title: Pelvic organ prolapse in the neonate: report of two cases and review of the literature.
abstract: Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) in the new-born baby is a rare though well-acknowledged clinical condition. We present two cases of complete utero-vaginal prolapse in new-born babies. Both infants were otherwise healthy and neurologically normal in their clinical presentation and evaluation. The prolapse was successfully managed with a non-surgical approach. There appears to be two distinct forms of POP in newborns based on the available literature. There are those that occur in newborns with spina bifida (77 % of cases) and those that occur in neurologically intact newborns (23 %). The management of these two types are distinctly different and are discussed in greater detail in this report.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa, hennew@ufs.ac.za.
authors.forename: Etienne W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Henn
authors.forename: Leonard
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Juul
authors.forename: Kobus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: van Rensburg
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016135:Spinal Dysraphism / Q000150:complications; D014596:Uterine Prolapse / Q000151:congenital / Q000628:therapy*