Since 2019, all vaginal mesh implants were removed from the market. Since, surgeons have only the autologous technique left to treat prolapse by vaginal route. The anterior sacrospinofixation is an alternative technique to treat vaginally apical prolapses. We have divided the anterior sacrospinous ligament fixation technique into 10 surgical steps: exposure, infiltration, vaginal incision, vesico-vaginal dissection, paravesical dissection, sacrospinous ligament suture (two passage in the SSL on each side, using a suture-capturing device), vaginal fixation, vaginal closure, sacrospinous ligament fixation and final closure. We have performed more than 50 ASSF. This technique is not very well known, and the surgeons are more used to approach the SSL by posterior way. We have included a video of the procedure and an anatomical drawing exhibiting the dissection of the SSL without eyes control. We also added tips and tricks to easily apprehend this new technique. The anterior approach seems to has several advantages compared to the traditional posterior technique. We want to share such a video on showing how to approach the paravesical fossa anteriorly without eyes control.

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