Comparison of Clinical Outcomes Using “Elevate Anterior” versus “Perigee” System Devices for the Treatment of Pelvic Organ Prolapse

Table 2

Pelvic organ prolapse quantification (POP-Q) values in both groups before and 1 year after surgery. Data are given as median (range) or [%].

POP-Q parameters (cm)	Perigee ( = 91)			Elevate ( = 50)			values
	Pre-op	Post-op	values	Pre-op	Post-op	values
Aa	2 (0~3)	−2 (−1~−3)	<0.001	1.0 (−2~3)	−2 (−3~−1.5)	<0.001	0.50
Ba	2.5 (−1~4)	−2 (−1~−5)	<0.001	2.0 (−1~4)	−2 (−3~−1.5)	<0.001	0.19
C	−1 (−3~5)	−6 (−5~−8)	<0.001	−2 (−5~2)	−7.5 (−9~−6)	<0.001	<0.01
Ap	−1 (−2~3)	−2 (−3~0)	<0.001	−2 (−3~0)	−2 (−3~−2)^#	0.006	0.22
Bp	−1 (−2~4)	−2 (−5~0)	<0.001	−2 (−2~1)	−2 (−3~−2)	<0.001	0.38
Tvl	8 (5~9)	8 (6~9)	0.54	8 (7~10)	8.5 (8~10.5)	0.90	0.09
Success rate		85 93.4			47 94		1.0

Pre-op, preoperative; Post-op, postoperative; Tvl, total vaginal length.
Wilcoxon signed rank test; Mann-Whitney test; Fisher’s exact test.