The use of vaginal mesh implants for the repair of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI) has truly become very controversial that we see medical specialists taking opposing views on this issue. It may not be unusual to find healthcare providers vouching for one procedure over the other.
To provide an insight on this issue, a group of medical practitioners form different prestigious medical institutes undertook a study with the objective of comparing the use of mesh implants with traditional methods in the repair of vaginal prolapse. Before this very important study can go its full course, it was terminated prematurely due to the high exposure rate experienced by women using vaginal mesh devices.
According to the research team, mesh exposure was at a very high 15.6 percent among women in the vaginal mesh group. When it was terminated, three subjects had died and another three women, all from the mesh group, had to undergo further surgery for the treatment of recurrent prolapse.
At this point of the study, researchers were able to conclude that vaginal mesh surgery was no more effective than traditional methods of repair, on both cure rates and symptomatic improvements.
Read More: New Study Suggests Vaginal Mesh Complications Outweigh Benefits
To provide an insight on this issue, a group of medical practitioners form different prestigious medical institutes undertook a study with the objective of comparing the use of mesh implants with traditional methods in the repair of vaginal prolapse. Before this very important study can go its full course, it was terminated prematurely due to the high exposure rate experienced by women using vaginal mesh devices.
According to the research team, mesh exposure was at a very high 15.6 percent among women in the vaginal mesh group. When it was terminated, three subjects had died and another three women, all from the mesh group, had to undergo further surgery for the treatment of recurrent prolapse.
At this point of the study, researchers were able to conclude that vaginal mesh surgery was no more effective than traditional methods of repair, on both cure rates and symptomatic improvements.
Read More: New Study Suggests Vaginal Mesh Complications Outweigh Benefits
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