IMR Press / CEOG / Volume 47 / Issue 6 / DOI: 10.31083/j.ceog.2020.06.5517
Open Access Original Research
Vaginal assisted laparoscopic sacrocervicopexy with anterior colpotomy (VALSAC): technique and mean 20 months outcomes
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1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bezmialem University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Private Okmeydanı Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
3 Department of Statistics, Bezmialem University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
*Correspondence: thtkmz@hotmail.com (TAHA TAKMAZ)
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 2020, 47(6), 887–894; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.ceog.2020.06.5517
Submitted: 8 February 2020 | Accepted: 25 May 2020 | Published: 15 December 2020
Copyright: © 2020 Sevket et al. Published by IMR Press
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
Abstract

The main purpose of our study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of vaginal assisted laparoscopic sacrocervicopexy with anterior colpotomy (VALSAC) for apical pelvic organ prolapse. We retrospectively reviewed the results of twenty-three women with stage III and IV prolapse treated with VALSAC between April 2017 and June 2019. With a mean follow-up of 20 months, apical pelvic organ prolapse was cured in 95.7 % of patients. There was no complication in terms of mesh exposure, persistent pain, hematoma, infection. The mean pre- and post-operative POP-Q scores were, for the Aa point, 1.61 ± 1.82 cm and -1.96 ± 0.87 cm (p < 0.01), for the C point, 2.87 ± 1.6 cm and -5.26 ± 1.86 cm (p < 0.01) for the Ap point, -1.43 ± 0.89 cm and -2.09 ± 0.59 cm (p < 0.01). VALSAC is a promising minimally invasive technique for pelvic floor reconstruction that appears to provide good outcomes. Content: The main purpose of our study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of vaginal assisted laparoscopic sacrocervicopexy with anterior colpotomy (VALSAC) for apical pelvic organ prolapse.

Keywords
Anterior colpotomy
Pelvic organ prolapse
Sacrocervicopexy
Supracervical hysterectomy
Y-mesh
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