Posterior Intravaginal Slingplasty versus Abdominal Sacrocolpopexy for the treatment of vaginal prolapse

The abdominal sacrocolpopexy is the gold standard method of vaginal prolapse correction and posterior intra-vaginal slingplasty is a newer procedure with minimal invasion. This study is going to compare the effectiveness and complications of these two surgical methods. 51 patients with prolapse admitted to vali-e-asr Hospital of Tehran University of medical science were evaluated during years 2001-2004. 26 patients were operated by posterior IVS method (the first group) and 25 of them had undertaken sacrocolpo-pexy (the second group). Data were primarily gathered from patient's folder and further complimentary information were achieved by two years follow-up and inviting patients to interview or exam