title: Dynamic evaluation of female pelvic organ prolapse by extended proctography.
abstract: More accurate preoperative assessment by DCP or MR imaging hopefully should reduce the incidence of operative failure. These techniques help the surgeon to plan the different components of pelvic reconstructive surgery and, importantly, whether a transvaginal or transabdominal approach will be required. The current trend is toward the transabdominal route. Available evidence suggests that the reoperative rate is halved when the abdominal approach is employed. Large enteroceles and marked vaginal vault prolapse, in particular, are much more amenable to correction by transabdominal surgery. It should be recognized that enteroceles and sigmoidoceles often escape preoperative detection unless radiologic evaluation is performed. Global assessment of pelvic organ prolapse is optimized by ensuring that competing organs are effectively emptied by virtue of a triphasic approach. As expressed succinctly by Halligan, "the global pelvic floor specialist has arrived, and his closest ally is the radiologist".
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Methodist Hospital of Indiana, 1701 North Senate Boulevard, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA. fairways@indy.rr.com
authors.forename: Frederick M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Kelvin
authors.forename: Dean D T
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Maglinte
mesh_terms: D001466:Barium Sulfate; D003287:Contrast Media; D003672:Defecation; D005260:Female; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006547:Hernia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010388:Pelvis / Q000473:pathology; D011391:Prolapse; D012005:Rectal Prolapse / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012007:Rectum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014596:Uterine Prolapse / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014621:Vagina / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D001466:Barium Sulfate