Abstract
Introduction
Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is a common condition in women. During lifetime, up to 40% of all women will develop (POP).
Materials and methods
Between June and December 2021, five patients were successfully treated via vNOTES Posterior Rectus Fascia Prolapse ( PREFAP) repair. No intra-operative complications or conversions occurred.
Conclusion
In this study we demonstrated a new technique for prolapse repair, harvesting the autologous posterior rectus fascia sheath via vaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (vNOTES) as an alternative for a synthetic mesh
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No new data were created or analysed during this study. Data sharing is not applicable to this article.
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Investigation: JB; conceptualization: JB; methodology: TT; supervision: JB; writing—original draft preparation: LM; validation: MM; data curation: SH; writing—review˛and Editing: JD.
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Baekelandt, J., Matak, L., Merckx, M. et al. Posterior rectus fascia prolapse (PREFAP) repair: a new native tissue approach to pelvic organ prolapse via vaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery. Arch Gynecol Obstet 307, 2041–2045 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-023-07021-9
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