We conducted a prospective, longitudinal study to assess the efficacy of a
new laparoscopic hysteropexy technique in alleviating pelvic pain. Subjects
were 50 women of reproductive age with chronic pelvic pain or dyspareunia
in whom the only clinical finding was uterine retroversion who underwent la
paroscopic uterine suspension using three-stitch technique. There were no i
ntraoperative complications. The only postoperative complication was abdomi
nal pain in one woman. The technique was effective in relieving symptoms in
these patients, Of the 22 women who had associated infertility for longer
than 3 years, 10 became pregnant within 7 year after surgery. This benefit,
however, is likely due to couples' improved sex life rather than change in
surgical axis of the uterus.