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    What are patient goals after an anterior colporrhaphy operation?

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    OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to describe patient-reported goals after an anterior colporrhaphy operation for anterior vaginal wall prolapse, the fulfilment of goals, and the correlation with subjective patient-reported outcomes.STUDY DESIGN: A prospective study involving 100 women. Preoperatively, patients completed three modified questions from the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire - Vaginal Symptoms (ICIQ-VS) named ICIQ-VS short form (ICIQ-VS SF) and stated three goals for the operation. A telephone interview was performed 3 months postoperatively.RESULTS: A Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) score from one to 10 estimated the extent to which goals were achieved. Goals were divided into eight groups: 1: mechanical symptoms (bulging), 2: voiding symptoms, 3: quality of life (physical), 4: quality of life (emotional), 5: avoidance of urinary tract infection, 6: cure of incontinence, 7: sexual function and 8: others. ICIQ-VS SF preoperatively was mean 13.6 and postoperatively mean 1.7 (p&lt;0.001). A total of 276 goals were stated, 63.4% of the goals were fulfilled with a VAS score of 10. The majority of the goals (27%) were in group 1 concerning symptoms of bulging. Mean VAS score for all goals was 8.6 (SD 2.5). Group 1 concerning mechanical symptoms of bulging had most goals fulfilled with a VAS of 10 (76%), and group 6 concerning cure of incontinence had fewest goals fulfilled with a VAS of 10 (31%). Forty patients (40%) fulfilled all their goals.CONCLUSIONS: Patient-described goal achievement was high. The majority of the fulfilled goals concerned mechanical symptoms of bulging, and goals concerning incontinence were the least fulfilled.</p

    Just between us

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    Just Between Us is a celebration of the vivid human connections that occur when traveling through some of the world's most stirring landscapes. These poems transport us from the Arctic to the tropics, over rural and urban lands, and even into the landscape of dreams. Throughout the verse is a sense of longing and the desire for intimacy, showing that despite our diverse lives, we are all driven to share our existences with one another.--Provided by publisher.Woven Zigzag with Lightning. Cheyenne Mountain Zoo -- Cruising the Baltic -- Sabrina Bort -- Kriskindlmarkt -- Bellagio -- My First Wat -- Hulling Rice -- Waterfalls -- Prayer for the Love Coach -- Desert Walk -- Pachamama -- Chipa -- Seven Sleepers in the Street -- Volcanoes in the Window -- Zacualpa -- In Your Dreams. In Your Piano Tuner Dream -- In Your Apple Dream -- In Your Snowflake Dream -- In My Deli Dream -- In Your Goat Dream -- In Your Tango Dream -- In Your Sexual Fantasy Dream -- In Your Light Dream -- In Your Prison Guard Dream -- In Your Child Soldier Dream -- In Your Future Dream -- In Your Tie Dream -- In Your Retirement Dream -- I Got a Sawzall. Melting Pot -- Ice Road Trucker -- Paul Austin: Oilfield Pianist -- Videographer -- Intermission -- Weatherman Healing -- Take an Orange in Case You Get Lost -- Siping -- Distaff -- Encephalogram -- Florina Sings Die Loreley -- Three Weeks Rain -- I Got a Sawzall -- Against Indifference. Just Between Us -- Some Fogs -- Some Gossip -- Some Colors -- Some String -- Some Women's Hair -- Eclipse -- Dog Dancing -- Coccyx -- Pall Bearers -- So One Day -- Ugly Lovers -- Winter Garden -- Morning Paper
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