Evolution of surgical methods for correction of pelvic organ prolapse

The problem of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) has a thousand-year history and still remains unresolved to the end. To find the optimal treatment for patients with POP, many different methods have been proposed, which are considered in this review. Their knowledge will help modern doctors, taking into account the experience of their predecessors, optimize the technique of surgical correction of POP, avoiding the mistakes of previous years, and develop new, modern technologies. We conducted a literature search in English and German using the keywords «pelvic organ prolapse», «anterior and posterior colporrhaphy», «cystocele» and «interposition operations» in the PubMed database. Other relevant articles in journals and textbooks are found by searching for references cited in previous articles and textbooks.