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Site-specific prolapse surgery. I. Reliability and durability of native tissue paravaginal repair
Richard I Reid1, Hui You, Kehui Luo
1School of Rural Medicine, University of New England, Armidale, Australia. richard_reid@dbgyn.com
Introduction And Hypothesis:
This study aims to compare native tissue abdominal and vaginal paravaginal repair, and to investigate whether surgical outcome was independent of operative route.
Methods:
Retrospective comparison of 111 displacement cysto-urethrocoeles, repaired between 1997 and 2007. Treatment was by surgeon assignment, 52 women having abdominal (APVR) and 59 vaginal paravaginal repairs. Main outcome measures were same-site prolapse recurrence, time to failure and surgical complications. Initial reliability was evaluated by chi-square test, 10-year durability by Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and Cox proportional hazards model.
Results:
When examined in the Cox proportional hazards model, anatomic results of APVR were more durable than a mechanically analogous transvaginal operation done [95% CI = 1.029-2.708 (p value = 0.038)]. Kaplan-Meier curves plateaued within 38 months. Symptom resolution was broadly equivalent. Surgical complication rate was 3.6%.
Conclusions:
Site-specific re-suture of torn native tissue has genuine curative potential. Most of the long-term success was attributable to site-specific repair, rather than non-specific scar formation.
