Postoperative adverse events and re-treatment among patients who have undergone laparoscopic and robotic sacrocolpopexy for pelvic organ prolapse in Japan.

OBJECTIVE

To describe and compare the postoperative adverse events and re-treatment for recurrence after laparoscopic and robotic-assisted sacrocolpopexy in Japanese patients with pelvic organ prolapse (POP).

METHODS

This was a retrospective cohort study using the DeSC database, which contains claims and medical check-up data provided by DeSC Healthcare Inc., Tokyo, Japan. We identified all patients who had undergone either laparoscopic or robotic-assisted sacrocolpopexy from April 2014 to May 2021. Patient backgrounds and postoperative outcomes were compared between the laparoscopic and robotic-assisted sacrocolpopexy groups. Moreover, the composite adverse event comprising vaginal erosion, postoperative urinary incontinence, postoperative dysuria, urinary tract injury, and abdominal incisional hernia was evaluated. Re-treatment for POP recurrence included pessary use and surgery for POP was also evaluated.

RESULTS

Among 28 748 patients diagnosed with POP, 409 (1.4%) had undergone laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy and 52 (0.2%) had undergone robotic-assisted sacrocolpopexy. The prevalence of postoperative adverse events was 20.8% and 13.5% in the laparoscopic and robotic-assisted sacrocolpopexy groups, respectively (P = 0.270). One patient (1.9%) underwent surgery after robotic-assisted sacrocolpopexy, and none of the patients was administered pessaries postoperatively in both groups.

CONCLUSION

In Japan, postoperative outcomes after laparoscopic and robotic-assisted sacrocolpopexy are similar and comparable to those reported in western countries.