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Resection of infected sacrohysteropexy mesh
Dr. Choi is Resident Physician, Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
Dr. St. Martin is Fellow, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
Dr. Swallow is Fellow, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
Dr. Rickey is Associate Professor of Urology and of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, and Vice Chair, Faculty Affairs, Urology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
Dr. Harmanli is Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, and Chief, Yale Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
The authors report no financial relationships relevant to this video.
Brought to you by the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons. In this video, the authors describe a 64-year-old woman with sacrohysteropexy who presented with symptoms of chest pain, lower abdominal pain, and dysuria. Magnetic resonance imaging showed 2 persistent fluid collections associated with a foreign body. The patient underwent robot-assisted laparoscopic mesh resection and washout. Careful dissection and mobilization of the mesh continued cephalad until the entirety of the proximal portion of the mesh was resected. Postoperatively, the patient had resolution of symptoms. Robotic resection of intra-abdominal mesh after sacrohysteropexy can be feasible by surgeons who are robotically trained and appropriate for patients who have complications from chronic mesh infection.