Robotic Vs Abdominal Sacrocolpopexy: 44-Month Pelvic Floor Outcomes

Laparoscopic versus open sacrocolpopexy for treatment of prolapse of the apical segment of the vagina: a systematic review and meta-analysis

“…The author was contacted but no response was obtained [ 1 2 , 1 8 , 1 9 , 2 1 -2 6 ] . S e v e n s t u d i e s [12,20,21,23,24,26,27] reported the involvement of experienced surgeons, but in three studies [19,22,28] some surgeons were in their learning curve.…”

“…In six studies [18,19,[22][23][24]26], the follow-up rates were 80 % or more (Table 4, follow-up adequacy). Also, these studies had complete data, missing data were balanced across groups or were imputed using appropriate methods.…”

“…One study [12] showed a low risk of bias due to funding and a conflict of interest, whereas five studies [19,[23][24][25]27] showed a high risk of bias because of the source of funding or the presence of declared conflicts of interest (Fig. 3).…”

“…Baseline characteristics able to act as confounders (age, body mass index, concurrent hysterectomy, other concurrent procedure or previous abdominal surgery) did not differ between groups in four studies [18,[20][21][22], and four studies [12,23,25,26] used regression models to control for confounders.…”

“…In six studies [10,21,23,25,27,28], subjects were followed up for 12 months or more (Table 4, follow-up length).…”