Risk factors of surgical failure following sacrospinous colpopexy for the treatment of uterovaginal prolapse.

Purpose: Trans-vaginal sacrospinous colpopexy is one of the surgical procedures used to repair varying degrees of vaginal vault and uterovaginal prolapse. The purpose of this study is to analyse the potential risk factors of surgical failure following sacrospinous colpopexy.

Methods: A retrospective study of 114 women who underwent unilateral sacrospinous colpopexy at Jordan University Hospital from January 2005 to January 2008 were included.

Age at menarche, menstrual patterns, and menstrual characteristics in Jordanian adolescent girls.

Objective: To estimate the distribution of age at menarche and investigate menstrual patterns and symptoms among adolescent Jordanian girls.

Methods: Menstrual status data were collected from 596 secondary-school students from the Amman area via a self-administered questionnaire. Descriptive statistics, cross-tabulation, and correlation coefficient calculations were used where appropriate, and probit analysis was applied to estimate mean ± SD age at menarche.