Table 1 Evolution of uterine sparing prolapse surgery
From: Safety and efficacy of non-absorbable mesh in contemporary gynaecological surgery
Year | Surgeon/technique | Description |
|---|---|---|
1886 | Howard Kelly ‘Abdominal ventrosuspension’ | Open abdominal approach. The uterus is sutured to the anterior abdominal wall at the level of the cervix using the peritoneum. |
1891 | Donald and Shaw ‘Manchester Repair’ | Vaginal approach. Anterior and posterior colporrhaphy with amputation of cervix [80]. |
1956 | Arthure and Savage ‘Suture sacral hysteropexy’ | Open abdominal approach. The uterine fundus or posterior uterine corpus is sutured to the ligamentous tissue of the sacral promontory [81]. |
1979 | SK Chaudhuri ‘Abdominal autologous fascial uterine sling’ | Fascial sling from external oblique is brought through the transversalis fascia and sutured to the anterior aspect of the cervix [82]. |
1993 | Andrew Farkas ‘Mesh hysterosacropexy’ | Open abdominal approach. Goretex mesh is used to fix the uterus to the sacrum [83]. |
2010 | Price and Jackson ‘Laparoscopic hysteropexy’ | Laparoscopic approach. Bifurcated polypropylene mesh is wrapped round the uterus through the broad ligament and suspended to the sacral promontory [84]. |