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Successful Surgical Management of Urethral Prolapse in a Postmenopausal Female
Urethral prolapse is a rare and benign condition where the inner urethral lining protrudes through the external urethral opening. This condition is mostly seen in prepubertal and postmenopausal women. Risk factors include obesity, multiparity, and the onset of menopause. It has a low occurrence, res...
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2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10251449/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37303371 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.38818 |
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author | Healey, Kevin D Phrathep, Davong D Herson, Andrew B Fives, Kaila R Hurley, Jenna R Ramos, Carlos E Rifai, Ahmad O |
author_facet | Healey, Kevin D Phrathep, Davong D Herson, Andrew B Fives, Kaila R Hurley, Jenna R Ramos, Carlos E Rifai, Ahmad O |
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description | Urethral prolapse is a rare and benign condition where the inner urethral lining protrudes through the external urethral opening. This condition is mostly seen in prepubertal and postmenopausal women. Risk factors include obesity, multiparity, and the onset of menopause. It has a low occurrence, resulting in frequent underdiagnosis. This is compounded by its typical delayed diagnosis. We present a case of a 71-year-old postmenopausal woman who presented with persistent urinary symptoms. After multiple failed conservative treatments, she underwent a successful urethral prolapse excision. Our case highlights the importance of considering urethral prolapse as a differential diagnosis in a postmenopausal woman with continual urinary symptoms. |
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spelling | pubmed-102514492023-06-10 Successful Surgical Management of Urethral Prolapse in a Postmenopausal Female Healey, Kevin D Phrathep, Davong D Herson, Andrew B Fives, Kaila R Hurley, Jenna R Ramos, Carlos E Rifai, Ahmad O Cureus Obstetrics/Gynecology Urethral prolapse is a rare and benign condition where the inner urethral lining protrudes through the external urethral opening. This condition is mostly seen in prepubertal and postmenopausal women. Risk factors include obesity, multiparity, and the onset of menopause. It has a low occurrence, resulting in frequent underdiagnosis. This is compounded by its typical delayed diagnosis. We present a case of a 71-year-old postmenopausal woman who presented with persistent urinary symptoms. After multiple failed conservative treatments, she underwent a successful urethral prolapse excision. Our case highlights the importance of considering urethral prolapse as a differential diagnosis in a postmenopausal woman with continual urinary symptoms. Cureus 2023-05-10 /pmc/articles/PMC10251449/ /pubmed/37303371 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.38818 Text en Copyright © 2023, Healey et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Obstetrics/Gynecology Healey, Kevin D Phrathep, Davong D Herson, Andrew B Fives, Kaila R Hurley, Jenna R Ramos, Carlos E Rifai, Ahmad O Successful Surgical Management of Urethral Prolapse in a Postmenopausal Female |
title | Successful Surgical Management of Urethral Prolapse in a Postmenopausal Female |
title_full | Successful Surgical Management of Urethral Prolapse in a Postmenopausal Female |
title_fullStr | Successful Surgical Management of Urethral Prolapse in a Postmenopausal Female |
title_full_unstemmed | Successful Surgical Management of Urethral Prolapse in a Postmenopausal Female |
title_short | Successful Surgical Management of Urethral Prolapse in a Postmenopausal Female |
title_sort | successful surgical management of urethral prolapse in a postmenopausal female |
topic | Obstetrics/Gynecology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10251449/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37303371 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.38818 |
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