Pelvic organ prolapse (POP), or urogenital prolapse, is a common health problem associated with pelvic floor dysfunction amongst women 1 and was found to be more prevalent in low-income countries. 2 It is estimated that POP can affect as many as 50% of adult women over the age of 40 years 3 with a 13% lifetime risk of undergoing surgery. 4–6
Well-documented risk factors for all three POP compartments include older age, obesity, pregnancy, vaginal delivery, high parity, previous hysterectomy, and chronic obstructive defecation. It has been established that prolapse of the anterior compartment is the most common type, being two times more prevalent than posterior prolapse and three times more prevalent than apical prolapse. 7 However, it has been determined that posterior wall prolapse has a different prevalence among different countries, with a significantly higher prevalence (48.2%) in Ireland than in other Western countries, such as the United States of America (38.4%) and Germany (33.2%). 8
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