title: Transvaginal cystocele repair using pursestring technique reinforced with custom-tailored two-armed mesh.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the efficacy and safety of vaginal cystocele repair using a pursestring suture technique reinforced with custom-tailored 2-armed mesh.
  
  
  METHODS
  The records of patients who underwent isolated cystocele repair by a single surgeon were retrospectively reviewed. All women were assessed by clinical examination and lower urinary tract symptoms preoperatively and at 3 and 6 months and every year postoperatively. The principal outcome measure was anatomic cure (stage 1 or lower) assessed by the Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification system.
  
  
  RESULTS
  From May 2005 to June 2009, 50 consecutive patients with minimum stage 2 (Aa or Ba 0) cystocele were treated using the procedure. The mean follow-up was 24 months (range 12-54), and the success rate was 96% (48 of 50). No intraoperative complications occurred. Two developed vaginal erosion (4%) and underwent excision of the extruded mesh smoothly. The final 21 consecutive patients underwent urodynamic assessment pre- and postoperatively. Compared with the baseline urodynamic findings, surgery resulted in decreased maximal urethral pressure and maximal urethral closure pressures. However, neither increased de novo incontinence nor reduced cystometric bladder capacity developed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The use of the pursestring suture technique reinforced with custom-tailored 2-armed mesh for vaginal cystocele repair is safe, effective, and economic.
authors: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine and National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors: Chi-Hau
authors: CH
authors: Chen
authors: Sheng-Mou
authors: SM
authors: Hsiao
authors: Ting-Chen
authors: TC
authors: Chang
authors: Wen-Yi
authors: WY
authors: Wu
authors: Ho-Hsiung
authors: HH
authors: Lin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D052858:Cystocele / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D059411:Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013526:Surgical Mesh / Q000009:adverse effects; D013536:Suture Techniques; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014563:Urodynamics; D014621:Vagina / Q000601:surgery*