title: Sacrospinous suspension made easy.
abstract: An orthopedic instrument, the Shutt Suture Punch System, has allowed rapid (less than 1 minute) and safe introduction of the suspending suture through the sacrospinous ligament, especially in the morbidly obese patient. Residents-in-training have performed the sacrospinous vaginal suspension on 30 patients without complications. The remaining aspects of the operation are unchanged.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston.
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Sharp
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007512:Ischium; D008022:Ligaments; D009767:Obesity, Morbid; D012447:Sacrum; D013536:Suture Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014621:Vagina / Q000601:surgery*