Comparative Retrospective Study of Tension-Free Vaginal Mesh Surgery, Native Tissue Repair, and Laparoscopic Sacrocolpopexy for Pelvic Organ Prolapse Repair.

Satoru Kyo,Tomomi Hara,Aki Oride,Haruhiko Kanasaki

doi:10.1155/2020/7367403

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Journal: Obstetrics and gynecology international	Publication Date: Apr 10, 2020
Citations: 4	License type: CC BY 4.0

Affiliation: Shimane University

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Methods We identified that 308 women who had undergone surgical repair of POP were followed up for at least 6 months. Recurrence rates of POP after tension-free vaginal mesh (TVM) surgery (n = 243), native tissue repair (NTR) (vaginal hysterectomy with colpopexy, anterior and posterior colpoplasty, or circumferential suturing of the levator ani muscles and apical repair by transvaginal sacrospinous ligament fixation (SSLF)) (NTR; n = 31), and laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy after subtotal hysterectomy (LSC; n = 34) were compared. Presence of mesh erosion was also recorded. Results Patients who underwent LSC were significantly younger (65.32 ± 3.23 years) than those who underwent TVM surgery (69.61 ± 8.31 years). After TVM surgery, the rate of recurrence (over POP-Q stage II) was 6.17% (15/243) and was highest in patients with advanced POP. The recurrence rate in patients who underwent NTR procedure was 3.23% (1/34) and that in patients who underwent LSC was 11.76% (4/11). There was no statistically significant difference in the recurrence rate between the three types of surgery. There were 13 cases (5.35%) of mesh erosion after TVM surgery and none after LSC surgery. The risk of mesh erosion was correlated with having had total TVM surgery but not with patient age or POP stage. Repeat procedures were performed in 5 women (2.14%) who underwent TVM surgery and 1 (2.94%) who underwent LSC. No patient underwent repeat surgery after NTR. There was no statistically significant difference in the reoperation rate between the three types of surgery. Conclusion Our study suggested that TVM surgery, NTR, and LSC have comparable outcomes as for the postoperative recurrence rate and mesh erosion. However, the outcomes of each technique need to be carefully evaluated over a long period of time.

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Introduction and HypothesisMany would argue that sacrocolpopexy is the standard surgical procedure for pelvic organ prolapse (POP), but other surgical techniques were proposed and practically applying to the patients with POP
All patients were evaluated by physical examination with vaginal speculum in the decubitus position at rest and during a Valsalva maneuver, and tension-free vaginal mesh (TVM) surgery, native tissue repair (NTR) (VH with anterior or posterior colpoplasty, circumferential suturing of the levator ani muscles, and sacrospinous ligament fixation (SSLF) as apical repair), or laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy after subtotal hysterectomy (LSC) was chosen according to patient age and background, POP quantification (POP-Q) stage, and predominant descending part
TVM surgery and LSC were mainly performed in women with POP-Q stage III and NTR in women with POP-Q stage II

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Introduction and HypothesisMany would argue that sacrocolpopexy is the standard surgical procedure for pelvic organ prolapse (POP), but other surgical techniques were proposed and practically applying to the patients with POP. We compared postoperative outcomes of three surgical methods for POP repair. Recurrence rates of POP after tension-free vaginal mesh (TVM) surgery (n 243), native tissue repair (NTR) (vaginal hysterectomy with colpopexy, anterior and posterior colpoplasty, or circumferential suturing of the levator ani muscles and apical repair by transvaginal sacrospinous ligament fixation (SSLF)) (NTR; n 31), and laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy after subtotal hysterectomy (LSC; n 34) were compared. E risk of mesh erosion was correlated with having had total TVM surgery but not with patient age or POP stage. Our study suggested that TVM surgery, NTR, and LSC have comparable outcomes as for the postoperative recurrence rate and mesh erosion. Japanese gynecologists have traditionally performed vaginal hysterectomy (VH), anterior and posterior colpoplasty, or circumferential suturing of the levator ani muscles as a native tissue repair (NTR) procedure for POP. In 2008 and again in 2011, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

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