Twenty years of laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy: where are we now?

INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS

Laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy (LSC) was first described almost 20 years ago. This technique aims to provide the outcomes of the gold standard abdominal approach while offering the benefits of minimally invasive surgery. However, the widespread diffusion of LSC in the management of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is hampered by its presumed length and technical difficulties due to the inherent need for laparoscopic suturing skills.

METHODS

In this article, we highlight the current status of LSC based on a historical overview and in the paradigm of an interrelationship between the three different approaches to POP correction.

RESULTS

The enormous changes over the past 15 years have contributed to a better understanding of the pathologies and their treatment, which has enabled us to refine LSC, to simplify it, and to make it much more reproducible.

CONCLUSIONS

In the future, we will need more prospective studies to compare LSC with vaginal reconstructive surgery.