Adnexal masses and pregnancy: a 12-year experience.

Objective: Our purpose was to describe pregnancy-associated adnexal masses in eastern North Carolina.

Study Design: A retrospective study was performed of 60 adnexal masses resected during pregnancy at a regional referral hospital from January 1990 to March 2002.

Results: Adnexal masses occurred in 0.

Pregnancy, labor, delivery, and pelvic organ prolapse.

Objective: To compare 1) the occurrence of pelvic organ prolapse after vaginal and cesarean delivery, and 2) the susceptibility of black and white women to developing prolapse during childbirth.

Methods: Ninety-four nulliparous women were evaluated for pelvic organ prolapse at their 36-week antepartum and 6-week postpartum visits using the International Continence Society staging system. A change in International Continence Society stage from 36 weeks antepartum to 6 weeks postpartum was considered pelvic organ prolapse that developed during childbirth.