Published in:
01-03-2018 | Commentary
Commentary on: The Manchester-Fothergill procedure versus vaginal hysterectomy with uterosacral ligament suspension: a matched historical cohort study
Author:
Tamara Grisales
Published in:
International Urogynecology Journal
|
Issue 3/2018
Login to get access
Excerpt
The authors of this study compared the uterus-sparing Manchester-Fothergill procedure (MP) with vaginal hysterectomy (VH) with native tissue repair for the management of apical/uterine prolapse. They synthesized data from four Danish national databases to obtain a comprehensive set of information including demographics and patient characteristics, preoperative short-form questionnaire and preoperative Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification (POP-Q) results, surgeon experience, and complications. The study was performed as a historical cohort matched according to age and preoperative POP-Q stage. …