This paper is concerned with a survey of the results of surgical treatment for uterine prolapse over a 10-year period, and an evaluation of recent therapeutic advances. Most of the patients were operated upon by the Manchester method, the remainder by the Le Fort-Neugebauer technique.The most frequently employed operation for prolapse is the Donald-Fothergill (Manchester) repair. The operation is seldom followed by recurrence. Thus S h a w (1933) found recurrence in 3.6 per cent of 529 patients; J a k o b s e n (1948)) in 6.8 per cent of 117; S t r o d e (1951)~ in 4 per cent of 272; V i b e r g (1955) in 0.6 per cent of 174; D a n i e l s s o n (1957j, in 9.4 per cent of 535. The operative mortality is also low. S h a w (1949) reported 0.4 per cent of 2,150 cases and A h l t o r p (1948) 0.5 per cent of 1,167 cases. In D a n i e l s s o n ' s series the mortality was 0.6 per cent of 535 cases.Closure of the vagina, according to the Le Fort-Neugebauer method, should be reserved mainly for elderly women and/or poor operative risks. K u h n e l (1951) of Denmark reported on 58 women, aged 44-77 years, who were operated upon by this method. In his series there were 2 deaths due to the operation, and 3 other patients had recurrences. This mortality appears strikingly high but it is not higher than that reported by K i i h n e l (1951) in his review of the cases published in the literature, namely 3.7 per cent of 254 cases.