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Title: Does trocar-guided tension-free vaginal mesh (Prolift) repair provoke prolapse of the unaffected compartments?
Author(s): Withagen, M.I.J. ; Vierhout, M.E. ; Milani, A.L.
Publication year: 2010
Source: International Urogynecology Journal, vol. 21, iss. 3, (2010), pp. 271-278
ISSN: 0937-3462
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-009-1028-1
Annotation: 1 maart 2010
Publication type: Article / Letter to editor

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Subject: NCEBP 12: Human Reproduction
NCEBP 12: Human Reproduction
Organization: Gynaecology
Journal title:
International Urogynecology Journal
Volume: vol. 21
Issue: iss. 3
Page start: p. 271
Page end: p. 278
Abstract:
INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS: The objective of this study was to assess the effect of the tension-free vaginal mesh (Prolift) procedure on the non-treated and initially unaffected vaginal compartments. METHODS: This prospective observational cohort study involved 150 patients who underwent a Prolift procedure. Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) quantification and evaluation of prolapse symptoms with validated questionnaires was performed pre-operatively and 6 and 12 months postoperatively. Primary outcome was the rate of POP stage > or = II in the non-treated vaginal compartments. RESULTS: Twenty-three percent of all patients developed a de novo POP stage > or = II in the untreated compartment. This occurred in 46% and 25% of patients after an isolated anterior and isolated posterior Prolift, respectively. CONCLUSION: Tension-free vaginal mesh treatment of one vaginal compartment seems to provoke the development of vaginal prolapse in initially unaffected vaginal compartments, particularly after an isolated anterior Prolift procedure.

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