Research Article

Comparative Retrospective Study of Tension-Free Vaginal Mesh Surgery, Native Tissue Repair, and Laparoscopic Sacrocolpopexy for Pelvic Organ Prolapse Repair

Table 1

Surgical procedures and postoperative outcomes.

SurgeryTVM surgeryNTRLSC

N2433134
Age (years)69.61 ± 8.31 (46–88)65.68 ± 11.34 (35–85)65.32 ± 3.23 (44–70)
POP-Q stageII45 (18.5%)14 (45.2%)9 (24.5%)
III168 (69.1%)11 (35.5%)24 (70.6%)
IV30 (12.3%)6 (19.4%)1 (0.03%)
Recurrence (%)15 (6.17%)1 (3.23)4 (11.76%)NS
Mesh erosion (%)13 (5.35%)N/A0NS
Reoperation (%)5 (2.14%)0 (0%)1 (2.94%)NS
(Erosion, n = 3. Recurrence, n = 2)(Recurrence)

aANOVA. bChi-squared test. NS: not statistically significant; TVM: tension-free vaginal mesh; NTR: native tissue repair; LSC: laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy.