Clinical Study
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 |
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