Suburethral Slingplasty Using a Self-fashioned Gynemesh for Treating Urinary Incontinence and Anterior Vaginal Wall Prolapse

• Main Authors: Chi-Feng Su (Author), Soo-Cheen Ng (Author), Kwong-Pang Tsui (Author), Gin-Den Chen (Author), Horng-Jyh Tsai (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2009-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.
• Notes: 1028-4559; 10.1016/S1028-4559(09)60036-X
• Keywords: suburethral slings; surgical mesh; urinary stress incontinence; vaginal prolapse; Gynecology and obstetrics; RG1-991
• Source: Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Vol 48, Iss 1, Pp 53-59 (2009)

Objective: This study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of self-fashioned Gynemesh for the concomitant treatment of urinary incontinence and anterior vaginal wall prolapse, and the factors involved in mesh erosion. Materials and Methods: From March 2004 to September 2006, 65 women with urinary incontinence, with or without pelvic organ prolapse or prior surgery for prolapse or incontinence, were recruited for this study. A self-fashioned Gynemesh was used for the concomitant treatment of urinary incontinence and anterior vaginal wall prolapse. Patients in this study underwent suburethral slingplasty and/or concomitant pelvic reconstructive operations. A general linear model univariate analysis was performed to assess the relationships between mesh erosion and various variables. Results: The mean postoperative follow-up was 33 months. Those patients with anterior wall prolapse presented as completely cured postoperatively. The cure rate for urinary incontinence was 80%, and the improvement rate was 17%. Vaginal mesh erosion was discovered in four patients (6%) during the postoperative follow-up. These four patients remained continent after the removal of the eroded mesh. The interactive effects for mesh erosion by a general linear model analysis were menopausal women with advanced anterior vaginal wall prolapse (p < 0.05) and women with advanced anterior vaginal wall prolapse with concomitant sacrospinous ligament fixation (p < 0.05). Conclusion: We found that using self-fashioned Gynemesh for tension-free suburethral and anterior vaginal slingplasty provided a high success rate (97%) in the 3 years of follow-up. Mechanical rejection may be one of the causes of vaginal mesh erosion.