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Sherrie Palm

@sherriepalm.bsky.social

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Founder/CEO of Association for Pelvic Organ Prolapse Support (APOPS), authored The Biggest Secret in Women’s Health: Stigma, Indifference, Outrage, and Optimism, following 3 editions of her award-winning book Pelvic Organ Prolapse The Silent Epidemic.

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Sherrie Palm @sherriepalm.bsky.social · 19h

Shutting down Bsky. Check out #APOPS other social feeds to continue to explore our social share.

Sherrie Palm @sherriepalm.bsky.social · 1d

Rectal prolapse, intussusception, enterocele, the trifecta of defecatory distress. Rarely see studies that include them all, the trifecta of defecatory distress. Studies like this shine a light.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#womenshealthempowerment #APOPS #DefecatoryDisorders

Sherrie Palm @sherriepalm.bsky.social · 5d

TGIF

#APOPS

Sherrie Palm @sherriepalm.bsky.social · 5d

I LOVE long-term studies in the POP and UI spaces.
Regardless practitioner preference of mesh type, hopeful some w mesh-anxiety will see and read this study. Much has advanced in tooling and best practice.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#womenshealthempowerment #APOPS #MeshRepairs

Sherrie Palm @sherriepalm.bsky.social · 5d

The reason I won't share Judith. A contact on LI sent this to me this AM and when I see stats that make inaccurate, I walk away. Thanks for the poke!

Sherrie Palm @sherriepalm.bsky.social · 6d

Chronic constipation=rectocele frustration. A hernia in the colon for poop to get stuck in - not fun.

New tool at AUGS PFDweek25 last wk. Releve looks like a great splinting tool to push poop out of rectal hernia.

#womenshealthempowerment #APOPS #ChronicConstipation #splinting

Sherrie Palm @sherriepalm.bsky.social · 7d

Much anxiety continues w mesh 4 POP & UI rpr. 3 types of mesh 4 urinary incontinence. Reading studies on different brands of mesh is valuable. To see them up close, palpate them up close, priceless.

#womenshealthempowerment #APOPS #PelvicOrganProlapse #UrinaryIncontinence

Sherrie Palm @sherriepalm.bsky.social · 9d

Left-handed surgeons-think about it. Can't imagine struggle this must add to the fine-tuning of surgical training & skills. Wondering how many brilliant surgeons I know r lefties. RESPECT!

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38166317/

#APOPS #SurgicalTraining

Sherrie Palm @sherriepalm.bsky.social · 11d

TGIF

If I could remember who shared this slide today, I'd give credit. ...duh...

#APOPS

Sherrie Palm @sherriepalm.bsky.social · 15d

Heading out to the AUGS conference in Vancouver. Will send whispers from Canada. Excited to touch base with everyone face to face!

#APOPS

Sherrie Palm @sherriepalm.bsky.social · 15d

Happy 2 c predictive studies; ahead of curve = better healthcare eval of shortfalls in POP awareness, screening, best practice. Would like to see this study in women in 30s rather than 50s.

obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

#womenshealthempowerment #APOPS #PelvicOrganProlapse

Sherrie Palm @sherriepalm.bsky.social · 19d

VAGINA

Now lets see which of the 17 spaces I post in block this.

youtu.be/yNaLnGBwfo8

#womenshealthempowerment #APOPS #VaginaStigma #EveryVoiceMatters

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Sherrie Palm @sherriepalm.bsky.social · 20d

POP & sling surg in 2008. Now leaking when I sneeze. W/b exploring sling studies at AUGS industry booths next week. Industry shoot me your fresh studies by Monday so I can brush up in flight. How common? I feel an article coming on.

#womenshealthempowerment #APOPS #EveryVoiceMatters #SUIsling

Sherrie Palm @sherriepalm.bsky.social · 21d

LOVE U of Michigan's Healthy Healing After Delivery Program. Post delivery analysis of the pelvic floor zone is critical to quality of life. Mom's shouldn't have to suffer in silence. Well built video.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgBp...

#womenshealthempowerment #APOPS

Healthy Healing After Delivery Program

YouTube video by Michigan Medicine

www.youtube.com

Sherrie Palm @sherriepalm.bsky.social · 22d

Fresh off the press by fab team led by urogyn/researcher Holly Richter. I'd love to have more details on "the Colorectal-Anal Distress Inventory subscale score change was significantly different.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41037818/

#womenshealthempowerment #APOPS #PelvicOrganProlapse

Three-Year Outcomes of Second-Stage Pushing Timing on Postpartum Pelvic Floor Morbidity - PubMed

ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT02137200.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Sherrie Palm @sherriepalm.bsky.social · 25d

TGIF

#APOPS

Sherrie Palm @sherriepalm.bsky.social · 26d

In 2011 @ transvag mesh meeting, well-established urogyn/researcher stated women in early POP stage don't have symptoms. I clarified that women w POP have symptoms, they just don't know what they mean since few talk about POP.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

#womenshealthempowerment #APOPS

Sherrie Palm @sherriepalm.bsky.social · 28d

Thrilled 2 C medical journal advancing Women's Health research info share! Love that the Jama+Women's Health medical journal includes a Patient Information section!

jamanetwork.com/channels/wom...

#womenshealthempowerment #APOPS #EveryVoiceMatters

Women's Health Research and Opinion Articles from JAMA Network

Explore the latest science and reviews on pregnancy, weight loss, postpartum depression, abortion, menopause, and other health concerns in women.

jamanetwork.com

Sherrie Palm @sherriepalm.bsky.social · 29d

"We identified 37% (55/147) of patients w/o follow-up in 3 months after pessary placement." Not surprised @ outcomes from pessary study. Compliance is pivotal to improve QOL. So many lost to time or financial issues.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39331811/

#womenshealthempowerment #APOPS #pessary

Preventing the Next Neglected Pessary: A Quality Improvement Initiative - PubMed

This quality improvement initiative can identify patients lost to follow-up, leading to improved patient care and potential to prevent complications.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Sherrie Palm @sherriepalm.bsky.social · Sep 26

#APOPS

Sherrie Palm @sherriepalm.bsky.social · Sep 26

TGIF

#APOPS

Sherrie Palm @sherriepalm.bsky.social · Sep 24

Is TikTok frenemy of women's pelvic health? Sitting in salon chair yesterday w new stylistshe asked what I do. Launched into my usual POP awareness info. She asked is this pelvic floor stuff they talk about on TikTok? Is Tiktok accurate info?

#womenshealthempowerment #APOPS

Sherrie Palm @sherriepalm.bsky.social · Sep 23

Will a pessary that releases estrogen reduce risk of erosion, shore up vaginal tissue integrity and support, and improve dry, irritated tissue comfort?

Not many studies on this. Check this out.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#womenshealthempowerment #APOPS #EstrogenPessary

An estriol-eluting pessary to treat pelvic organ prolapse - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - An estriol-eluting pessary to treat pelvic organ prolapse

www.nature.com

Sherrie Palm @sherriepalm.bsky.social · Sep 22

Long past time to take the blinders off. Everything on the table in plane view will advance women's health.

#womenshealthempowerment #APOPS #TheBiggestSecretsinWomensHealth

Sherrie Palm @sherriepalm.bsky.social · Sep 19

TGIF

#APOPS