A Comparison of Complications between Open Abdominal Sacrocolpopexy and Laparoscopic Sacrocolpopexy for the Treatment of Vault Prolapse
Table 4
Patients with perioperative and postoperative complications (PP-analysis).
Laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy
Open abdominal sacrocolpopexy
value
Perioperative complications
.479
One or more complications
11.1% (5)
7.1% (3)
Severe adhesions
—
2.4% (1)
Bladder lesion
4.7% (2)
4.8% (2)
Bleeding
4.7% (2)
—
Alternative mesh fixation
2.3% (1)
—
Postoperative complications
.086
One or more complications
14.0% (6)
28.6% (12)
Fatal bowel perforation
—
2.4% (1)
Wound dehiscence
—
4.8% (2)
Pulmonary embolism
—
2.4% (1)
Ileus
—
7.1% (3)
Abdominal wall hematoma
2.3% (1)
4.8% (2)
Cardiac complication
4.7% (2)
—
Delirium
—
2.4% (1)
Wound infection
2.3% (1)
—
Urinary tract infection
—
2.4% (1)
Urinary retention
4.7% (2)
4.8% (2)
One or more treated complications*
7.0% (3)
28.6% (12)
.009
One or more major complications**
—
7.1% (3)
.074
Complications due to the surgical intervention requiring complementary (conservative) treatment and/or extended admittance.
**According to the Dutch complication registration of the NVOG [11].
