FOI_8532

Internal Reference Number: FOI_8532

Date Request Received: 25/03/2025 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 07/04/2025 00:00:00

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Request Summary: Colposuspension

Request Category: Researcher


Question Number 1: I am conducting a research project to compare the safety and efficacy of permanent versus absorbable sutures in Colposuspension for the management of stress urinary incontinence in women. I would be grateful if you could help me with this data. From your hospital surgical database, please can you provide us with: 1. the number of Colposuspensions conducted in your unit between January 2020 and January 2025. Of these, please clarify how many were conducted: -open -laparoscopically -robotically

Answer To Question 1: Please see our responses to Q1 and 2 in the Excel spreadsheet attached. To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below: 12860 - FOI_8532 - Colposuspension.xlsx

Question Number 2: 2. How many of these cases have needed to go back to theatre for any procedure under the care of urogynaecology/gynaecology/urology since the initial operation? Please state, what procedures they then underwent.

Answer To Question 2: Please see attached spreadsheet

Question Number 3: The following questions, may be known by the theatre team via the surgeon’s cardex (information sheet which each surgeon will have with their preference of equipment for each operation) for Colposuspension. In the worst case, it may need to posed to the surgeons who usually perform colposuspensions but should be a quick answer: "Which suture material is routinely used to suture onto the iliopectineal ligament in open cases? Please state name of suture or N/A if this route of colposuspension is not performed."

Answer To Question 3: Our surgeon uses a 1 PDS with a J needle.

Question Number 4: "Which suture material is routinely used to suture onto the iliopectineal ligament in laparoscopic cases? Please state name of suture or N/A if this route of colposuspension is not performed."

Answer To Question 4: N/A we do not carry out laparoscopic cases.

Question Number 5: "Which suture material is routinely used to suture onto the iliopectineal ligament in robotic cases? Please state name of suture or N/A if this route of colposuspension is not performed."

Answer To Question 5: N/A we do not carry out robotic cases.
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