A study to find the prevalence of prolapse uterus and the various treatment modalities applied in tertiary care hospital
Journal Title: MedPulse -International Medical Journal - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 9
Abstract
Introduction: Uterine prolapse is the condition of the uterus collapsing, falling down, or downward displacement of the uterus with relation to the vagina. It is also defined as the bulging of the uterus into the vagina. Aims and Objectives: To find the prevalence of prolapse uterus cases and also to find out the various treatment modalities applied for prolapse uterus. Material and Method: Retrospective hospital record based study carried among the1715 female patients admitted from various causes in the department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology from January 2012 to December 2014 in a Tertiary care Hospital were included. Data was collected from the Gynaecology Inpatient's records, in which the presenting symptoms, clinical diagnosis and investigations were recorded. Information on various symptoms, ages, clinical findings, diagnosis and the various treatment modalities applied among 1715 women were recorded. Results: The findings of the present study shows that the majority of the patients were between the age group of 40-44 years (15.80%) followed by 35-39 years (15.69%) and the least belonged to the age group of less than 20 years (1.11%). The cases of uterine prolapse are more common in the age group of 41-50 years (25.74%) followed by more than 60 years (21.53%). Majority of the uterine prolapse cases were treated by Vaginal Hysterectomy (70.05%).Conclusion: Effective antenatal care, supervised hospital deliveries, limiting of family size and efficient use of contraception and mandatory Kegel’s exercises after childbirth should be applied in reducing this disease so that our women can have better quality of life.
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M N Arvikar, A K Bhirud
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