'Doctor, what on earth is that terrible bulge?' The diagnosis and management of vaginal vault prolapse.
Patients with vaginal vault prolapse are more frequently found in the postmenopausal age group and often delay seeking help for a myriad of reasons. A sensitive physician can provide support throughout the required comprehensive work-up. Choice of therapy depends upon the overall assessment of the patient with both conservative and more invasive definitive therapies available. The result of either approach can lay the patients fears and misunderstandings to rest and return her to a more complete and fulfilling life.
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Division of Urogynecology, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI, USA.
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