ABSTRACT
Voltaire, the French philosopher of the “age of enlightenment,” said “these truths are not for all men nor for all times.” From this we must humbly accept the concept that the truths we believe in today regarding our management of women with pelvic floor disorders must be constantly reassessed and modified with scientific advancements and research. Similarly, the epigram by Alphonse Karr (1849) “ plus ça change plus c’est la même chose ” (the more things change, the more they stay the same) also reflects the changes during the past century especially in the field of surgical intervention, where in many cases we have continued to reinvent the wheel.
