Symptomatic improvement after mesh removal: a prospective longitudinal study of women with urogynaecological mesh complications.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare clinical characteristics and outcomes in patients undergoing excision of polypropylene urogynaecological mesh for pain, mesh exposure or both.

Design

Prospective, longitudinal cohort.

Setting

Academic tertiary referral centre.

Population

Women undergoing complete vaginal mesh excision for mesh exposure and/or pain.

Methods

Clinical and patient-reported outcomes assessing pain (visual analog scale, VAS), bother (Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory, PFDI) and functional impact (Pelvic Functional Impact Questionnaire, PFIQ) were collected at baseline, 6, 12 and 24 months after complete mesh excision. Outcomes were compared by mesh type (sling, prolapse [transvaginal or sacrocolpopexy mesh], both) and complication (pain, exposure, both).

SUBMITTER: Pace N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8497415 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature