2024
Preventing the Next Neglected Pessary: A Quality Improvement Initiative.
Popiel P, Maggi M, Dalal S, Curran M, Rickey L. Preventing the Next Neglected Pessary: A Quality Improvement Initiative. Urogynecology 2024 PMID: 39331811, DOI: 10.1097/spv.0000000000001578.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchQuality improvement initiativesPelvic organ prolapseFollow-upImprovement initiativesOrgan prolapsePatients lost to follow-upIncreased risk of complicationsRisk of complicationsImprove patient careElectronic medical recordsPessary complicationsPessary placementVaginal ulcerPessary managementPessaryIncreased riskPrevent complicationsPatient carePatientsMedical recordsComplicationsMedical professionalsProlapseImplantationOB/GYNTikTok misinformation and user engagement in female pelvic floor conditions
Stephan A, Hauc S, Marks V, Bercik R, Rickey L. TikTok misinformation and user engagement in female pelvic floor conditions. Neurourology And Urodynamics 2024, 43: 1956-1961. PMID: 38828831, PMCID: PMC11496003, DOI: 10.1002/nau.25519.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFemale pelvic floorUser engagementDistributing medical informationConsumer health informationHealth informationPelvic floor conditionsPelvic organ prolapseUrinary tract infectionSocial media platformsContent creationQuality of consumer health informationTikTok videosQuality of informationVideoUsersCross-sectional studyOrgan prolapseOveractive bladderPelvic floorTract infectionsHigher engagementMedical informationMedia platformsPoor qualityInclusion criteria
2019
Pain and activity after vaginal reconstructive surgery for pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence
Barber M, Brubaker L, Nygaard I, Wai C, Dyer K, Ellington D, Sridhar A, Gantz M, Network N, Dickersin K, Jiang L, Lavender M, O’Dell K, Ryan K, Tulikangas P, Kong L, McClish D, Rickey L, Shade D, Tuteja A, Yount S. Pain and activity after vaginal reconstructive surgery for pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence. American Journal Of Obstetrics And Gynecology 2019, 221: 233.e1-233.e16. PMID: 31201809, PMCID: PMC7250460, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2019.06.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPelvic organ prolapseVaginal vault suspensionSacrospinous vaginal vault suspensionActivity Assessment ScaleMidurethral slingVault suspensionOrgan prolapseReconstructive surgeryPain medicationPostoperative painSurgical groupUrinary incontinenceBodily painFunctional activityPhysical functioningForm Health Survey bodily painBaseline levelsAssessment ScaleImmediate postoperative painNarcotic pain medicationNonnarcotic pain medicationRole-physical subscaleSurgical Pain ScalesSynthetic midurethral slingsTransvaginal prolapse repair