Research Article

Vaginal Repair of Cystocele with Anterior Wall Mesh via Transobturator Route: Efficacy and Complications with Up to 3-Year Followup

Table 4

Review of literature of mesh use in cystocele repair.

AuthorYearMesh Followup (months)Anatomical success rate (%)Vaginal infection (%)Vaginal erosion (%)

Julian [5]1996Marlex122410008.3
Nicita [6]1998Marlex44393.202.3
Flood et al. [7]1998Marlex1423694.43.52.1
Mage [8]1999Mersuture462610002.2
Migliari et al. [9]2000Prolene12207500
Hardiman et al. [10]2000GyneMesh181100011.1
Adhoute et al. [11]2004GyneMesh52279503.8
Shah et al. [12]2004Prolene292593.306.7
Dwyer and O’Reilly [13]2004Atrium47299407
Milani et al. [14]2004Prolene631794013
de Tayrac et al. [15]2006GyneMesh633789.109.1
de Tayrac et al. [16]2007Sofradim Soft poly-propylene1321392.3%.06.3
*Hiltunen et al., [17]2007Low-weight polypropylene1041293.3% versus 61.5% ant repair017
*Sivaslioglu et al. [18]2008Polypropylene (Sofradim)901291% versus 72% (ant repair) 06.9
*Nieminen, et al. [19]2008Low-weight polypropylene1052489% versus 59% (ant repair)08.0

*denotes prospective randomized trial.