Stavros Athanasiou1, Dimitrios Zacharakis2, Athanasios Protopapas1, Eleni Pitsouni1, Dimitrios Loutradis1, Themos Grigoriadis1. 1. First Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, "Alexandra" Hospital, 80 Vas.Sofias Avenue, 11528, Athens, Greece. 2. First Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, "Alexandra" Hospital, 80 Vas.Sofias Avenue, 11528, Athens, Greece. dimzac@hotmail.com.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS: Vaginally assisted laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy (VALS) is a combined vaginal and laparoscopic surgical approach that has been described for the treatment of women with a uterus who suffer from severe multicompartmental pelvic organ prolapse (POP). The aim of this study is to evaluate the long-term anatomical and functional outcomes and report the long-term mesh-related complications. METHODS: This was a single-center prospective study of women with advanced POP who underwent VALS with at least 3 years of follow-up. The primary outcome was "composite surgical success" defined as: (1) no descent of the vaginal apex (point C) more than one-third into the vaginal canal and no anterior or posterior vaginal wall beyond the hymen (Ba and Bp < 0) (anatomical success), (2) no vaginal bulge symptoms and (3) no re-treatment for prolapse recurrence. RESULTS: The median follow-up was 7 years (range 3-10 years) with a composite surgical success rate of 95.7% (90/94). Failures (4.3%) included one (1.1%) case of anatomical recurrence (Bp: +1), one woman (1.1%) reporting vaginal bulge symptoms and two women (2.1%) who underwent a posterior colporrhaphy 6 and 12 months after primary surgery (reoperation rate: 2.1%). Two of 94 patients (2.1%) had been treated for mesh extrusion of the vaginal cuff prior to the follow-up visit. CONCLUSIONS: The combined VALS technique can be considered a safe and effective procedure for the treatment of severe POP allowing a long-term anatomical restoration of all compartments with excellent functional outcomes.
INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS: Vaginally assisted laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy (VALS) is a combined vaginal and laparoscopic surgical approach that has been described for the treatment of women with a uterus who suffer from severe multicompartmental pelvic organ prolapse (POP). The aim of this study is to evaluate the long-term anatomical and functional outcomes and report the long-term mesh-related complications. METHODS: This was a single-center prospective study of women with advanced POP who underwent VALS with at least 3 years of follow-up. The primary outcome was "composite surgical success" defined as: (1) no descent of the vaginal apex (point C) more than one-third into the vaginal canal and no anterior or posterior vaginal wall beyond the hymen (Ba and Bp < 0) (anatomical success), (2) no vaginal bulge symptoms and (3) no re-treatment for prolapse recurrence. RESULTS: The median follow-up was 7 years (range 3-10 years) with a composite surgical success rate of 95.7% (90/94). Failures (4.3%) included one (1.1%) case of anatomical recurrence (Bp: +1), one woman (1.1%) reporting vaginal bulge symptoms and two women (2.1%) who underwent a posterior colporrhaphy 6 and 12 months after primary surgery (reoperation rate: 2.1%). Two of 94 patients (2.1%) had been treated for mesh extrusion of the vaginal cuff prior to the follow-up visit. CONCLUSIONS: The combined VALS technique can be considered a safe and effective procedure for the treatment of severe POP allowing a long-term anatomical restoration of all compartments with excellent functional outcomes.
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Long-term outcome; Mesh; Pelvic organ prolapse; Prolapse recurrence; Sacrocolpopexy
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