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01-07-2018 | Editorial
FPMRSChallenges on behalf of the Collaborative Research in Pelvic Surgery Consortium (CoRPS): managing complicated cases
Series 1: Adverse events after a sacrocolpopexy: management and recommendations on treatment of a vesicovaginal fistula
Authors:
Ladin A. Yurteri-Kaplan, Danielle D. Antosh, Maria A. Bortolini, Wolfgang Umek, Shunaha Kim-Fine, Cara L. Grimes
Published in:
International Urogynecology Journal
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Issue 7/2018
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Excerpt
Our patient is a 48-year-old para 2 who underwent a robotic-assisted supracervical hysterectomy, sacrocolpopexy, posterior colpoperineorhaphy, and cystoscopy for stage 3 prolapse 3 years ago. The surgeon used monofilament polypropylene lightweight mesh and attached it to the cervix, vagina, and sacrum with braided non-absorbable polyethylene terephthalate sutures. On postoperative day 7, she underwent a primary repair with permanent sutures of an 8-mm port site hernia with associated small bowel obstruction and bowel incarceration. …