Thursday, 11 February 2016

Southern Pelvic Floor Society

The Bristol Hotel

Present

J Randall (Bristol), T Dixon (Bristol), M Williamson (Bath), M Lamparelli (Dorchester), K Mabey (Bristol), L Griffin (Bristol), D Cotton (Bristol), E Jones-(Southampton), T Boorman (Exeter), J Hicks (Southampton), S Pilkington (Southampton), A Clarke (Poole), S Perring (Poole), C Overton (Bristol), P Hughes (Ethicon), E Smythe (Taunton), J Virjee (Bristol), L Thomas (Bristol), B Thomas (Bristol), M Feldman (Truro), W Faux (Truro), E Courtney (Bath), D Glancey (Cheltenham), M Ahmed (Poole), E Kirton (Bristol), A Bacon(Bristol), C Glasspool (Bristol)

Apologies: C Oppong (Plymouth), K Nugent (Southampton), P Durdey (Bristol)

JR introduced meeting. ML welcomed all to the meeting and gave a short history of the group; each of those present then introduced themselves briefly

Talks

Anterior resection syndrome

A background of the condition and its current management was outlined by David Cotton, senior fellow at UHB. Slides attached

-Roles of Biofeedback, SNS and PTNS outlined UHB service then described by Lucy Griffin, Clinical scientist at UHB- slides attached

In past treatment was based on excluding cancer recurrence and then simple reassurance

Newer practice includes Bowel management advice, biofeedback, rectal irrigation and ? SNS.

Baseline FI QoL score

Current results of 8 patients

Only 9 months of results thus far.

Questions: JV how long do you use peristeen?

Should all patients post op b given advice about pelvic floor exercises etc.

Brief experiences of all in the room canvassed with evidence of patchy practice

Some good and some bad

TD expressed his views about the difficulty with this condition

A level of expectation may be important

Pre-op teaching

Pre-op DXT

And also? Internal prolapse

Potential for studies of baseline practice, streamlining of process of management through the group.

All willing to support

Clinical cases

DG

Previous case under PD in UHB.

Previous hysterectomy

Pain as the main presenting feature

No signs of prolapse

Not helped by LAP VMR performed by PD. Presented back to DG with ongoing symptoms, increasing pain,

Now referred to GS in pelvic pain clinic.

GT patient of DG

Young

Labile emotional personality disorder

"There are issues"

Developed full thickness prolapse at age of 26 in absence of hypermobility

Underwent a posterior rectopexy at that stage

Developed ongoing symptoms

Proctogram showed animus

No improvement with Botox a

Then ongoing symptoms and underwent biological mesh VMR

Repeat proctogram shows recurrent enterocoele

Has the mesh detached?

Has it come free from the rectum?

For relook VMR

Discussions re next meeting:

Possibly Cheltenham DG

Then perhaps Plymouth.

TD

40 lady

Previous Forceps delivery

Rectal bleeding

Awaits 8/12 for Delormes

Ends up with a haemorrhoidectomy

Presents via Gynaecologist with ods symptoms

Treated conservatively

Then represents

Next consultant

Physiology urgency

Underwent an EAS repair and transperineal levatorplasty

Develops an internal prolapse

Now completely incontinent

With EAS disruption

Has an anal stenosis

Repeat USS shows disrupted sphincter

What to do?

Offered EUA and laparoscopy to assess

May need permanent stoma

Options are redo sphincter repair or VMR . Might need SNS.

2nd case

Lady born without bladder. At 6/12 underwent ureterosigmoidostomy

Later underwent new- bladder formation

Subsequently developed prolapse, better with operations.

Delivers a child normally.

Subsequently underwent a Fothergill operation.

Now has a large recurrent grade three cystocoele

What to do?

Advice to manage the same as a large cystocoele

Cf pessary, native tissue repair, mesh repair.

Consider laparoscopy first.

SP

42 lady from Jersey

Mucosal prolapse

4 yr hx of ods and bleeding

Mild learning difficulties, neurofibromas

Thick end rectal wall on scan. SRUS on histology

Proctogram small rectocoele, mucosal prolapse

Offered an APER by team on Jersey as thought to be cancer.

AC suggests an EUA

To assess rectum. All agreed that this is the way forward.

Lessons from TD on Rectopexy

If bulging perineum or lots of descent on proctogram consider the need for posterior fixation or something at the side.

This needs the use of cad at start of op.

If at initial laparoscopy, there is a floppy mesentery, also consider this as the need for a posterior support.

At time of op, needs a more distal dissection, lots lower than normally. Getting down to intersphincteric plane.

Uses a 20cm strip of Tileen mesh

Try to get the mesh lower, and flatter

Suture very low on the rectum, take sutures onto the levatorplasty, then 8 sutures onto the rectum and more sutures laterally to keep it flat.

Suggests performing a suture rectopexy posteriorly with an ethibond suture. Augmenting this onto the mesh with more ethibond.

Uses a v-lock suture to close the peritoneum.

Does not make any dissection anteriorly

Looks at the end with the cad to see if any laterally placed rar sutures are

This is effectively three operations at once

Has moved away from biological mesh as this is less likely to last.

In summary this is a more extensive procedure.

Moved away from using biological mesh as this does not have the longevity

Meeting closed 2145

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