title: Impact of Prolift procedure on bladder function and symptoms in women with pelvic organ prolapse.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aims to investigate the impact of the Prolift procedure on bladder function and symptoms in women with pelvic organ prolapse.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seventy-one consecutive patients who underwent the Prolift procedure were evaluated on the subjective reporting of symptoms and objective urodynamic measurements pre- and 1 year postoperatively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Subjective symptoms significantly improved after surgery included frequency, urgency incontinence, straining to void, incomplete bladder emptying, and poor urine stream but the incidence of stress urinary incontinence was unchanged. Compared with preoperative urodynamic measurements, the residual urine volume, maximal bladder capacity, and urethral closure pressure significantly decreased postoperatively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  After 1-year follow-up, the Prolift procedure resulted in reduced storage function and impaired bladder capacity urodynamically, but emptying function improved. Lower urinary tract symptoms were significantly improved, except for an unchanged incidence of stress urinary incontinence. Women should be informed of the possible impacts before the procedure.
authors.affiliation: Division of Urogynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, 92 Sec. 2 Chung-San North Road, Taipei 104, Taiwan. drthsu@mail.itrip.com.tw
authors.forename: Tsung-Hsien
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Po-En
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Hui-Hsuan
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.forename: Wen-Chu
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Tzu-Yin
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Ching-Hung
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Hsieh
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D013509:Gynecologic Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008875:Middle Aged; D053158:Nocturia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D056887:Pelvic Organ Prolapse / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000502:physiology*; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D053202:Urinary Incontinence, Urge / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D014563:Urodynamics / Q000502:physiology*