Patients were provided with detailed a priori information pertaining to the abdominal
sacrocolpopexy procedure and were invited to attend follow-up visits at 1, 3, 12, and 24 months.
A sacrocolpopexy procedure restores the vagina to its normal position to correct the prolapse of the vaginal vault in women who have had a previous hysterectomy.
US-based medical device maker Caldera Medical has released an improved Vertessa Lite mesh that is lightweight, flexible and strong for sacrocolpopexy procedures, the company said on Friday.
Although other mesh implants for treating bladder and prolapse are currently suspended across the UK, medical watchdog NICE says, despite what it describes as "serious but well-recognised safety concerns", the use of
sacrocolpopexy procedures continues.
Moreover, relative to conventional laparoscopic sacral hysteropexy, total laparoscopic hysterectomy with laparoscopic
sacrocolpopexy procedures were shown to have similar anatomic results, excellent patient satisfaction, and improved quality of life scores (25).
Caldera Medical's product lines include Desara Sling System for the treatment of SUI and Vertessa Lite for use in abdominal
sacrocolpopexy procedures for the treatment of POP.
Even in a randomized controlled trial comparing 40 robotic-assisted and 38 conventional laparoscopic
sacrocolpopexy procedures by Dr.
BALTIMORE--Abdominal sacrocolpopexy is associated with a higher rate of peri- and postoperative complications, compared with minimally invasive sacrocolpopexy, based on the results of a review of 831
sacrocolpopexy procedures.
