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Previous approaches with autologous tissue did not show from a patient\u00b4s perspective convincing long-term results. As there have been repeatedly significant complications with synthetic mesh, a new approach is urgently needed.<\/jats:p>\n                <jats:p>During orthopedics and trauma surgeries, tendons from the thigh have been used for decades to replace cruciate ligament. The procedure of tendon removal from the thigh is fast, easy to learn and morbidity is low. In addition, a long-term durability of the transplant ought to be expected. The objective of this investigation was to show our experience with a semitendinosus tendon instead of a mesh for genital prolapse repair.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Method<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>After the first successful attempts using such tendons in cervicosacropexy and pectopexy in patients with genital prolapse, we initiated a national multicenter study in 2020. Five German hospitals participated in order to determine the feasibility of cervicosacropexy with tendon tissue instead of mesh.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Result<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Up until now, we have operated and observed 113 patients for at least 6 months and have seen stable results in terms of fixation of the apical compartment. The expected low morbidity at the donor site was also confirmed through subjective assessment of the patients (Knee and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score). Improvement of quality of life was confirmed after the procedure with the Short Form Health Survey 12, Version 2.0. The results of this multicenter study showed that the desired elevation of the apical compartment with tendon tissue can be achieved with low morbidity and without a synthetic mesh.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Women with uterine prolapse can be treated minimally invasively and with very low morbidity by using the semitendinosus tendon.\u00a0The involvement of multiple (five) medical centers confirms that the technique is easy to learn and be transferred to other clinical centers.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00192-023-05512-6","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,5,2]],"date-time":"2023-05-02T11:01:56Z","timestamp":1683025316000},"page":"2373-2380","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":16,"title":["From thigh to pelvis: female genital prolapse repair with an autologous semitendinosus tendon transplant"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"34","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1874-3227","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Amadeus","family":"Hornemann","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tobias","family":"Weissenbacher","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Benjamin","family":"Hoch","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wolfgang","family":"Franz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Neelam","family":"Lingwal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marc","family":"Suetterlin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bernd","family":"Holthaus","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,5,2]]},"reference":[{"issue":"11","key":"5512_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1559","DOI":"10.1007\/s00192-015-2695-8","volume":"26","author":"TF Vergeldt","year":"2015","unstructured":"Vergeldt TF, Weemhoff M, IntHout J, Kluivers KB. 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Hornemann and B. Holthaus received royalties from SMI for a special suture; W. Franz received royalties from Arthrex for a tendon-harvesting tool; T. Weissenbacher, B. Hoch, N. Lingwal, and M. Suetterlin declare that they have no conflicts of interest.","order":2,"name":"Ethics","group":{"name":"EthicsHeading","label":"Conflicts of interest"}}]}}