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  • Title: Repair of prolapse with vaginal sacrocolporectopexy: technique and results.
    Author: Kavallaris A, Köhler C, Diebolder H, Vercellino F, Krause N, Schneider A.
    Journal: Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol; 2005 Oct 01; 122(2):237-42. PubMed ID: 15950362.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: Axis and support of the vagina can be restored by sacrocolporectopexy with preservation of coital function. We developed a new technique of transvaginal sacrocolporectopexy for patients with prolapse of uterus and vagina or prolapse of the vaginal vault. STUDY DESIGN: During a 4-year period, 20 patients with vaginal vault prolapse and 83 patients with uterine and vaginal prolapse underwent transvaginal sacrocolporectopexy. Intra- and postoperative complications were recorded. After a mean follow-up period of 24 months (6-48), the result of surgery with respect to prolapse, incontinence, and sexuality was evaluated by patient interviews. RESULTS: No serious perioperative complications occurred with the exception of one patient with bleeding from a presacral vein. Subjectively, 84 patients (82%) were cured of prolapse symptoms. One patient had recurrent grade II vault prolapse and four patients developed a grade II rectocele. Five patients developed urge incontinence grade I. One patient developed fecal incontinence. No patient had coital problems as a sequelae of sacrocolporectopexy. CONCLUSION: Transvaginal sacrocolporectopexy is a safe procedure with a success rate comparable to sacrospinous fixation.
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