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Biological OviTex Versus Synthetic Graft in Robotic Prolapse Surgery

This prospective study aims to assess the efficacy of the OviTex 1S permanent mesh in pelvic floor surgery in comparison with the current standard polypropylene mesh.

Randomized Study Evaluating the Treatment of Vulvovaginal Gaping by Plication of the Puborectalis Muscles Versus Perineorrhaphy ± Transverse Myorrhaphy of the Puborectalis Muscles at 12 Months. (HERA)

Vulvovaginal incompetence is generally associated with prolapse and contributes to the pathogenesis of the latter. The perineum and the perineal body (PB) are structures frequently injured throughout life, leading to vesicourethral and rectoanal dysfunction, which are the main focus of study. Other symptoms, such as periorificial dyspareunia and vulvovaginal incompetence, appear to be less verbalized by women. The resulting sexual discomfort is linked, on the one hand, to physical anatomical trauma, with, in some cases, vulvovaginal incompetence contributing to a vaginal sensitivity decreased, and, on the other hand, to psychological trauma with damage to self-image. Vulvoperineoplasty is a surgical repair procedure that aims to optimally reconstruct the introital anatomy by correcting the vulvovaginal incompetence in order to restore normal anatomy, restore self-image, and treat the symptoms of vaginal laxity (feeling of a vagina that is too large and loss of vaginal sensitivity). Conventional surgical techniques for treating vulvar incompetence, such as levator myorrhaphy and perineorrhaphy, are currently being questioned because they cause functional sequelae, particularly regarding to sexual quality of life. The pubo-rectal muscle plication (PPR) technique is based on the anatomical observation of puborectalis muscle lengthening (PMR) observed on MRI scans in patients with vaginal incompetence. This technique could be an interesting alternative in the surgical treatment of vulvovaginal incompetence. The main objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of anatomical reconstruction of vulvovaginal incompetence by sagittal plication of the puborectalis muscles vs. by perineorrhaphy ± transverse myorrhaphy of the puborectalis muscles at 12 months.

Transvaginal Human Acellular Dermal Matrix for Prolapse Treatment

This is a randomised study in which we compare the effectiveness of three different procedures in mending symptomatic anterior and apical prolapse in patients who are candidates to receive surgery. They will be randomly assigned in a ratio 1:1:1 to three different groups who will have assigned three different kinds of surgery. In the patients of the first group a classic vaginal hysterectomy with anterior colporrhaphy will be practised. Patients who belong to group two will undergo a vaginal hysterectomy followed by placement of an acellular dermal matrix from cadaveric donors (hADM) for anterior reinforcement and sacrospinous fixation with Anchorsure® device (Neomedic trade mark (TM) International, Spain). Finally, patients from group three will have vaginal hysterectomy followed by sacrospinous fixation with Anchorsure® alone . Patients will be followed-up at 4 weeks, 6 months, 12 months and annually till 36 months to evaluate relapses and possible complications.