Table 4.
Baseline characteristics, presenting symptoms and type of treatment (n = 52).
| Mean age (average) | 59.6 |
| Gender (male:female) | 0:52 |
| Initial surgery (average) | |
| Colpopexy | 42 (80.8%) |
| Rectopexy | 6 (11.5%) |
| Hysteropexy | 2 (3.8%) |
| Combined sacrocolporectopexy | 2 (3.8%) |
| Time to complication (days; average) | 332 |
| Sign and symptoms (average) | |
| Back pain | 50 (96.1%) |
| Fever | 22 (42.3%) |
| Pain radiating into the legs | 17 (32.7%) |
| Vaginal discharge | 5 (9.6%) |
| Not specified | 2 (3.8%) |
| Access (average) | |
| Laparoscopic | 27 (51.9%) |
| Robotic | 7 (13.4%) |
| Open | 18 (34.6%) |
| Fixation technique (average) | |
| Mesh | 45 (86.6%) |
| • Syntetic | • 38 (73.1%) |
| • Biological | • 3 (5.8%) |
| • Not specified | • 4 (7.7%) |
| Non-absorbable direct suture | 5 (9.6%) |
| Not specified | 2 (3.8%) |
| Mesh erosion (average) | 9 (17.3%) |
| Vaginal mesh erosion (average) | 8 (15.4%) |
| Rectal mesh erosion (average) | 1 (1.9%) |
| Fistula (average) | 9 (17.3%) |
| Diagnostic tool (average) | |
| • RM | 40 (76.9%) |
| • TC | 1 (1.9%) |
| • RM/TC | 6 (11.5%) |
| • Not specified | 5 (9.6%) |
| Reoperation/antibiotics (average) | 35 (67.3%) |
| Antibiotics alone (average) | 14 (26.9%) |
| Not specifed (average) | 3 (5.8%) |