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New Surgery
UI Women's Health offers a new robotic surgery treatment to women with uterine and/or vaginal prolapse. Catherine Bradley, MD, director of the urogynecology division, and colleague Ali Luck, MD, have successfully performed a number of robotic-assisted sacral colpopexy procedures (with or without hysterectomy) since introducing it at UI Hospitals and Clinics nine months ago.
Uterine and vaginal prolapse occur in middle- or advanced-age women due to genetic causes, childbirth trauma, heavy lifting, or obesity. The condition is experienced as a bulge in the vaginal area, resulting from a descending uterus or vaginal wall. Advanced prolapse may also cause urination and defecation difficulties. While milder forms are common and need not be treated, the gold standard for treating advanced prolapse is sacral colpopexy, a surgical procedure that suspends the vagina to the pelvic surface of the sacrum using a mesh.
This traditionally open–abdomen procedure can now be performed through several small incisions using robot assistance. Compared with traditional surgery, the robotic operation has a shorter hospital stay (overnight), quicker recovery, and faster return to work.