Thoracic kyphosis and the prevalence of advanced uterine prolapse.
Publication/Presentation Date
4-1-1996
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine if there is an association between the degree of thoracic kyphosis and the prevalence of advanced uterine prolapse in women.
METHODS: A retrospective case-control study compared the degree of thoracic kyphosis among white women with advanced uterine prolapse with that of matched controls. Medical records were reviewed for 412 consecutive women who underwent either abdominal or vaginal hysterectomy. The cases were those with uterine prolapse to or beyond the level of the introitus, and women with no evidence of prolapse served as controls. Spinal curvature was measured preoperatively for each patient using a lateral chest x-ray and the Ferguson method. Forty-eight cases were matched to 48 controls for age, weight, menopausal status, and hormonal status. Results were stratified to analyze the effect of parity on the relationship between uterine prolapse and thoracic kyphosis.
RESULTS: The degree of thoracic kyphosis was higher in patients with uterine prolapse than in controls (mean paired difference = 4.9 degrees, 95% confidence interval [CI] 3.1-6.7; P < .001). Patients with uterine prolapse had a mean spinal curvature of 13.0 degrees (95% CI 11.5-14.5), whereas controls had one of 8.1 degrees (95% CI 6.9-9.4). A higher degree of thoracic kyphosis was associated with an incremental higher occurrence of uterine prolapse (odds ratio 1.35, 95% CI 1.11-1.65; P < .01).
CONCLUSION: Thoracic kyphosis appears to be associated with uterine prolapse.
Volume
87
Issue
4
First Page
605
Last Page
609
ISSN
0029-7844
Published In/Presented At
Lind, L. R., Lucente, V., & Kohn, N. (1996). Thoracic kyphosis and the prevalence of advanced uterine prolapse. Obstetrics and gynecology, 87(4), 605–609. https://doi.org/10.1016/0029-7844(95)00477-7
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
8602316
Department(s)
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Document Type
Article