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Methods: This retrospective quality control study evaluated all women who underwent obliterative procedures for POP at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University Hospital of Bern from 2014 to 2023. Total Colpocleisis (TC) and Le-Fort Colpocleisis (LFC) were performed by a standardised technical procedure using purse-string sutures. The primary outcome was the recurrence rate measured by the POP-Q stage (stage 2 or higher). Reoperation rate, perioperative complications, bladder outlet disorders and incontinence symptoms were assessed as secondary outcomes. Results: We analysed eighty-eight patients who underwent obliterative surgery with TC or LFC in this study. The recurrence rate for all patients was 16%, and the reoperation rate was 9.2%. In patients without previous surgeries (52%), the recurrence rate was 7%. Thirteen patients (14.8%) had perioperative complications, mainly urinary tract infections (seven patients, 8%). Objective POP improved significantly (p &lt; 0.001), as did the bladder voiding dysfunction in the rate of high postvoid residual volume (p &lt; 0.05), stress urinary incontinence, overactive bladder and mixed urinary incontinence (p &lt; 0.001). In three patients, de novo stress urinary incontinence developed postoperatively. Conclusions: Colpocleisis by the purse-string technique is an effective surgical treatment for advanced POP surgery. Recurrence and reoperation rates are similar to the previously mentioned techniques and are easy to learn due to the standardised procedure.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm14207433","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,21]],"date-time":"2025-10-21T14:53:19Z","timestamp":1761058399000},"page":"7433","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Colpocleisis\u2014Still a Valuable Option: A Point of Technique"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4231-3649","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Diana","family":"Hoehn","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Urogynaecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, 3010 Bern, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0009-2079-4307","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hannes","family":"Egli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Urogynaecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, 3010 Bern, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Martin Chase","family":"Marak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Statistics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Gloria","family":"Ryu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Urogynaecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, 3010 Bern, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9176-8407","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Anna-Sophie","family":"Villiger","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Urogynaecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, 3010 Bern, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Giovanni","family":"Ruggeri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Urogynaecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, 3010 Bern, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Michael David","family":"Mueller","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Urogynaecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, 3010 Bern, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Annette","family":"Kuhn","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Urogynaecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, 3010 Bern, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"967","DOI":"10.1007\/s00192-024-05798-0","article-title":"Measuring Pelvic Organ Prolapse: An Evolution","volume":"35","author":"Barber","year":"2024","journal-title":"Int. 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