INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS: This committee opinion paper summarizes available evidence about recurrent pelvic organ prolapse (POP) to provide guidance on management. METHOD: A working subcommittee from the International Urogynecological Association (IUGA) Research and Development Committee was formed. The literature regarding recurrent POP was reviewed and summarized by individual members of the subcommittee. Recommendations were graded according to the 2009 Oxford Levels of Evidence. The summary was reviewed by the Committee. RESULTS: There is no agreed definition for recurrent POP and evidence in relation to its evaluation and management is limited. CONCLUSION: The assessment of recurrent POP should entail looking for possible reason(s) for failure, including persistent and/or new risk factors, detection of all pelvic floor defects and checking for complications of previous surgery. The management requires individual evaluation of the risks and benefits of different options and appropriate patient counseling. There is an urgent need for an agreed definition and further research into all aspects of recurrent POP.

• Keywords
• Cost, Definition, Diagnosis, Etiology, Incidence, Pelvic organ prolapse, Prevalence, Recurrent, Treatment,
• MeSH
• Consensus MeSH
• Conservative Treatment MeSH
• Humans MeSH
• Pelvic Organ Prolapse diagnosis   economics   therapy   MeSH
• Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic MeSH
• Recurrence MeSH
• Practice Guidelines as Topic MeSH
• Check Tag
• Humans MeSH
• Female MeSH
• Publication type
• Journal Article MeSH
• Review MeSH