The EnPlace sacrospinous ligament fixation-A novel minimally invasive transvaginal procedure for apical pelvic organ prolapse repair: Safety and short-term outcome results.

OBJECTIVE

The EnPlace device is a novel minimally invasive tool allowing transvaginal sacrospinous ligament (SSL) fixation of apical pelvic organ prolapse (POP). The study aimed to investigate the safety and short-term efficacy of the EnPlace SSL fixation for significant apical POP repair.

METHODS

A retrospective cohort study of 123 consecutive patients (mean age 64.4 ± 11.1 years) with stage III or IV apical POP who underwent SSL fixation by the EnPlace device. Safety and 6-month outcome results were analyzed and compared between 91 (74%) patients with uterine prolapse versus 32 (26%) patients with vaginal vault prolapse.

RESULTS

There were no intraoperative or early postoperative complications. The mean (± standard deviation) duration of surgery was 30 ± 6.9 min and mean blood loss was 30.5 ± 18.5 mL. The average position of point C by POP-Quantification measurements before surgery and at 6 months postoperatively was 4.5 ± 2.8 cm and -3.1 ± 3.3 cm, respectively. Of 91 patients with preoperative uterine prolapse, eight (8.8%) patients developed a recurrent uterine prolapse within 6 months postoperatively. Of 32 patients with preoperative vault prolapse, two patients (6.3%) had recurrent vault prolapse.

CONCLUSION

Short-term outcome results of EnPlace SSL fixation suggest that it is a safe and effective minimally invasive transvaginal procedure for significant apical POP repair.