Vaginal pessary continuation in symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse patients with prior hysterectomy

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the success rate of pessary fitting and continuation rate for symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse (POP) patients with a hysterectomy and to explore potential predictors. METHODS In this prospective observational study, 119 symptomatic POP patients with a prior hysterectomy received pessary treatment between April 2015 and February 2019. A successful pessary fitting was defined as a patient who was fitted with a pessary and continued to use it 2 weeks later. Patients with successful pessary fitting were followed until February 2020. Data analysis was performed with t tests, nonparametric tests, chi-square tests, and logistic regression. RESULTS The success rate of pessary fitting was 63.2%. A history of POP reconstructive surgery (OR = 2.6, 95% CI 1.0-6.7, P = 0.043) and a short total vaginal length