Use of Surgisis for Treatment of Anterior and Posterior Vaginal Prolapse

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