Medicine:Genital hiatus

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Short description: Distance between the urethral meatus and the posterior hymen
Not to be confused with urogenital hiatus.

The genital hiatus is an anthopometric measure of the vulva defined as the distance between the urethral meatus and the posterior margin of the hymen.[1][2]

The measure is part of the pelvic organ prolapse quantification system (POPQ).[3] High genital hiatus distance is correlated with greater likelihood of pelvic organ prolapse.[1][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Handa, Victoria L.; Blomquist, Joan L.; Carroll, Megan K.; Muñoz, Alvaro (2021-02-01). "Genital Hiatus Size and the Development of Prolapse Among Parous Women". Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery 27 (2): e448–e452. doi:10.1097/SPV.0000000000000960. ISSN 2154-4212. PMID 33109929. PMC 7855465. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7855465/. 
  2. ↑ Haylen, Bernard T.; Maher, Christopher F.; Barber, Matthew D.; Camargo, Sérgio; Dandolu, Vani; Digesu, Alex; Goldman, Howard B.; Huser, Martin et al. (2016-02). "An International Urogynecological Association (IUGA) / International Continence Society (ICS) Joint Report on the Terminology for Female Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP): International Urogynecological Association (IUGA)" (in en). Neurourology and Urodynamics 35 (2): 137–168. doi:10.1002/nau.22922. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/nau.22922. 
  3. ↑ Persu, C.; Chapple, C. R.; Cauni, V.; Gutue, S.; Geavlete, P. (2011). "Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification System (POP-Q) - a new era in pelvic prolapse staging". Journal of Medicine and Life 4 (1): 75–81. ISSN 1844-122X. PMID 21505577. PMC 3056425. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3056425/. 
  4. ↑ Nemeth, Zoltan; Farkas, Nelli; Farkas, Balint (2020-10-01). "Can we define excess vaginal space? - Genital hiatus size and prolapse severity are correlated with cube pessary size" (in English). European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology 253: 61–64. doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2020.07.046. ISSN 0301-2115. PMID 32791394. https://www.ejog.org/article/S0301-2115(20)30488-7/fulltext#:~:text=Prior%20studies%20demonstrated%20a%20positive%20association%20between,prolapse%20stage%20and%20levator%20ani%20muscle%20injury.. 
  5. ↑ Rosett, Heather A.; Allshouse, Amanda A.; Nygaard, Ingrid E.; Hill, A. Jolyn; Swenson, Carolyn W. (2023-04-11). "Association Between Genital Hiatus Size 8 Weeks Postpartum and Pelvic Organ Prolapse 1 Year After the First Vaginal Delivery". Urogynecology (Philadelphia, Pa.). doi:10.1097/SPV.0000000000001354. ISSN 2771-1897. PMID 37093569. PMC 11196103. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11196103/. 




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