Abstract
This article presents a standard system of terminology recently approved by the International
Continence Society, the American Urogynecologic Society, and the Society of Gynecologic
Surgeons for the description of female pelvic organ prolapse and pelvic floor dysfunction.
An objective site-specific system for describing, quantitating, and staging pelvic
support in women is included. It has been developed to enhance both clinical and academic
communication regarding individual patients and populations of patients. Clinicians
and researchers caring for women with pelvic organ prolapse and pelvic floor dysfunction
are encouraged to learn and use the system. (Am J Obstet Gynecol 1996;175:10-7.)
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Footnotes
☆From the International Continence Society Committee on Standardisation of Terminology, Subcommittee on Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction, in collaboration with the American Urogynecologic Society and the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons.
☆☆Reprint requests: Richard C. Bump, MD, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3609, Durham, NC 27710.
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© 1996 Mosby, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
