What are the Medical Techniques Used to Correct Uterine Prolapse?

Women have endlessly suffered because of the debilitating effects of surgical mesh in the treatment of uterine prolapse, medical news says. Truly, this medical tool has slowly become controversial that even women who have not received it have already started asking questions. What happens during vaginal mesh placement?

Uterine prolapse is one of the many diseases that vaginal mesh is meant to address; however, there are also other options available to women. Doctors would almost always recommend the removal of the uterus, but only if the patient has no plans of giving birth or when the presence of the uterus feeds more harm to the patient than benefits.

Hysterectomy (removal of the uterus) is classified into three types, depending on the extent of the parts removed, and these are subtotal, total, and radical hysterectomy. In subtotal hysterectomy, only the displaced part of the uterus is excised, but when the whole uterus is ultimately out of place, the total removal of the organ and the cervix may be implemented.

Radical hysterectomy may only be done in cases when the womb is cancerous. With hysterectomy procedures, the patient’s chance to recover is high but this method is not for everyone. Women with pelvic and ovarian problems are carefully considered.

Colpocleisis is yet another surgical approach for uterine prolapse. This is usually used in severe cases when the prolapse is difficult to manage. It involves stitching the front part of the vagina onto its back, hence completely sealing off the vaginal itroitus. Women who have no problem putting an end to their sex life may opt for this procedure as well as those who have poor chances of getting cured from all the other approaches.

Another type of uterine repair is sacrospinous fixation, which needs the autografting of some of the uterine ligaments into the spinal ligaments, thus strengthening the pelvic floor. This is equivalent to vaginal mesh implant, but instead of a biological tissue, an artificial material that is often made of polypropylene is applied.

Urology and gynecology specialists trust that a vaginal support effectively fixes the damaged tissues by reinforcing the base of the pelvic diaphragm. While some recipients believe that doctors should be held liable for not disclosing the negative complications of this procedure, many are after the manufacturers that produced them and failed to assess the effectiveness and the safety of their products. On account of this, there have already been thousands of vaginal mesh lawsuit in the United States up to this day.

References:

http://women.webmd.com/guide/hysterectomy?page=2
http://www.gconstantine.co.uk/COLPOC~1.htm
http://my.clevelandclinic.org/disorders/uterine_prolapse/hic_uterine_prolapse.aspx