Native Tissue Repair and Principles of Wound Healing: Introducing the Concept of Regenerative Surgery in Vaginal Prolapse Repair

Abstract

Following the widespread use of vaginal synthetic mesh for vaginal prolapse repair and subsequent complications, native tissue vaginal surgery is once again gaining popularity. The traditional colporrhaphy utilizes native tissues only and has high reported failure rates. In this, the post vaginal synthetic mesh, era where native tissue alone is going to provide the primary building blocks, knowledge of how these tissues will react during wound healing is essential. This article reviews the principles of wound healing and regeneration of tissues in relation to native tissue vaginal reconstructive surgery. J Clin Gynecol Obstet. 2015;4(2):197-202 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jcgo336w