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Operative management of vaginal vault prolapse following hysterectomy
Author(s) -
GRUNDSELL H.,
LARSSON G.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1984.tb04855.x
Subject(s) - vaginal vault prolapse , vault (architecture) , vaginal vault , hysterectomy , medicine , uterine prolapse , gynecology , surgery , engineering , structural engineering
Summary. Nine women suffering from vaginal vault prolapse had an abdominal sacropexy between 1972 and 1983. Marlex mesh was used to anchor the vaginal vault to the promontory of the sacrum and was completely buried retroperitoneally. The women had all had previous attempts at surgical correction. There were no intra‐ or post‐operative complications. No recurrences of vault prolapse occurred during a mean follow‐up period of 3.9 years. One woman developed a moderate cystocoele 4 years after sacropexy.