Main findings
RECURRENCE, GENITAL PROLAPSE
This observational long-term follow-up study of a multicenter randomized controlled trial shows that there was no difference in disease-specific quality of life whether after laparoscopic or after abdominal sacrocolpopexy, with median scores of 0.0 (LSC: IQR 0–17; ASC: IQR 0–0) on the “genital prolapse” domain of the UDI in both groups (Composite outcome of success, surgical failure, and anatomical failure were the same in both groups for all compartments. We found no relation between the type of surgery and the compartment of the recurrence. Also, no relation was found between the pre-operative POP-Q stage and the compartment of the recurrence. Some patients had a recurrence in the same compartment as they did pre-operatively; others did not.In our study, mesh exposures were reported in 12.5% and 7.7% in the LSC and ASC groups respectively. A retrospective cohort study from 2019 reports exposure rates of 1.4% [Patient satisfaction on the PGI-I is 57.9% (