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Perioperative hemorrhagic complications in pelvic floor reconstructive surgery

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Abstract

Introduction and hypothesis

We sought to assess the incidence, symptoms, and risk factors of perioperative hemorrhagic complications in patients undergoing pelvic floor reconstructive surgery.

Methods

This is a retrospective study on 694 consecutive patients who underwent pelvic floor reconstructive surgery with or without using mesh in our hospital over a 3-year period.

Results

We identified 694 pelvic floor reconstructive procedures from 2014 to 2016, including complete/incomplete colpocleisis (176, 25.4%), sacral colpopexy/hysteropexy with mesh (140, 20.1%), colporrhaphy (77, 11.1%) or vaginal mesh repair (99, 43.1%). Two patients who received only sacrospinous ligament suspension were excluded. There were 68 (9.8%) and 3 (0.1%) patients whose blood loss reached 200 and 500 ml respectively. Procedures involving mesh and vaginal hysterectomy (VH) caused more intraoperative blood loss. Postoperative hemoglobin drop was least in colpocleisis (p < 0.05). All 6 of the patients (0.9%) who developed postoperative pelvic hematoma underwent concomitant VH, and 5 of them received mesh.

Conclusions

Hemorrhagic complications during or after pelvic floor reconstructive surgery are rare. Mesh use and concomitant VH are two major surgical risk factors for hemorrhagic complications in pelvic floor reconstructive surgery.

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University People’s Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China

    Wenjin Cheng, Chunyan Bu, Fanling Hong, Xiaozhu Zhong, Xin Yang, Xiuli Sun & Jianliu Wang

  2. Beijing Key Laboratory of Female Pelvic Floor Disorders, Beijing, China

    Wenjin Cheng, Xiaozhu Zhong, Xin Yang, Xiuli Sun & Jianliu Wang

  3. Department of Urology, Peking University People’s Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China

    Chengyue Jin

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Cheng, W., Bu, C., Hong, F. et al. Perioperative hemorrhagic complications in pelvic floor reconstructive surgery. Int Urogynecol J 30, 1141–1146 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-018-3667-6

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