title: Laparoscopic treatment of enterocele: a 3-year evaluation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the morbidity associated with the laparoscopic treatment of enteroceles and assess the durability of the repair.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective observational study.
  
  
  METHODS
  University Teaching Hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty-five consecutive women with symptomatic enteroceles who underwent laparoscopic treatment of an enterocele.
  
  
  METHODS
  Objective urogynaecological assessment using the pelvic organ prolapse quantification system.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The 11% incidence of anterior wall prolapse is lower than that associated with previous reports of surgical procedures to treat enterocele. There is a 4.4% incidence of major complications. The procedure has been demonstrated to have a 93% success rate at 3 years in treating enterocele.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The laparoscopic enterocele sac excision and vaginal vault suspension fulfils Richardson's requirements for surgical correction of enterocele and provides an anatomic solution to the long-standing surgical dilemma of enterocele.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine, Flinders Medical Centre, Flinders Endogynaecology and Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia. Jenny.Cook@fmc.sa.gov.au
authors.forename: Jennifer R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: Elvis I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Seman
authors.forename: Robert T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: O'Shea
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006547:Hernia / Q000503:physiopathology; D059685:Herniorrhaphy; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014563:Urodynamics