Recent trends in the management of pelvic organ prolapse in Australia and New Zealand.

Objective: To compare current practice in the management of female pelvic organ prolapse in Australia and New Zealand with that in 2007, and assess the impact on practice of the withdrawal of Prolift® and Prosima® mesh kits in 2015.

Materials And Methods: In early 2015, two invitations to participate in a survey, including a link to Surveymonkey, were emailed to 2506 Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) trainees and fellows. The online survey closely resembled a printed survey that was posted to RANZCOG trainees and fellows in 2007 and had additional questions relating to the impact of withdrawal of Prolift® and Prosima® products.

Long-term outcomes of laparoscopic repair of cystocoele.

Background: There is little information on the effectiveness of laparoscopic techniques for native tissue repair of cystocoele.

Aim: To assess the long-term outcome of laparoscopic cystocoele repair.

Methods: Two hundred and twenty-three women with symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse underwent laparoscopic paravaginal repair and treatment of associated conditions.

Effect of uterine preservation on outcome of laparoscopic uterosacral suspension.

Study Objective: To compare the objective outcome of laparoscopic uterosacral hysteropexy with that of hysterectomy combined with laparoscopic uterosacral colpopexy.

Design: Retrospective cohort study, 1999-2010 (Canadian Task Force classification II-2).

Setting: University hospital in South Australia.

Laparoscopic supralevator repair for combined apical and posterior compartment prolapse.

Study Objective: To analyze the objective outcome of laparoscopic supralevator repair in the treatment of rectoenterocele with the Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification (POPQ) system.

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study 1999-2009 (Canadian Taskforce Classification II-2).

Setting: University hospital in South Australia.

Laparoscopic paravaginal repair of anterior compartment prolapse.

Study Objective: To assess the results of laparovaginal repair of anterior vaginal prolapse in terms of perioperative morbidity and repair durability.

Design: Longitudinal study of a consecutive series of women assessed with the pelvic organ prolapse quantification (POPQ) system before and after laparoscopic paravaginal repair of anterior vaginal prolapse (Canadian Task Force classification II-2).

Setting: University hospital in South Australia.

Laparovaginal hysterectomy: a decade of evolution.

Objective: To compare surgical outcomes for laparoscopically-assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH) to total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH) and to document the modifications to the technique of laparovaginal hysterectomy which have occurred over the last decade at Flinders Endogynaecology, South Australia, Australia. The method of choice at the start of the decade was LAVH and by the end of the study period it had been superceded by TLH.

Sample: Seven hundred and ninety-four consecutive women underwent hysterectomy between January 1992 and December 2001 at Flinders Endogynaecology.

Laparoscopic treatment of enterocele: a 3-year evaluation.

Objective: To report the morbidity associated with the laparoscopic treatment of enteroceles and assess the durability of the repair.

Design: Prospective observational study.

Setting: University Teaching Hospital.

Two-year experience with laparoscopic pelvic floor repair.

Study Objective: To evaluate the cumulative experience at our institution of laparoscopic pelvic floor repair to treat genital prolapse and associated symptoms.

Design: Retrospective analysis (Canadian Task Force classification II-2).

Setting: University hospital.

Total laparoscopic hysterectomy: a new option for removal of the large myomatous uterus.

This is the first report of a series of women who underwent total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH) to remove a large myomatous uterus weighing more than 390 g. The case history notes of 21 women undergoing TLH in both the private and public sectors of Flinders Endogynaecology were studied. The mean uterine weight was 534.