ABSTRACT

The advent of laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy attempts to bridge the gap of the abdominal versus vaginal approach with the goal of obtaining the anatomical outcomes offered via the abdominal approach while minimizing the morbidity associated with an open abdominal procedure. Laparoscopic approaches to treat pelvic organ prolapse were first introduced in 1992. There are numerous retrospective/prospective cohort studies which report high success rates ( 21-23 ). To date however, there are no such randomized trials to test whether outcomes are comparable to the abdominal sacrocolpopexy.