Women Lift Safely! An Intervention Study to Reduce the Risks of Heavy Lifting
BehaviorHealth3 moreThe Women Lift Safely! Intervention study aims to increase safe carrying behavior to reduce health risks of heavy lifting in a rural area of Nepal (i.e. reducing weight and using safe lifting techniques). The study's specific aims are to: 1) Test whether a psychological intervention that promotes self-efficacy can promote women's use of safe carrying behavior effectively compared to an information only control condition. (2) Test whether including a social partner in the intervention is more effective than an individual psychological intervention.
Gabapentin for Postop Pain After SSLF
Pelvic Organ ProlapsePurpose: To assess the impact of gabapentin versus placebo on overall postoperative pain and gluteal pain at 7 days after vaginal sacrospinous ligament suspension for apical pelvic organ prolapse. Participants: English-speaking women planning to undergo a vaginal SSLF. Concurrent procedures can be performed except total vaginal hysterectomy, colpocleisis, anal sphincteroplasty, fistula surgery, or urethral diverticulectomy Procedures (methods): Patients will be randomized to receive either 2 weeks of gabapentin or placebo for 2 weeks post-operatively. Standard of care pain medications will be given to both groups. Patients will be followed for 6 weeks post-operatively.
Treatment for Stress and Mixed Urinary Incontinence and Vaginal Vault Prolapse
Urinary IncontinenceStress2 moreThe primary objective of this study is to further evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the use of a sling device in women for stress and mixed urinary incontinence as well as vaginal vault prolapse.
Sprix for Postoperative Pain Control Following Gynecologic Surgery
Post Operative Pain ControlNarcotic Use4 moreThe ongoing opioid epidemic has altered both how physicians prescribe narcotics and patients' perceptions of those prescriptions. Along with increased scrutiny regarding the quantity of opioids that be may prescribed after acute injury, for chronic conditions and following surgery the healthcare industry as a whole continues to search for alternative medications that provide adequate pain relief and have a reduced tendency for abuse/dependence/addition. To that end this study has the following aims: To evaluate the amount of opioids consumed following minimally invasive, female pelvic surgery when patients' postoperative pain is managed via: Acetaminophen plus Ibuprofen plus breakthrough pain opioids (Standard protocol) Acetaminophen plus Intranasal Ketorolac Tromethamine plus opioids for breakthrough pain (Sprix protocol) Patient satisfaction with the aforementioned methods Evaluate and compare pain scores via validated questionnaire Hypothesis: Primary: 1. Patients prescribed intranasal Ketorolac (Sprix protocol) will consume significantly less Morphine Milliequivalents (mEqs) of narcotics compared to the standard protocol following minimally invasive female pelvic surgery. Secondary: Patients in the Sprix protocol will have lower Visual Analog Scale (VAS) measures of pain which will be measured on a 0-10 scale where 0 denotes no pain and 10 denotes maximum experience of pain Patients in the Sprix protocol will have lower numeric pain score and on POD#4 Patients in the Sprix protocol will have higher Quality of Recovery 40 (QoR-40 )scores on POD#1 Patients in the Sprix protocol will have higher QoR-40 scores on POD#4 Patients will not have any significant difference in overall surgical satisfaction on POD#1 and POD#4 using a numerical satisfaction score Patients in the Sprix protocol will be more likely to consume no narcotics at all once discharged to home
Does Dexamethasone Administration Improve Recovery In Patients Undergoing Minimally Invasive Sacrocolpopexy?...
Quality of LifePelvic Organ Prolapse2 moreThe primary aim is to evaluate whether standard administration of Dexamethasone at the time of general anesthesia induction at the time of minimally invasive sacrocolpopexy (MISC) would result in improved quality of recovery (QoR).
Early Versus Late Voiding Trials After Prolapse Repair
Urinary RetentionPelvic Organ ProlapseThe primary aim of this study is to determine if normal bladder function (the ability to empty the bladder during spontaneous urination) after surgical repair of pelvic organ prolapse returns faster in patients who have a retrograde voiding trial the day of surgery versus patients who have a retrograde voiding trial on postoperative day one. Half of participants will have a voiding trial 4 hours after surgery, while the other half will have the voiding trial postoperative day one.
Anatomical and Functional Outcomes of Perigee and Apogee Mesh in Total Pelvic Floor Reconstruction...
Pelvic Organ ProlapseThe investigators designed a prospective study in this article to evaluate the efficacy, the life quality and the complications of two different meshes of type I (one is Perigee/Apogee, the other is named Gynecare prolift) versus traditional surgery, and also studied the influence of some surgical procedures on the prognosis.
Testing a Decision Aid for Women With Urogenital Prolapse
Pelvic Organ ProlapseDevelopment of a decision aid for women with urogenital prolapse followed by an intervention with use of the decision aid to investigate the effect on the perceived shared decision making in the clinical consultations. A protocol for a randomized controlled non blinded multicenter trial. A feasibility trial for the protocol.
Study of Outpatient Management for Promontofixation by Laparoscopy
Pelvic Organ ProlapseLaparoscopic promontofixation is becoming increasingly common and is currently the standard surgical procedure for pelvic prolapse, with few complications including exposure and mesh infection. The research hypothesis is that laparoscopic promontofixation is a relatively painless procedure and can be performed on an outpatient basis without increasing the number of postoperative complications and impairing patients' quality of life. The objective of this study is to evaluate the number of rehospitalizations after management of promontofixation by laparoscopy on an outpatient basis. To evaluate the feasibility of a postoperative H8 exit after laparoscopic promontofixation. Each patient will complete a questionnaire on the experience of management, both in terms of pain management, anxiety and overall satisfaction.
Pelvic Floor Disorder Assessment of Knowledge and Symptoms: an Educational Model in Spanish-Speaking...
Pelvic Organ ProlapseUrinary Incontinence1 morePelvic floor health workshops have previously been shown to be effective in improving postpartum knowledge, performance of pelvic floor muscle exercises, and bowel-specific quality of life. Group learning through a class focused on behavioral modification and pelvic floor muscle exercises for women with urinary incontinence, has been shown to be an effective means to educate women about urinary incontinence management. The PAKS study hopes to demonstrate whether Spanish-speaking women that undergo an informative workshop on pelvic floor disorders via video in Spanish are more likely to raise their level of knowledge surrounding pelvic floor disorders and improve the pelvic floor symptoms.