Table 5.

Pelvic organ prolapse surgery type by age group in Olmsted County, MN, 1965–2002

	No. of patients (%)
Surgery type	<30 y (n=311)	30–39 y (n=770)	40–49 y (n=1,237)	50–59 y (n=614)	60–69 y (n=430)	70–79 y (n=353)	≥80 y (n=98)
Vaginal hysterectomy
With cystocele repair	24 (7.7)	151 (19.6)	302 (24.4)	130 (21.2)	120 (27.9)	103 (29.2)	39 (39.8)
With cystocele and rectocele repair	9 (2.9)	111 (14.4)	162 (13.1)	51 (8.3)	19 (4.4)	13 (3.7)	2 (2.0)
Vaginal construction/reconstruction	2 (0.6)	17 (2.2)	42 (3.4)	10 (1.6)	3 (0.7)	1 (0.3)	0 (0)
Vaginal fixation/suspension	0 (0)	1 (0.1)	1 (0.08)	1 (0.2)	0 (0)	1 (0.3)	0 (0)
Fistula repair	0 (0)	4 (0.5)	2 (0.2)	1 (0.2)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
With any other pelvic floor repairs	31 (10.0)	317 (41.2)	511 (41.3)	274 (44.6)	183 (42.6)	131 (37.1)	22 (22.4)
Abdominal hysterectomy
With cystocele repair	7 (2.3)	52 (6.8)	118 (9.5)	43 (7.0)	5 (1.2)	9 (2.5)	1 (1.0)
With cystocele and rectocele repair	1 (0.3)	20 (2.6)	32 (2.6)	21 (3.4)	5 (1.2)	2 (0.6)	3 (3.1)
With vaginal construction/reconstruction	0 (0)	0 (0)	5 (0.4)	4 (0.7)	0 (0)	2 (0.6)	0 (0)
Vaginal fixation/suspension	0 (0)	0 (0)	2 (0.2)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Fistula repair	0 (0)	1 (0.1)	1 (0.08)	0 (0)	1 (0.2)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Pelvic floor repairs only
Cystocele repair	78 (25.1)	33 (4.3)	28 (2.3)	37 (6.0)	49 (11.4)	49 (13.9)	20 (20.4)
Cystocele and rectocele repair	144 (46.3)	50 (6.5)	25 (2.0)	37 (6.0)	42 (9.8)	37 (10.5)	9 (9.2)
Vaginal construction/reconstruction	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (0.08)	3 (0.5)	0 (0)	1 (0.3)	1 (1.0)
Vaginal fixation/suspension	1 (0.3)	1 (0.1)	0 (0)	1 (0.2)	0 (0)	3 (0.8)	0 (0)
Fistula repair	14 (4.5)	12 (1.6)	5 (0.4)	1 (0.2)	3 (0.7)	1 (0.3)	1 (1.0)