Abstract | OBJECTIVE: METHOD: A review of patients who underwent uterosacral ligament suspension from January 2007 to August 2011 was performed. Patients with neuropathic pain attributable to nerve entrapment from uterosacral ligament suspensory suture placement were identified. Factors including surgeon's dominant hand, side of pain, onset of pain, day of suture removal, number of sutures placed and removed, patient age, and body mass index (BMI) were collected. Follow-up of patients with neuropathic pain was performed at postoperative visits and by telephone contact. RESULT: CONCLUSION: Eight patients (1.6%) had postoperative neuropathic pain that resolved after all sutures were removed on the affected side. The removal of sutures was not associated with recurrent POP in the short-term. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: II.
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Authors | Christopher P Chung, Thomas J Kuehl, Wilma I Larsen, Paul M Yandell, Bob L Shull |
Journal | Obstetrics and gynecology
(Obstet Gynecol)
Vol. 120
Issue 2 Pt 1
Pg. 292-5
(Aug 2012)
ISSN: 1873-233X [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 22825087
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Female
- Gynecologic Surgical Procedures
(adverse effects)
- Humans
- Incidence
- Middle Aged
- Nerve Compression Syndromes
(epidemiology, etiology, surgery)
- Pain
(epidemiology, etiology, surgery)
- Pelvic Organ Prolapse
(surgery)
- Retrospective Studies
- Risk Factors
- Texas
(epidemiology)
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