Percutaneously assisted cystoscopic removal of intravesical mesh erosion.

This describes a novel approach to cystoscopic removal of a mesh erosion occurring 3 months after anterior vaginal repair with mesh augmentation.

Commercial products for pelvic repair.

Objective: : This article lists and describes the commercial products available for pelvic repair surgery as of summer 2011, tabulated by manufacturer as well as the type of application.

Methods: : Print advertisements in gynecologic and urogynecologic journals were searched, and products were tabulated. Web sites for the products were then located and summarized.

Delayed diagnosis of ureteral obstruction and hydronephrosis despite intraoperative cystoscopy: a case report.

Background: Routine intraoperative cystoscopy is often advocated to improve the diagnosis of ureteral obstruction in gynecologic surgery. It is possible for ureteral obstruction to occur in the immediate postoperative period and thus can be missed by cystoscopy.

Case: A patient had an anterior vaginal repair and transobturator sling.

Laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy compared with abdominal, vaginal, and laparoscopic vaginal hysterectomy in a primary care hospital setting.

Objective: This study compares the operative parameters of laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy, laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy, total vaginal hysterectomy, and total abdominal hysterectomy in patients in a small suburban medical center.

Methods: This investigation is a Canadian Classification II-2. It was performed in a 238 bed not-for-profit community general hospital.

Laparoscopic paravaginal repair: a new technique using mesh and staples.

Objective: To describe a new technique of paravaginal repair, utilizing Prolene mesh and a hernia stapler.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective case series review of 12 patients who underwent laparoscopic bladder neck suspension, who were clinically diagnosed with cystocele caused by paravaginal defects. The patients had paravaginal repair performed utilizing mesh and staples.

Staple erosion into the bladder after mesh and staple laparoscopic colposuspension. A case report.

Background: As new variations of operations are performed, complications must be recognized and reported. Erosion of staples into the bladder following mesh and staple laparoscopic colposuspension is a complication that must be anticipated, recognized and managed by the laparoscopic surgeon.

Case: A woman presented, four years after mesh and staple colposuspension for stress urinary incontinence, with bladder pain and hematuria.