[ANCHORLESS VAGINAL IMPLANT FOR THE TREATMENT OF ADVANCED PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE].

Introduction: The use of vaginal mesh in pelvic surgery has previously demonstrated anatomical advantage combined with surgical complications that have called its effectiveness into question.

Objectives: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of an anchorless implant for the repair of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) in women with risk factors for recurrence.

Methods: Retrospective evaluation of the self-retaining support (SRS) implant in women with a ≥2 degree vaginal anterior and apical prolapse with an increased risk of prolapse recurrence.

Cervical Elongation - The Search for a Definition.

To evaluate the definition of the entity "cervical elongation", as it effects our clinical work and surgical outcome. A search of PubMed for publications since the year 2000 regarding "cervical elongation", in order to track the evolution in the understanding and assessing of the entity. Out of 27,317 publications, 25,285 were in English and, after filtering those for "humans" and "cervical elongation in women", we ended up with 16 relevant publications.