Open AccessSacrocolpopexy in management of vaginal vault prolapse
Author(s) -
Javed Iqbal,
Fauzia Nausheen,
Fozia Ali Bhatti,
Arif Tajammul Khan,
Shahida Sheikh
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
annals of king edward medical university
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2079-7192
pISSN - 2079-0694
DOI - 10.21649/akemu.v10i4.1269
Subject(s) - medicine , vaginal vault prolapse , uterine prolapse , vault (architecture) , obstetrics and gynaecology , hysterectomy , abdominal hysterectomy , surgery , blood loss , vaginal vault , obstetrics , pregnancy , structural engineering , biology , engineering , genetics
Aims & Objectives: To review the efficacy of Sacrocolpopexy in the management of vaginal vault prolapse Study Design: Interventional study. Setting & Population: Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Jinnah Hospital, Lahore. Women with vaginal vault prolapse after hysterectomy. Methods and Main-outcome measures: Abdominal Sacrocolpopexy using proline mesh. Follow-up in these patients were carried out at one week, four weeks, six months, and one year. Results: Sacrocolpopexy was carried out in ten patients for vaginal vault prolapse after vaginal (6) and abdominal hysterectomy (4). The mean age was 49.8 years. Parity was between P3 - P6 (Mean parity 4.3). Mean operation time was 79.3 minutes. Estimated blood loss was less than 200m1. No intra-operative or post-operative complications occurred in any case. Conclusion: Abdominal sacrocolpopexy is effective and safe in the treatment of vaginal vault prolapse. This procedure has high success rate in correcting prolapse without a time dependent decrease in efficacy.