Pelvic Floor Repair System Helps Treat Organ Prolapse

An innovative surgical mesh that incorporates partially absorbable materials has been designed to improve healing and patient comfort in the treatment of pelvic floor prolapse (POP) disorders.

The Gynecare Prolift+M Pelvic Floor Repair System is based on a state-of-the-art mesh made from lightweight, partially absorbable polypropylene, designed to increase biocompatibility and comfort in the body and to reduce the possibility of inflammatory response. The lightweight mesh is less dense and has larger pores than other meshes, which can lead to decreases in reactive scar formation and a reduction in inflammatory response during healing. The mesh also has properties that help the surgeon place the mesh more easily, since it resists wrinkling and folding, and it has increased longitudinal elasticity, while maintaining lateral support to ensure pliability after surgery. This could improve vaginal wall compliance and allow for better tissue incorporation. The system also includes anatomical guides, retrieval devices, and cannulas. The Gynecare Prolift+M Pelvic Floor Repair System is a product of Ethicon Women's Health & Urology (Somerville, NJ, USA), a Johnson & Johnson (New Brunswick, NJ, USA) company.

'Thousands of women have been treated successfully with the Gynecare Prolift system for pelvic organ prolapse. With Gynecare Prolift +M, surgeons now have an option that is specifically designed to offer patients even higher levels of comfort with improved biocompatibility to work with the body's natural healing process while correcting the prolapse," said Salil Khandwala, MD, a clinical associate professor at Wayne State University (MI, USA).

Pelvic organ prolapse is characterized by the abnormal descent or herniation of pelvic organs. Forty percent of women aged 40 to 79 are affected by POP, a condition in which weak pelvic floor muscles cause the pelvic organs to fall out of place. By age 80, more than one out of every 10 women will have undergone surgery for prolapse or urinary incontinence. POP can affect a woman's daily life, limiting physical activity and sexual intimacy. Each year approximately 200,000 inpatient procedures are performed in the United States alone to correct POP.

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