Current techniques used to perform surgery for anterior and posterior vaginal wall prolapse in South Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to evaluate the current surgical techniques for anterior and posterior vaginal wall prolapse repair in South Korea.

Methods

A web-based questionnaire survey was sent to 780 members of the Korean Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology. The items assessed in the questionnaire were the demographic characteristics and current surgical techniques used for the correction of anterior and posterior vaginal wall prolapse.

Results

The response rate was 16%. There were variations in the suture materials and methods used for anterior and posterior colporrhaphy. Most respondents used only rapid absorbable suture materials to plicate the fibromuscular layer and close the mucosal layer of the anterior and posterior vaginal wall. Simple interrupted sutures ar

SUBMITTER: Kim SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9119735 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature