title: A 2-Year Evaluation of Quality of Life Outcomes of Patients With Pelvic Organ Prolapse Treated With an Elevate Prolapse Repair System.
abstract: To evaluate 2-year quality of life of women with pelvic organ prolapse submitted to prosthetic correction with Elevate.
  
  
  
  We enrolled 116 consecutive patients with a stage ≥ to 2 prolapse. The Prolapse Quality of Life questionnaire was administered in the preoperative time and after 2 years of follow-up. The statistical results were obtained by using the SPSS Advanced Statistical™ 11.0 Software.
  
  
  
  Patient's quality of life improved substantially following prosthetic vaginal surgery. In particular, a clear improvement in the "general state of patients health" (P < 0.05), and a reduction in the daily physical, social, and psychological quality of life (P < 0.05) connected to the prolapse of pelvic organ were observed. Furthermore, a significant reduction in the percentage of patients with urinal disturbances (86.2% preoperative vs 20.7% postoperative; P < 0.05), and an improvement in patient's relations with their partners with 12 patients resuming sexual activity were found.
  
  
  
  This study demonstrates that prosthetic vaginal correction represents a long-term efficient clinical instrument for women with symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse. It also achieves a resolution for urinary symptomatology and embarrassment, social limitation, physical and psychological difficulties of women, which, in great part, resulted in many overcoming surgical therapy, worried about fixed outcomes.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, G. d'Annunzio University Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy.
authors.forename: Danilo Italo Pio
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Buca
authors.forename: Martina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leombroni
authors.forename: Eleonora
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Falò
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bruno
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Santarelli
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Frondaroli
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Liberati
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fanfani
mesh_terms: D000287:Administration, Topical; D020884:Colpotomy / Q000379:methods; D015914:Estrogen Replacement Therapy / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D013509:Gynecologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007045:Hysterectomy, Vaginal / Q000379:methods; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008875:Middle Aged; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D056887:Pelvic Organ Prolapse / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D019736:Prostheses and Implants / Q000009:adverse effects; D011788:Quality of Life; D020018:Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological / Q000209:etiology; D013526:Surgical Mesh / Q000009:adverse effects; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000209:etiology