Clinical Study
Comparison of Clinical Outcomes Using “Elevate Anterior” versus “Perigee” System Devices for the Treatment of Pelvic Organ Prolapse
Table 5
Intraoperative, postoperative, and mesh-related complications of patients with pelvic organ prolapse in both groups. Data are given as
(%).
| | Perigee ( = 91) | Elevate ( = 50) | values |
| Intraoperative complications | | | | Operative time (minutes) | 35.3 ± 16.1 | 45.2 ± 25.3 | 0.07 | Bladder injury | 0 | 0 | | Rectal injury | 0 | 0 | | Blood transfusion | 0 | 0 | | Postoperative complications | | | | Post-op day 1 VAS scores | 3.9 ± 0.8 | 2.6 ± 1.5 | <0.01 | Urinary tract infection | 9 (11.7) | 8 (16.7) | 0.29 | Voiding dysfunction | 2 (3.3) | 4 (2.1) | 0.19 | Perineal hematoma | 0 | 0 | | Dyspareunia | 15 (16.5) | 6 () | 0.25 | Mesh complications | | | | Vaginal extrusion | 10 (11) | 1 (2) | 0.05 | Bladder extrusion | 0 | 0 | |
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Post-op, postoperative; VAS, visual analogue scale. Student’s -test; Chi-square test; Fisher’s exact test.
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