Lactic acid bacteria colonization and clinical outcome after probiotic supplementation in conventionally treated bacterial vaginosis and vulvovaginal candidiasis.

This randomized double-blind placebo controlled study assessed the vaginal colonization of lactic acid bacteria and clinical outcome. Vaginal capsules containing L gasseri LN40, Lactobacillus fermentum LN99, L. casei subsp.

Tension-free vaginal tape after failed cystoscopic transurethral injections for stress urinary incontinence.

This case series aims to determine the feasibility of performing a tension-free vaginal tape procedure after failed transurethral injection treatment in women with stress urinary incontinence.

Immediate or delayed repair of obstetric anal sphincter tears-a randomised controlled trial.

Objective: To investigate if an 8- to 12-hour time delay of primary repair affects anal incontinence at 1-year follow up.

Design: Randomised controlled trial.

Setting: University hospital in Sweden.

Effects of hysterectomy on bowel function: a three-year, prospective cohort study.

Purpose: This study was a prospective evaluation of the long-term effects of hysterectomy on bowel function using self-reported outcome measures on symptoms of constipation, rectal emptying difficulties, and anal incontinence.

Methods: In this prospective cohort study, 120 consecutive patients undergoing hysterectomy for benign conditions answered a questionnaire on bowel habits and anorectal symptoms preoperatively. Forty-four patients underwent vaginal and 76 abdominal hysterectomy.

Long-term outcome of abdominal sacrocolpopexy using xenograft compared with synthetic mesh.

Objectives: To assess the clinical outcome after abdominal sacrocolpopexy using a porcine dermal graft compared with a synthetic mesh.

Methods: Patients with vaginal vault prolapse Stage II or worse (Baden-Walker staging), underwent sacrocolpopexy using a synthetic mesh (n = 25) or porcine collagen graft (n = 27). The subjective outcome was measured using validated questionnaires.