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Methods: In this single-center retrospective cohort study, women who underwent vaginal total hysterectomy for POP between 2014 and 2016 were collected. The cervical and total uterine lengths were measured by pathologists, while the ratio of cervical length to total uterine length were calculated. The cervical elongation is defined as corpus\/cervix ratio \u2264 1.5. Results: A total of 133 patients were enrolled in this study. Among these patients, 43 women had cervical elongation and 90 women had normal length of uterine cervix. We found that age &gt; 65 years old (67.4% vs. 42.2%, p = 0.007), total vaginal length \u2265 9.5 cm (65.1% vs. 45.6%, p = 0.035), uterine weight &lt; 51 gm (72.1% vs. 52.2%, p = 0.03), and Pelvic Organ Prolapse Distress Inventory 6 (POPDI-6) \u2265 12 (30.2% vs. 14.4%, p = 0.032) were associated with the risk of cervical elongation. There were no significant differences on preoperative urodynamic parameters in the two groups. Conclusion: The patient age &gt; 65 years old, the total vaginal length of POP-Q system \u2265 9.5 cm, uterine weight &lt; 51 g, and POPDI-6 \u2265 12 are independent risk factors of cervical elongation in women with POP. For women scheduled for pelvic reconstructive hysteropexy, concomitant cervical amputation should be considered.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph18179255","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,9,2]],"date-time":"2021-09-02T10:02:11Z","timestamp":1630576931000},"page":"9255","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Clinical Risk Factors for Uterine Cervical Elongation among Women with Pelvic Organ Prolapse"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"18","author":[{"given":"Yi-Yin","family":"Liu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaohsiung Municipal Siaogang Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 81267, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Chiu-Lin","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaohsiung Municipal Siaogang Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 81267, Taiwan"},{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80756, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Zi-Xi","family":"Loo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80145, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kun-Ling","family":"Lin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80145, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Cheng-Yu","family":"Long","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaohsiung Municipal Siaogang Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 81267, Taiwan"},{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80756, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,9,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"501","DOI":"10.1016\/S0029-7844(97)00058-6","article-title":"Epidemiology of surgically managed pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence","volume":"89","author":"Olsen","year":"1997","journal-title":"Obstet. 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