title: Bilateral sacrospinous fixation without hysterectomy: 18-month follow-up.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to evaluate the results of bilateral sacrospinous fixation (SSF), which was performed with surgical mesh interposition and bilateral vaginal repair.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-two patients underwent SSF between 2010 and 2012, and the results were evaluated retrospectively. The results at preoperative and postoperative 6(th), 12(th), and 18(th) months of the pelvic organ prolapse quantification system (POP-Q) and the Pelvic Organ Prolapse/Urinary Incontinence Sexual Questionnaire-12 (PISQ-12) were compared using Friedman and Wilcoxon Signed Ranks tests. Values of p<0.05 and <0.01 were considered statistically significant.
  
  
  RESULTS
  According to the POP-Q, significant healing was observed on all vaginal vault points (p=0.001), and no prolapse was observed until the 18-month follow-up stage. There were also prominent patients who felt satisfactory with respect to their sexual life according to PISQ-12 (p=0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This technique appears to provide an adequate clinical resolution, and it may be the primary surgical option for women with pelvic organ prolapse.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet Baki
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Şentürk
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Güraslan
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Batman State Hospital, Batman, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yusuf
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Çakmak
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ekin
keywords: Pelvic organ prolapse; surgical mesh; vaginal vault