Comparative Retrospective Study of Tension-Free Vaginal Mesh Surgery, Native Tissue Repair, and Laparoscopic Sacrocolpopexy for Pelvic Organ Prolapse Repair
Table 3
Cases of mesh erosion after TVM surgery.
(a) Age
Age (years)
Mesh erosion
Total
% of erosion
41–50
1
2
50
51–60
4
32
12.5
61–70
1
92
1.1
71–80
7
100
7
81–90
0
17
0
(b) Stage#
Stage
Mesh
Total
% of erosion
II
3
45
6.67
III
7
168
4.17
IV
3
30
10
13
243
(c) Types of surgery
Surgical type erosion
Mesh erosion
Total
% of erosion
TVM-A
2
49
4.08
TVM-AP
5
149
3.45
TVM-P
0
1
0
T-TVM
6
42
14.29
E-TVM
0
6
0
13
243
(d) Mesh erosion after initial surgery
Months
Cases
% of total cases
3 M
0
0
6 M
3
20.00
12 M
4
26.67
24 M
5
33.33
36 M
1
6.67
FIG
13
100.00
No statistically significant differences were found between each age group. #No statistically significant differences were found. , the chi-squared test.