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. 2017 Nov 22;29(6):847–858. doi: 10.1007/s00192-017-3512-3

Table 7.

Results per vaginal compartment at 7 years

Results per vaginal compartment
Anterior compartment (level II treatment) Anterior mesh Anterior colporrhaphy
Reoperation POP anterior compartment 0/32 (0) 3/39 (8) −8 (−16, 1)
POP ≥ stage II anterior compartment 8/32 (25) 25/39 (64) −39* (−60, −18)
Reoperation POP and/or POP ≥ stage II 8/32 (25) 27/39 (69) −44* (−65, −23)
POP > hymen anterior compartment 3/32 (9) 8/39 (20) −11 (−27, 5)
Reoperation POP and/or POP > hymen 3/32 (9) 11/39 (28) −19* (−36, −2)
Composite success
• Anterior mesh only (level II) 14/24 (58)
• Anterior & total mesh (level II + I) 22/35 (63) 18/40 (45) 18 (−4, 40)
Apical compartment (level I treatment) Apical mesh Native tissue
Reoperation for POP apical compartment 0/11 (0) 3/34 (9) −9* (−11, −4)
POP ≥ II apical compartment 1/11 (9) 1/34 (3) 6 (−12, 24)
Reoperation POP and/or POP-Q ≥ II 1/11 (9) 4/34 (12) −3 (−23, 18)
POP apical compartment > hymen 1/11 (9) 1/34 (3) 6 (−12, 24)
Reoperation POP and/or POP > hymen 1/11 (9) 3/34 (9) 0 (−19, 20)
Composite success 8/11 (73) 16/36 (44) 29 (−3, 60)
Posterior compartment (level II treatment) Mesh Colporrhaphy
Reoperation POP posterior compartment 1/32 (3) 5/45 (11) −8 (−19, 3)
POP ≥ II posterior compartment 4/32 (12) 13/43 (30) −18 (−36, 0)
Reoperation POP and/or POP-Q ≥ II 4/32 (12) 18/45 (40) −28* (−46, −9)
POP posterior compartment > hymen 1/32 (3) 1/43 (2) 1 (−7, 8)
Reoperation POP and/or POP > hymen 2/32 (6) 6/45 (13) −7 (−20, 6)
Composite success
• Posterior mesh only (level II) 9/23 (39)
• Posterior and total mesh (level II + I) 17/34 (50) 25/45 (56) −6 (−28, 17)

Data presented as n (%), n (%, 95% CI), or % (95% CI)

POP pelvic organ prolapse

*This difference would be statistically significant if tested at a significance level of 0.05