BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the surgical outcomes and complications of laparoscopic sacropexy with regard to 3 varying mesh attachment points: the vaginal stump, the cervical stump, and the posterior side of the cervix in the case of uterus preservation. METHOD A retrospective study was conducted among 310 women treated for descensus with laparoscopic sacro...

OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence and factors associated with diastasis recti abdominis (DRA) MATERIAL AND METHODS: Between January 2011 and May 2011, we examined 95 patients, aged between 19-24, for the presence of DRA during an ultrasonographic exploration in Mus Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Mus, Turkey DRA was graded by the number of fingerbreadths between the medial edges of the...

OBJECTIVE We sought to validate a sequence of ultrasonographic mesh measurements to determine the relevant time points in the postoperative monitoring of mesh size. METHODS Mesh was measured preoperatively ex vivo, prior to insertion, in 25 patients scheduled to undergo vaginal repair of cystocele involving insertion of a Ugytex™ transobturating polypropylene mesh. A 2D/3D perineal ultrasound...

The advent of laparoscopic surgery and with it Laparoscopic Ventral Mesh Rectopexy (LVMR) has revolutionised the management of internal/external rectal and vaginal vault prolapse. These procedures have traditionally been performed with synthetic meshes. Biologics have gained a prominent role over the last decade in LVMR as well as perineal procedures for rectocoele and cystocoele repair. We exa...

This article focuses on the minimally invasive surgical approaches for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI). The role of laparoscopic suspension is reviewed and compared with other minimally invasive techniques, such as the pubovaginal sling procedure and injection of the urethral bulking agents. The role of laparoscopic Burch colposuspension remains ill defined in 2002. Once this...

The experience of 670 diaphragm users from three Brazilian clinics was retrospectively reviewed. Most of the subjects (441) followed the traditional method (TM) of using the diaphragm, only at the time of sexual intercourse and with spermicide. One third (215) used the diaphragm continuously (CU), without spermicide, removing it only at the time of their daily shower to wash it, with immediate ...