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

Post-op, postoperative; VAS, visual analogue scale.
Student’s -test; Chi-square test; Fisher’s exact test.