Trocar-guided polypropylene mesh for pelvic organ prolapse surgery—perioperative morbidity and short-term outcome of the first 100 patients

Abstract

This study was conducted to assess the subjective outcome, complications and cure rates of prolapse surgery with a standardized trocar-quided polypropylene mesh in the first 100 patients. A follow-up visit was made after 2 months after the operation and the subjective outcome was assessed with a postal questionnaire 1 year postoperatively. An anterior mesh was used in 48, posterior mesh in 45, total mesh in five and combined anterior and posterior mesh in two patients. All patients had one or more subjective symptoms. Forty-seven percent of the patients had undergone prolapse surgery and 16% an antiincontinence operation previously. Two patients had peroperative bleeding of more than 1,000 ml, antibiotic treatment was needed in 28 patients and two hematomas were evacuated. A total of 16 patients underwent an antiincontinence operation for de novo stress urinary incontinence. Four patients needed cystocele repair after a posterior mesh and eight patients posterior repair after an anterior mesh. The mesh exposure was diagnosed in 14 patients. No serious complications occurred. Fifty-three (60%) patients reported all preoperative symptoms cured, 27 (30%) reported persistent symptoms and five patients were hesitant. Of the respondents, 63 (71%) were satisfied with the operation. We found that the mesh procedures were associated with a quite high amount of minor postoperative problems.