[Morphological substantiation of selection of the method of surgical treatment of patients with prolapse of internal genital organs].

Morphology of uterine ligaments and the vaginal mucosa has been examined in 61 patients with uterine prolapse in order to provide guidelines for an optimum management with respect to tissue functional status. Specimens were obtained intraoperatively and examined in a usual microscope and a S-570 Hitachi scanning electron microscope (Japan). The study suggests that morphologic evaluation of the vaginal walls and uterine ligaments provides an exact measure of tissue status, offering an optimum choice of treatment in these patients.