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. 2014 Apr;25(4):445-6.
doi: 10.1007/s00192-013-2260-2. Epub 2014 Feb 7.

POP-Q stage I prolapse: is it time to alter our terminology?

Philip Toozs-Hobson  1 , Steven Swift
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POP-Q stage I prolapse: is it time to alter our terminology?

Philip Toozs-Hobson et al. Int Urogynecol J. 2014 Apr.

Abstract

The Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification (POP-Q) staging system revolutionized the way we look at prolapse and gave us a much needed universal objective system that has helped in research and informing patients. The system is now 16 years old, and as our knowledge has increased, so has the realization that this system needs an overhaul in defining stage 1 "prolapse."

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