| June 2006 · Vol. 18, No. 6 SURGICAL TECHNIQUES
Cystocele and rectocele repair: More success with mesh?
Graft materials have been used for years in other types of surgery. Can they reduce the high failure rate of prolapse repairs?
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Fast Track
Women whose prolapse recurs are more likely to have yet another recurrence
Synthetic grafts tend to have slightly higher success rates; biologic grafts tend to be better tolerated
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Sylvia
M.
Botros,
MDSenior Research Fellow, Evanston Continence Center, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine,
Evanston, Ill Peter
K.
Sand,
MDDirector, Division of Urogynecology; Director, Evanston Continence Center; Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Medical Group,
Evanston, Ill
CASE Symptoms point to yet another prolapse recurrence
A 52-year-old woman presents with a bulge and pressure in her vagina. She has undergone 2 prior reconstructive surgeries. The first was a vaginal hysterectomy, anterior and posterior repair, and sling; the second was an abdominal procedure that included a sacrocolpopexy and paravaginal repair.
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