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OBJECTIVE:

To summarize published data about abdominal sacrocolpopexy and to highlight areas about which data are lacking.

DATA SOURCES:

We conducted a literature search on MEDLINE using Ovid and PubMed, from January, 1966 to January, 2004, using search terms “sacropexy,”“sacrocolpopexy,”“sacral colpopexy,”“colpopexy,”“sacropexy,”“colposacropexy,”“abdominal sacrocolpopexy”“pelvic organ prolapse and surgery,” and “vaginal vault prolapse or surgery” and included articles with English-language abstracts. We examined reference lists of published articles to identify other articles not found on the electronic search.

METHODS OF STUDY SELECTION:

We examined all studies identified in our search that provided any outcome data on sacrocolpopexy. Because of the substantial heterogeneity of outcome measures and follow-up intervals in case studies, we did not apply meta-analytic techniques …