5 Clinical Trials for Various Conditions
To prospectively observe the outcomes of surgical prolapse treatment in terms of urinary, bowel, and sexual function, quality of life, patient satisfaction, cost, and achieving patient determined treatment goals.
The investigators propose to determine esophageal Doppler goal-directed fluid requirements in lean, overweight, obese, and morbidly obese patients with the goal of developing a body mass index (BMI)-specific fluid replacement strategy. Specifically, th investigators will test the hypothesis that perioperative fluid requirements on a per-kg basis varies as a function of BMI. Individuals scheduled for elective, open abdominal surgeries, vaginal hysterectomies or genital prolapse repair will be eligible to participate
The research objective of this proposal is to investigate the clinical utility and validity of eLASV as a personalized marker for women's individual risk of recurrence for pelvic organ prolapse following advanced surgical procedures. Estimated levator ani subtended volume (eLASV) is a reproducible magnetic resonance image of the female pelvis that objectively quantifies the integrity of the pelvic floor levator ani muscles. A woman's levator ani muscle anatomical shape is unique to her as a result of her own individual lifetime risk for development of pelvic floor dysfunction. The novelty of eLASV as a measurement of muscle integrity, separates it methodology from the solitary of diagnosing partial trauma or defects as previously published within the literature. eLASV measurements have the potential to identify women at increased risk for surgical failure and may be used as a prognostic tool to aid in future counseling and stratification of patients into surgical options for treatment of pelvic organ prolapse.
The purpose of this study is to determine if the investigators can precisely predict how much pain medication the subjects will need after surgery using a special calculator that was developed for this purpose.
This is a randomized controlled surgical trial evaluating the use of a concomitant posterior colporrhaphy and/or perineorrhaphy at the conclusion of minimally invasive sacrocolpopexy to narrow enlarged genital hiatuses in a population of women with pelvic organ prolapse. The study's primary outcome is the proportion of women at 6 months postoperatively who still have an enlarged genital hiatus. An exploratory sub-aim (as of October 2021) of the study is to evaluate the levator hiatal area as compared with the genital hiatus by using preoperative and postoperative transperineal ultrasounds. Subjects will be invited to participate, but is not required for study participation.