Does monofilament polypropylene mesh contract in the posterior pelvic compartment (original) (raw)

Study design, materials and methods This prospective study study has been carried out in the urogynecology division of Ataturk Research and Training Hospital between November 2009 February 2011. We assessed 28 consecutive patients who had undergone mesh implantation for the correction of symptomatic posterior vaginal wall prolapse. During the surgery, the actual surface area was measured by multiplying the long edge with the short edge (initial area). 0n 3 rd , 6 th and 12 th postoperative months, we performed translabial ultrasound examination to measure the surface area. The cases that we could not perform a uniform measurements were not included in the study. The general lineer model repeated measures test has been used in the analysis of data. The test value for the comparison between the measurements was p<0.001. Adjustment for multiple comparisons was made by using Bonferroni test.