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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 17.
Published in final edited form as: J Reprod Med. 2009 May;54(5):273–280.

Table III.

Concurrent Surgical Procedures Performed at the Time of Vaginal Hysterectomy

Procedure Vaginal
colpopexy
(n = 96)		 Laparoscopic
colpopexy
(n = 22)		 p Value
Anterior repair
  Colporrhaphy 73 (76) 0 <0.001
  Colporrhaphy with
 mesh		 2 (2.1) 0 0.49
  LPVDR 2 (2.1) 20 (90.9) <0.001
Incontinence procedures
  Burch 1 (1.0) 3 (13.6) 0.003
  Sling 51 (53.1) 8 (36.0) 0.16
 TVT 32 (34.4) 7 (35.0) 0.96
 TOT 5 (5.2) 1 (4.5) 0.90
 Mersilene 14 (15.1) 0 0.36
Posterior repair
  Colporrhaphy 51 (53.1) 11 (50.0) 0.48
  Colporrhaphy with
 mesh		 0 0
  Colporrhaphy with
 xenograft		 5 (5.2) 0.28
Oophorectomy 23 (24.0) 5 (22.7) 0.7

LPVDR = laparoscopic paravaginal defect repair, TVT = tension-free vaginal tape, TOT = transobturator tape.

Values are given as n (%).