METHOD OF SURGICAL REPAIR OF VAGINA DAMAGED BY PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE AND PROSTHETIC MATERIALS AND DEVICES SUITABLE FOR USE THEREIN

摘要

A method for repairing a vaginal wall (35) which has been damaged by one ormore prolapsed pelvic organs said method including:(a) mobilising the vaginalepithelium off the underlying fascia of at least a portion of the damagedvaginal wall; (b) positioning a prosthetic material (36) over the exposedfascia; (c) re-fixing the vaginal epithelium over the prosthetic material (36)and the fascia; and thereafter(d) locating an intra-vaginal splint into thevagina.