ABSTRACT
The study of pelvic organ prolapse is one area of medicine that seems so intuitive but in actuality this intuition makes it harder to form firm and scientifically validated definitions. The current Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification (POPQ) classification system may be able to accurately and reproducibly codify pelvic organ support but it does not classify the aforementioned support into normal versus abnormal. It has proven itself to be a reliable system, and it is the system that should be employed in research regarding pelvic organ support. Since POPQ is now the widely accepted method for describing pelvic organ support in research and academic work in urogynecology, it is important for the practitioner to become familiar with its use. In response to concerns regarding the clinical utility of the POPQ, the IUGA set up a task force to develop a more user-friendly system for classifying pelvic organ support.
