Laparoscopic-Assisted Vaginal Tape Procedures: A Simplification of Vaginal and Abdominal Approaches to Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Uterine Preservation for the Urologist

With the expanding use of laparoscopic techniques in female urology, there has been a surge in interest for incorporating minimally invasive approaches to pelvic organ prolapse repair and uterine preservation procedures. These approaches have the potential to combine the success, versatility, and durability of the traditional open abdominal repairs with the minimal invasiveness and recovery afforded by vaginal approaches. The current experience with minimally invasive technology is obviating the complex traditional, as well as, newer large mesh-dependent transvaginal approaches with the recent return to intracorporeal abdominal approaches of laparoscopy.