Correlation of preoperative and intraoperative assessment of pelvic
organ prolapse by pelvic organ prolapse quantification system : a cross
sectional study
Abstract
Objective- To correlate the assessment of pelvic organ prolapse between
POP-Q score measured preoperatively with Valsalva manoeuvre and
intraoperatively with mechanical traction. Design – Cross sectional
Setting – Midnapore Medical College ,Midnapore , West Bengal , India
Sample - Women attending gynaecology out patient department ( OPD) with
symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse and planned for vaginal operative
treatment between March 2019 to February 2020. Methods - Preoperative
examination was done in OPD by POP-Q system with Valsalva manoeuvre and
final examination was done under spinal anesthesia with mechanical
traction. The correlation was done between pre and intraoperative
measurements. Results: All intraoperative POP-Q measurements showed
significant higher descent as compared with preoperative measurements
(mean difference Aa 0.72cm, Ba 1.08cm, C 1.66cm, Ap 0.26cm,Bp 1.6cm, D
1.6cm, Gh 0.6cm,) except for Pb and Tvl. . Among all nine measurements
the greatest difference between preoperative and intraoperative were
observed for point C, D and Bp. Conclusion:Preoperative POP-Q score
significantly differed when assessed intraoperatively under spinal
anesthesia with traction. Patient should beinformed that the surgical
plan might change depending on the intraoperative findings.Our study is
an alert for both surgeon and patient.