Objectives: To determine efficacy of laparoscopic promontory fixation with mesh and titanium helicoidal fixation in the treatment of vaginal vault prolapse, and to describe self reported health status. Design: Descriptive, transversal study. Setting: Gynecology service, Hospital Alberto Sabogal Sologuren, EsSalud, Lima, Peru. Participants: Patients with diagnosis of vaginal vault prolapse treated by laparoscopy. Interventions: Clinical charts of five of eight patients con diagnosis of vault prolapse repaired by laparoscopic promontory fixation with mesh and helicoidal titanium fixation from January 2008 through September 2008. Patients were examined two years after urgery and evaluated by analogical visual scale that included four health dimensions and possibility of three answer alternatives related to quality of life following surgery. Main outcome measures: Correction of vault prolaps...

Se analizó la eficacia de la promontofijación laparoscópica con malla y anclaje helicoidal de titanio, en el tratamiento del prolapso de cúpula vaginal, y se describió el estado de salud autorreportado por las pacientes sometidas a la corrección quirúrgica. Se realizó un estudio descriptivo, transversal en el Servicio de Ginecología del Hospital Alberto Sabogal Sologuren, de EsSalud, en Lima, Perú. Participaron 05 pacientes con diagnóstico de prolapso de cúpula vaginal que fueron intervenidas mediante la técnica de promontofijación laparoscópica, con malla y anclaje helicoidal de titanio, durante el periodo enero a setiembre de 2008. Se revisó las historias clínicas, se examinó a las pacientes dos años después de la cirugía y se las evaluó con una escala visual analógica que contiene cuatro dimensiones de salud y posibilidad de tres alternativas de respuesta, que o...

Objectives: To determine efficacy of laparoscopic promontory fixation with mesh and titanium helicoidal fixation in the treatment of vaginal vault prolapse, and to describe self reported health status. Design: Descriptive, transversal study. Setting: Gynecology service, Hospital Alberto Sabogal Sologuren, EsSalud, Lima, Peru. Participants: Patients with diagnosis of vaginal vault prolapse treated by laparoscopy. Interventions: Clinical charts of five of eight patients con diagnosis of vault prolapse repaired by laparoscopic promontory fixation with mesh and helicoidal titanium fixation from January 2008 through September 2008. Patients were examined two years after urgery and evaluated by analogical visual scale that included four health dimensions and possibility of three answer alternatives related to quality of life following surgery. Main outcome measures: Correction of vault prolaps...