Should we use meshes in the management of vaginal prolapse?

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 377-382

  De Ridder, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Mesh erosion; Pelvic organ prolapse; Polypropylene mesh; Synthetic mesh

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE;

CYSTOCELE; ENTEROCELE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MESH SLING; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSVAGINAL SLING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS PROLAPSE; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION; VAGINAL VAULT PROLAPSE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; SURGICAL MESH; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 44649167014     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOU.0b013e3282fceaae     Document Type: Review

References (25)

1. Chen CC, Ridgeway B, Paraiso MF. Biologic grafts and synthetic meshes in pelvic reconstructive surgery. Clin Obstet Gynecol 2007; 50:383-411. An extensive review of the 'older' literature on mesh implants.
2. Nygaard IE, McCreery R, Brubaker L, et al. Abdominal sacrocolpopexy: a comprehensive review. Obstet Gynecol 2004; 104:805-823.
3. Iglesia CB, Fenner DE, Brubaker L. The use of mesh in gynecologic surgery. Int Urogynecol J 1997; 8:105-115.
4. Dillon A. Interventional procedure overview of mesh sacrocolpopexy for vaginal vault prolapse. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence; March 2007. http://www.nice.org.uk/IPG215distributionlist. [Accessed 10 March 2008]
5. de Tayrac R, Gervaise A, Chauveaud A, Fernandez H. Tension-free polypropylene mesh for vaginal repair of anterior vaginal wall prolapse. J Reprod Med 2005; 50:75-80.
6. de Tayrac R, Deffieux X, Gervaise A, et al. Long-term anatomical and functional assessment of trans-vaginal cystocele repair using a tension-free polypropylene mesh. Int Urogynecol J 2006; 17:483-488.
7. de Tayrac R, Devoldere G, Renaudie J, et al. Prolapse repair by vaginal route using a new protected low-weight polypropylene mesh: 1-year functional and anatomical outcome in a prospective multicentre study. Int Urogynecol J 2007; 18:251-256.
8. Migliari R, De Angelis M, Madeddu G, Verdacchi T. Tension-free vaginal mesh repair for anterior vaginal wall prolapse. Eur Urol 2000; 38:151-155.
9. Milani R, Salvatore S, Soligo M, et al. Functional and anatomical outcome of anterior and posterior vaginal prolapse repair with prolene mesh. BJOG 2005; 112:107-111.
10. Nicita G. A new operation for genitourinary prolapse. J Urol 1998; 160:741-745.
11. Dwyer PL, O'Reilly BA. Transvaginal repair of anterior and posterior compartment prolapse with Atrium polypropylene mesh. BJOG 2004; 111:831-836.
12. Hoenil J, Jae WK, Noh HP, et al. Efficacy and outcome of anterior vaginal wall repair using polypropylene mesh (Gynemesh). J Obstet Gynecol Res 2007; 33:700-704.
13. Deffieux X, de Tayrac R, Huel C, et al. Vaginal mesh erosion after transvaginal repair of cystocele using Gynemesh or Gynemesh-soft in 138 women: a comparative study. Int Urogynecol J 2007; 18:73-79.
14. Amrute KV, Eisenberg ER, Rastinehad AR, et al. Analysis of outcomes of single polypropylene mesh in total pelvic floor reconstruction. Neurourol Urodyn 2007; 26:53-58.
15. Gauruder-Burmester A, Koutouzidou P, Rohne J, et al. Follow-up after polypropylene mesh repair of anterior and posterior compartments in patients with recurrent prolapse. Int Urogynecol J 2007; 18:1059-1064. This paper is one of the first to show realistic and acceptable erosion rates, comparable to those obtained in sacracolpopexy.
16. Fatton B, Amblard J, Debodinance P, et al. Transvaginal repair of genital prolapse: preliminary results of a new tension-free vaginal mesh (Prolift technique): a case series multicentric study. Int Urogynecol J 2007; 18:743-752. Despite being a retrospective study with a limited follow up of only 3 months, the data offer new insight into the use of transvaginal mesh implants for the treatment of multicompartmental prolapse.
17. Sivaslioglu AA, Unlubilgin E, Dolen I. A randomized comparison of polypropylene mesh surgery with site-specific surgery in the treatment of cystocoele. Int Urogynecol J 2008; 19:467-471.
18. Nauth MA, Fünfgeld C. Correction of cystocele and stress incontinence with anterior transobturator mesh. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2008; 136:249-253.
19. Cervigni M, Natale F, La Penna C, et al. Transvaginal cystocele repair with polypropylene mesh using tension-free technique. Int Urogynecol J 2008; 19:489-496.
20. Meschia M, Baccichet R, Cervigni M, et al. A multicenter randomized trial on transvaginal mesh repair of severe genital prolapse with the Perigee-Apogee system: the Perapo study. Int Urogynecol J 2007; 18:S10.
21. Debodinance P, Amblard J, Fatton B, et al. The prosthetic kits in the prolapse surgery:is it a gadget? J Gynecol Obstet Biol Reprod (Paris) 2007;36:267-275.
22. Lim YN, Rane A, Muller R. An ambispective observational study in the safety and efficacy of posterior colporrhaphy with composite Vicryl-Prolene mesh. Int Urogynecol J 2005 Mar;16:126-131.
23. Sand PK, Koduri S, Lobel RW, et al. Prospective randomised trial of polyglactin 910 mesh to prevent recurrence of cystoceles and rectoceles. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2001; 184:1357-1364.
24. Watson SJ, Loder PB, Halligan S, et al. Transperineal repair of symptomatic rectocele with Marlex mesh: a clinical, physiological and radiologic assessment of treatment. J Am Coll Surg 1996; 183:257-261.
25. Nygaard I. Marketed vaginal mesh kits: rampant experimentation or improved quality of care? Int Urogynecol J 2007; 18:483-484.