PrintUK sources of information and / or support
Patient.co.uk
Includes a leaflet on Genitourinary (GU) Prolapse.
Surgical Repair of Vaginal Wall Prolapse Using Mesh
A patient guide to complement the NICE guideline of the same name for health professionals.
Infracoccygeal Sacropexy Using Mesh for Uterine Prolapse Repair
A patient guide to complement the NICE guideline of the same name for health professionals.
Infracoccygeal Sacropexy Using Mesh for Vaginal Vault Prolapse Repair
A patient guide to complement the NICE guideline of the same name for health professionals.
Insertion of Mesh Uterine Suspension Sling (including sacrohysteropexy) for Uterine Prolapse Repair
A patient guide to complement the NICE guideline of the same name for health professionals.
Sacrocolpopexy Using Mesh for Vaginal Vault Prolapse Repair
A patient guide to complement the NICE guideline of the same name for health professionals.
[url=http://www.nice.org.uk/Guidance/IPG284/PublicInfo/pdf/English]Sacrocolpopexy with Hysterectomy using Mesh for Uterine Prolapse Repair [/url]
A patient guide to complement the NICE guideline of the same name for health professionals.
Uterine and Vaginal Prolapse
Information from Women’s Health Concern.
Prolapse of the Uterus
Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.
Further sources / more detailed information
Some non-UK sites
The following list popular non-UK health information sites with content aimed at the general public. They are mainly from the US. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included but these large sites are comprehensive.
- Non-UK disease / illness sites
- Non-UK self-help / support group sites
More detailed medical information
The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.
- PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
- Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
- Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, etc.
- Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
- Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
- Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.