Comparative mid-term anatomical and functional outcomes following laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy in women under and over 65: results from a prospective study.

Purpose: To compare mid-term anatomical and functional outcomes following laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy (LS) between women under and over 65.

Methods: Prospective and observational study involving patients with symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse (POP) undergoing LS. Study population was stratified according to patients' age at the time of surgery.

[Laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy for exteriorized pelvic organ prolapse: Mid-term functional results].

Objectives: To assess feasibility and postoperative outcomes associated with laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy in patients presenting with exteriorized pelvic organ prolapse (stage>3).

Methods: Prospective study involving patients undergoing laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy for advanced stage pelvic organ prolapse. Symptoms and quality of life were evaluated at baseline and at 1, 4 and 18 months after surgery using validated questionnaires (PFDI-20 and PFIQ-7).

Economic impact of ulipristal acetate on surgical procedures for uterine fibroids in France.

Objective: To assess the budget impact of using ulipristal acetate (UPA) 5 mg to treat women with uterine fibroids (UF) causing moderate to severe symptoms.

Design: We modelled trends in the number of surgical procedures for symptomatic UF, with and without the use of UPA for preoperative or intermittent treatment and assessed the budget impact of UPA use from the French national healthcare insurance system perspective.

Setting: A French national hospital database (PMSI) that records admissions and relative procedures to public and private hospitals.

[Management of other ectopic pregnancies (cornual, interstitial, angular, ovarian)].

Objectives: To provide recommendations for management of interstitial and ovarian pregnancies.

Materials And Methods: A Medline search was conducted and discussed by a study group of experts.

Results: Ovarian and interstitial pregnancies are rare forms of ectopic pregnancy.