Polypropylene patch repairs anterior pelvic organ dysfunction in older women patients

Zhang Xiao-yue

doi:10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2015.52.017

Abstract：BACKGROUND:The patch materials, originaly applied in the reconstruction and repair of abdominal hernia, have been successfuly applied in the vagina surgery; thus, it has been gradualy generalized in gynecological pelvic floor reconstruction. OBJECTIVE:To analyze the clinical effect of polypropylene patch in older female patients with anterior pelvic organ reconstruction. METHODS:Totaly 24 older female patients with stage III,IV anterior pelvic floor dysfunction were enroled. The individual treatment was formulated according to the wishes of patients, of which 12 patients underwent anterior pelvic organ reconstruction using polypropylene patch (test group), and 12 patients underwent the simply modified vaginal repair treatment (control group). Patients were folowed up for 12 months after repair. The clinical symptom remission, wound healing, pelvic organ prolapse staging and subjective disability index scores were observed. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: After repair, the clinical symptoms in these two groups were significantly aleviated, and there was no infection, poor wound healing and other adverse reactions. At 12 months of folow-up, the subjective disability index scores in these two groups were al significantly lower than those before repair (P < 0.05); moreover, these scores were significantly lower in the test group than the control group (P < 0.05). There were eight cases of pelvic organ prolapse staging I, four cases of pelvic organ prolapse staging II in the test group;seven cases of pelvic organ prolapse staging I, two cases of pelvic organ prolapse staging II, two cases of pelvic organ prolapse staging III and one case of pelvic organ prolapse staging IV in the control group. The degree of organ prolapse in the test group was lower than that in the control group (P < 0.05). These results demonstrate that polypropylene patch repair used in older female anterior pelvic organ reconstruction is safe and effective, and leads to a low recurrence rate.