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.
Tweetable Abstract - Preoperative POP-Q score significantly differs when assessed intraoperatively under spinal anesthesia with traction in women wuth advanced POP.
Compliance with ethical standard –All procedures performed in this study involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of our institutionand with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The study was approved by Institutional Ethics Committee of Midnapore Medical College( letter number -MMC/ IEC-2019/193) and informed consent was obtained before enrolment.
Conflict of interests- There was nothing to disclose regarding financial, personal, political, intellectual or religious interests. There is no conflict of interests.