This report describes a rare and complex case in which a patient, due to personal beliefs, persistently refused surgery, allowing a uterine leiomyoma to grow to 27.5 × 19.1 × 23.1 cm. This led to a series of life-threatening complications, including pseudo-Meigs syndrome (PMS) with massive pleural and ascitic effusions, 90% atelectasis of the right lung, left lower limb deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), an umbilical hernia, and severe pelvic organ prolapse (POP). Through multidisciplinary team (MDT) collaboration and a staged management strategy-involving initial inferior vena cava filter placement, nutritional support, and drainage of pleural and ascitic fluid, followed by successful tumor resection-the patient recovered. Postoperative pathology confirmed a cellular leiomyoma. This case profoundly illustrates the "cascade effect" whereby a massive pelvic mass, through mechanical compression and a sharp increase in intra-abdominal pressure, can lead to multi-system dysfunction.

Severe Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Post-Obstructive Diuresis (SOPPO) Pilot Study In our experience, women with severe pelvic organ prolapse (POP) frequently have bothersome nocturia. The International Continence Society (ICS) defines nocturia as "having to wake at night one or more times to void." Though some of this nocturia may be secondary to obstructed bladder emptying, the investigators hypothesize that in some women compression of the bilateral ureters due to prolapsed pelvic organs during the day and subsequent relief of that prolapse while the patient lays supine overnight results in nighttime post-obstructive diuresis (inability to concentrate urine) and resultant large nighttime urine volumes and nocturia. Previous case reports have proposed that vaginal and uterine vault prolapse causes obstruction due to descent of the bladder floor which leads to compression of the bilateral ureters between the uterus and the borders of the genital opening. No large prospective studies, however, have evaluated the possible impact of this phenomenon on patients or the possible post-operative changes following surgical correction of POP.

Several 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional measurements have been used to assess changes in pelvic floor structures and shape. These include assessment of urogenital and levator hiatus dimensions, levator injury grade, levator bowl volume, and levator plate shape. We argue that each assessment reflects underlying changes in an individual aspect of the overall changes in muscle and fascial structures. Vaginal delivery, aging, and interindividual variations in anatomy combine to affect pelvic floor structures and their connections in different ways. To date, there is no unifying conceptual model that permits the evaluation of how these many measures relate to one another or that reflects overall pelvic floor structure and function. Therefore, this study aimed to describe a unified pelvic floor conceptual model to better understand how the aforementioned changes to the pelvic floor structures and their biomechanical interactions affect pelvic organ support with vaginal birth, prolapse, and age. In this model, the pelvic floor is composed of 5 key anatomic structures: the (1) pubovisceral, (2) puborectal, and (3) iliococcygeal muscles with their superficial and inferior fascia; (4) the perineal membrane or body; and (5) the anal sphincter complex. Schematically, these structures are considered to originate from pelvic sidewall structures and meet medially at important connection points that include the anal sphincter complex, perineal body, and anococcygeal raphe. The pubovisceral muscle contributes primarily to urogenital hiatus closure, whereas the puborectal muscle is mainly related to levator hiatus closure, although each muscle contributes to the other. Dorsally and laterally, the iliococcygeal muscle forms a shelflike structure in women with normal support that spans the remaining area between these medial muscles and attachments to the pelvic sidewall. Other features include the levator plate, bowl volume, and anorectal angle. The pelvic floor conceptual model integrates existing observations and points out evident knowledge gaps in how parturition, injury, disease, and aging can contribute to changes associated with pelvic floor function caused by the detachment of one or more important connection points or pubovisceral muscle failure.

pain and bleeding. Uterine prolapse: when the uterus sags down due to weakened or stretched pelvic floor muscles potentially causing the uterus to protrude Hysterectomy is the surgical removal of the uterus and cervix. Supracervical hysterectomy refers to the removal of the uterus while the cervix is spared. These procedures may also involve removal of the ovaries (oophorectomy), fallopian tubes (salpingectomy), and other surrounding structures. The terms "partial" or "total" hysterectomy are lay terms that incorrectly describe the addition or omissi Endometriosis: growth of the uterine lining outside the uterine cavity. This inappropriate tissue growth can lead to pain and bleeding. Adenomyosis: a form of endometriosis, where the uterine lining has grown into and sometimes through the uterine wall musculature. This can thicken the uterine walls and also contribute to pain and bleeding. Heavy menstrual bleeding: irregular or excessive menstrual bleeding for greater than a week. It can disturb the regular quality of life and may be indicative of a more serious condition. Uterine fibroids: benign…

The role of partial denervation of the pelvic floor in the aetiology of genitourinary prolapse and stress incontinence of urine. A neurophysiological study. Single-fibre electromyography of the pubococcygeus muscle of the pelvic floor was performed in 69 asymptomatic women and 105 women with stress incontinence of urine or genitourinary prolapse or both. The results suggest that partial denervation of the pelvic floor with subsequent reinnervation is a normal accompaniment of ageing and is increased by childbirth. Women with stress incontinence of urine or genitourinary prolapse or both have a significant increase in denervation of the pelvic floor compared with asymptomatic women. Published in British journal of obstetrics and gynaecology (1989)

Pelvic floor disorders after childbirth have distressing lifelong consequences for women, requiring more than 300,000 women to have surgery annually. This represents approximately 10% of the 3 million women who give birth vaginally each year. Vaginal birth is the largest modifiable risk factor for prolapse, the pelvic floor disorder most strongly associated with birth, and is an important contributor to stress incontinence. These disorders require 10 times as many operations as anal sphincter injuries. Imaging shows that injuries of the levator ani muscle, perineal body, and membrane occur in up to 19% of primiparous women. During birth, the levator muscle and birth canal tissues must stretch to more than 3 times their original length; it is this overstretching that is responsible for the muscle tear visible on imaging rather than compression or neuropathy. The injury is present in 55% of women with prolapse later in life, with an odds ratio of 7.3, compared with women with normal support. In addition, levator damage can affect other aspects of hiatal closure, such as the perineal body and membrane. These injuries are associated with an enlarged urogenital hiatus, now known as antedate prolapse, and with prolapse surgery failure. Risk factors for levator injury are multifactorial and include forceps delivery, occiput posterior birth, older maternal age, long second stage of labor, and birthweight of >4000 g. Delivery with a vacuum device is associated with reduced levator damage. Other steps that might logically reduce injuries include manual rotation from occiput posterior to occiput anterior, slow gradual delivery, perineal massage or compresses, and early induction of labor, but these require study to document protection. In addition, teaching women to avoid pushing against a contracted levator muscle would likely decrease injury risk by decreasing tension on the vulnerable muscle origin. Providing care for women who have experienced difficult deliveries can be enhanced with early recognition, physical therapy, and attention to recovery. It is only right that women be made aware of these risks during pregnancy. Educating women on the long-term pelvic floor sequelae of childbirth should be performed antenatally so that they can be empowered to make informed decisions about management decisions during labor.

uterine prolapse (10–25%) and cystocele (35%) may suggest that there is some underlying abnormality of the pelvic floor that affects multiple pelvic organs A rectal prolapse occurs when walls of the rectum have prolapsed to such a degree that they protrude out of the anus and are visible outside the body. However, most researchers agree that there are 3 to 5 different types of rectal prolapse, depending on whether the prolapsed section is visible externally, and whether the full or only partial thickness of the rectal wall is involved. Rectal prolaps p…