DIAGNOSIS, MANAGEMENT AND PROGNOSIS OF VAGINAL EROSION AFTER TRANSOBTURATOR SUBURETHRAL TAPE PROCEDURE USING A NONWOVEN THERMALLY BONDED POLYPROPYLENE MESH
- 1 May 2005
- journal article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 173 (5), 1627-1630
- https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ju.0000154941.24547.0f
Abstract
Purpose: We studied the diagnosis, management and prognosis of vaginal mesh erosion using a thermally bonded nonwoven polypropylene mesh in a transobturator suburethral tape procedure for the surgical treatment of stress urinary incontinence in women. Materials and Methods: A total of 65 patients diagnosed with stress urinary incontinence underwent a transobturator suburethral tape procedure with a fusion welded, nonwoven, nonknitted polypropylene mesh, with or without a central silicone coated section, at our institution. All women were followed and if vaginal erosion was diagnosed, cystoscopy and vaginoscopy were performed, the mesh was partially or completely removed and, if necessary, posterior cough test and urodynamic study were performed. Results: Of the 65 patients 9 (13.8%) were diagnosed with vaginal erosion at the vaginal incision during a relatively long postoperative period (mean 290 days). All presented with vaginal discharge and 1 had a severe complication (obturator abscess). Complete mesh removal was necessary in 8 patients and only 2 (22%) had recurrent stress urinary incontinence. Conclusions: A 13.8% rate of vaginal mesh erosion using a nonwoven thermally bonded polypropylene mesh was reported. This complication was probably due to the characteristics of the mesh and not to the transobturator approach. Complete removal of the tape is recommended and the continence status prognosis is good (78%).Keywords
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