What does pelvic prolapse surgery using mesh or graft involve and how does it differ from the existing standard repair technique? Women who have surgery for their prolapse have a 3 in 10 chance of ...

(HealthDay News) — The US Food and Drug Administration has strengthened rules regarding the use of vaginal mesh implants to treat pelvic organ prolapse in women, according to a news release issued by ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Transvaginal mesh was noninferior to native tissue repair in women with pelvic organ prolapse at 36 months, ...

In a Health Notification issued in October 2008 and updated in July 2011, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned of serious complications associated with transvaginal placement of surgical ...

Women who have vaginal surgery to fix a common gynecologic condition called pelvic organ prolapse may wind up with more problems than benefits if a plastic mesh is used, according to a safety ...

December 26, 2008 — Trocar-guided transvaginal mesh surgery for pelvic organ prolapse results in good clinical outcomes at 1 year, according to the results of a prospective, multicenter cohort study ...

Robot-assisted laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy (RSC) offers the advantages of minimally invasive surgery, especially to surgeons who do not have laparoscopic expertise. A recently published series adds to ...

Manufacturers of surgical mesh products indicated for the transvaginal repair of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) have been ordered by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to stop selling and ...

The surgical placement of surgical mesh through the vagina to repair pelvic organ prolapse may expose patients to unnecessary risk without offering clinical benefit above safer options, according to a ...

The pain began almost immediately after Cheryl Sorrels had pelvic surgery to correct a bulging bladder three years ago. There was also a lot more bleeding than she expected. Sorrels chalked that up to ...

Two surgical procedures used to repair vaginal prolapse - one involving removal of the uterus via hysterectomy and the other employing mesh support that preserves the uterus - have comparable clinical ...