This is a single center, double-blind, randomized controlled trial evaluating the change in sexual function in women undergoing vaginal repair for pelvic organ prolapse. Participants will be sexually active women who agree to randomization to having perineorrhaphy added to or excluded from their surgical repair. We hypothesize that sexual function will improve more significantly in women undergoing vaginal repair with perineorrhaphy.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
44
Procedure to build up the vaginal opening
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
Change in sexual function as measured by validated questionnaire
Validated questionnaires will be administered prior to surgery, as well as at intervals after surgery.
Time frame: 6 months and 12 months after surgery
Prolapse recurrence
A composite outcome score to define success of prolapse surgery will be applied to subjects at 6 and 12 months specifically looking for return of prolapse symptoms, anatomic recurrence, and need for retreatment
Time frame: 6 months, 12 months
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