Vaginal Prolapse
Slings can prevent vaginal prolapse
Published in Women's Health Weekly, July 28th, 2005
"This study was undertaken to compare outcomes after anterior colporrhaphy with and without a solvent-dehydrated cadaveric fascia lata graft. A total of 162 women were enrolled in a prospective, randomized trial that evaluated the impact of a solvent-dehydrated cadaveric fascia lata patch on recurrent anterior vaginal prolapse," investigators in the United States report.
"Subjects were randomly assigned to standard colporrhaphy with or without a patch. Before and after surgery, subjects were evaluated by both the Baden-Walker and pelvic organ prolapse quantification systems. 'Failure' was defined as...
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