Laparoscopic Repair of Pelvic Prolapse

Significant and symptomatic pelvic prolapse/relaxation affects many women. Elimination of those symptoms requires a surgical solution. Detached and prolapsed pelvic structures and organs need to be reconnected to endopelvic fascia and ligaments.

Traditional surgical approaches require extensive abdominal and/or vaginal operations. In order to accomplish such surgery, several inches long abdominal and/or vaginal incisions are made which increases the postoperative pain and creates disfiguring scars. In order to achieve proper surgical exposure, retractors and bowel packing are employed which also cause postoperative pain and slow down resumption of bowel function. Postoperative recovery necessitates a two to four night hospital stay and four to six week recuperation at home.

Laparoscopic repair of pelvic relaxation avoids the unpleasant scars, eliminates the need for retractors and bowel packing and thus reduces significantly postoperative pain and recovery. Only three tiny abdominal incisions are required. One, one-half inch umbilical (navel) incision, and two, one-fifth inch side incisions are made. Patients may usually go home six to eight hours after surgery and return to normal activities in about two weeks.

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