Table 4.
Cumulative Outcomes of Pessary Placement, Complications and Definitive Surgery Rates
| Quarter 1 (1st 3 months) |
6 months |
9 months |
1 year |
2 years |
4 years |
5 years |
9 years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Surgery for Prolapse | 5% | 8% | 10% | 12% | 15% | 20% | 21% | 24% |
| Colpocleisis | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| Anterior | 2% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 6% | 6% | 8% |
| Anterior & posterior | 2% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 10% | 11% | 12% |
| Anterior & posterior & apical | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| Posterior | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 5% |
| Apical | 4% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 11% | 14% | 15% | 18% |
| Mesh insertion | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% |
| Complications | ||||||||
| UTI | 19% | 30% | 38% | 44% | 58% | 73% | 77% | 86% |
| Vaginitis | 6% | 9% | 12% | 14% | 20% | 27% | 29% | 35% |
| Dyspareunia | 8% | 12% | 15% | 17% | 24% | 32% | 34% | 41% |
| Retention of urine | 2% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 12% | 13% | 18% |
| Mechanical Complication of Device, implant, & graft (996.3-996.76) |
0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 5% |
| Fistula (599.1, 619) | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 3% |