Open AccessAbdominal sacral colpopexy with use of synthetic mesh
Author(s) -
Losif Constantin S.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016349309013375
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , vaginal vault prolapse , surgical mesh , hysterectomy , abdominal hysterectomy , vault (architecture) , sinus (botany) , vaginal vault , hernia , botany , structural engineering , engineering , biology , genus
Forty patients with post‐hysterectomy vaginal vault prolapse underwent surgery at Lund University Hospital between 1983 and 1991. The standard procedure was an abdominal colposacropexy, using Marlex mesh in 25 cases and Gore‐Tex mesh in 15. There were no intraoperative complications. One patient developed a recurrent vault prolapse and one patient developed a draining sinus in the vaginal apex. The duration of follow‐up has varied between one and ten years. In 39 of the 40 patients (97%), both subjective and objective improvement has been achieved.