Table 1: Patient characteristics and preoperative assessments.

Characteristic Number Percent Age in years (median, range) 66 (40–84) Weight in kg (median, range) 75 (48–110) Parity (median, range) 2 (0–4) Previous treatments  Oestrogens 46 70.8  Physiotherapy 49 75.4  Pessary 38 58.5  Hysterectomy 28 43.1  Prolapse surgery 27 41.5 Prolapse stage (POPQ) [11]  2 36 55.4  3 28 43.1  4 1 1.5 Presenting symptoms  Vaginal lump 53 81.5  Bladder symptoms 37 56.9   Urgency 28 43.1   Stress 20 30.8   Hesitancy/retention 12 18.5   Recurrent infection 2 3.1  Bowel symptoms 26 40.0   Evacuation difficulty 22 33.8   Faecal/flatal incontinence 4 6.2  Pain 7 10.8   Dyspareunia 3 4.6   Back pain 2 3.1   Dragging discomfort 1 1.5