Abstract
Over a 2-year period 45 patients with bilateral paravaginal support defects underwent vaginal paravaginal repair. Postoperative evaluations were conducted and anatomic outcome was determined by vaginal examination, with grading of vaginal wall support. Functional outcome was assessed by a standardized quality of life questionnaire, voiding dairy and standing stress test with a full bladder. Thirty-five patients had long-term follow-up with a mean of 1.6 years (range 1-85). The recurrence rates for displacement cystocele, enterocele and rectocele were 3% (1/35), 20% (7/35) and 14% (5/35), respectively. In no patients did vault prolapse develop or recur. Subjective or objective evidence of persistent stress urinary incontinence was found in 57% of patients (12/21). Vaginal paravaginal repair is a safe and effective technique for the surgical correction of anterior vaginal wall prolapse but has limited applicability in the surgical correction of genuine stress incontinence.