and inflammatory environment (cytokines).

FemmeJock is a pelvic floor support system developed by pelvic floor physiotherapists for patients with pelvic organ prolapse in order to ameliorate symptoms of pelvic floor pressure and discomfort. The device is a girdle to be worn on the outside of underwear. The device is machine washable and there are no documented risks with wearing it. This product is currently being used by pelvic floor physiotherapists and has been subjectively reported by individual accounts as being successful in improving pelvic floor symptoms. The efficacy of this product has not been previously studied in women with pelvic organ prolapse. The investigators are proposing a pilot study with the following specific aims: to assess patient satisfaction and continuation of use of the FemmeJock support system after 3 months of treatment. to describe, if any, the reasons for discontinuation associated with the use of this product, and to assess whether women experience improvement of pelvic floor symptoms after using this product.

The investigators aim is to augment the current process for surgical consent for patients undergoing urogynecological procedures by incorporating visual media. We propose that visual media will be an effective and efficient addition to the standard of care in urogynecological consents and will improve patient understanding and satisfaction. Our randomized controlled trial will investigate the effect of standardizing the consent for three urogynecologic procedures (vaginal hysterectomy, robotic sacrocolpopexy, and sub-urethral sling) using visual media, on patients' understanding of, and satisfaction with, their procedure. Our primary outcome will be patient's knowledge score at the end of the pre-operative clinic visit, and secondary outcomes include patients' satisfaction, subjective understanding of their procedure, immediate pre-operative and post-operative knowledge, and number of post-operative encounters. Participants will be followed up to their post-operative clinic visit.

This is a study to determine how vaginal estrogen cream given for several weeks before pelvic reconstructive therapy will effect elastic fiber assembly in the muscularis layer of the vaginal wall. Postmenopausal women with at least Stage 2 pelvic organ prolapse will receive either estrogen vaginal cream or placebo cream 6-8 weeks prior to reconstructive surgery. At time of surgery, full thickness biopsies will be obtained from a standardized location at the top of vagina. The investigators will measure the thickness of the vaginal muscularis, elastic fiber number and morphology, and analyze if elastic fiber synthesis or degradation is affected by estrogen therapy. The results will provide important data to support a larger clinical trial to determine if preoperative and maintenance estrogen therapy alter long-term success rates of pelvic reconstructive surgery for pelvic organ prolapse.

To our knowledge, no studies in Nepal have reported the feasibility of performing the pelvic floor muscle training in Nepalese women. The aim of the study is to develop and a pelvic floor muscle training programme based on information, education (leaflet, video) and pelvic floor muscles (PFM) exercise in order to prevent or reduce Pelvic organ prolapse(POP) and Urinary Incontinence (UI) in pregnant Nepalese women. The women will receive information (leaflet, video, posters) and guidance on PFMT. Following this, the women are advised to perform daily home PFM exercise Women will record their home PFMT using an exercise diary.

This study will compare voiding assessment based on a minimum spontaneous voided volume of 150 cc with the standard retrograde fill approach in women after pelvic floor procedures.

To evaluate the difference of three vaginal estrogens creams comparative with placebo on improvement of hormonal cytology, local and systemic climacteric complaints, as well as its endometrial security.