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01-04-2014 | Clinical Opinion

POP-Q stage I prolapse: Is it time to alter our terminology?

Authors: Philip Toozs-Hobson, Steven Swift

Published in: International Urogynecology Journal | Issue 4/2014

Abstract

The Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification (POP-Q) staging system revolutionized the way we look at prolapse and gave us a much needed universal objective system that has helped in research and informing patients. The system is now 16 years old, and as our knowledge has increased, so has the realization that this system needs an overhaul in defining stage 1 “prolapse.”

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Title: POP-Q stage I prolapse: Is it time to alter our terminology?
Authors: Philip Toozs-Hobson
Steven Swift
Publication date: 01-04-2014
Publisher: Springer London
Published in: International Urogynecology Journal / Issue 4/2014
Print ISSN: 0937-3462
Electronic ISSN: 1433-3023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-013-2260-2

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