Table 1 Symptoms of prolapse reported by women and grades of POP found on clinical examination.
Degree of prolapse/bulging | N 613* | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Comes and goes back at the strain | 261 | 42.6 |
2 | Partially out but need to push it up back in vagina | 188 | 30.7 |
3 | Completely hanging out from vagina | 164 | 26.8 |
Women on which clinical examination conducted | |||
Baden-Walker system for evaluation of POP grade by clinical examination | N 521** | % | |
1 | Grade I (Descent halfway to hymen) | 188 | 36.1 |
2 | Grade II (Descent to the hymen) | 136 | 26.1 |
3 | Grade III (Descent halfway past the hymen) | 89 | 17.1 |
4 | Grade IV (Maximum possible descent for each site) | 108 | 20.7 |