TY - JOUR AU - Weintraub, A. AB - Tech Coloproctol (2017) 21:907 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10151-017-1706-9 CORRESPONDENCE Response to the correspondence “Preservation of vaginal elasticity is essential for avoiding mesh complications after prolapse surgery” by P Petros and P Richardson 1 1 G. Gutvirtz  · A. Y. Weintraub   Received: 23 October 2017 / Accepted: 23 October 2017 / Published online: 6 November 2017 © Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2017 Dear Sir, and that the methodology for cure described for post-fistula repair incontinence, i.e. restoring the elasticity of the bladder We congratulate P. Petros and P. Richardson for their impor- neck area of the vagina [4, 5] needs to be followed as part of tant contribution to the mesh debate, in particular, their any surgery for mesh removal. This is the only way to restore comment about massive urine loss immediately after mesh the elasticity required in this critical area for independent surgery [1]. function of the opposite vector forces. Because the puboure- The complications of mesh surgery occupied an impor- thral ligaments are necessarily severed during urethrolysis, tant part of the discussions at the 2016 meeting of the Inter- a midurethral sling should also be applied [5]. national Society of Pelviperineology (ISPP) held in Israel Compliance with ethical standards in 2016 [2]. Most worrying were the TI - Response to the correspondence “Preservation of vaginal elasticity is essential for avoiding mesh complications after prolapse surgery” by P Petros and P Richardson JO - Techniques in Coloproctology DO - 10.1007/s10151-017-1706-9 DA - 2017-11-06 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/response-to-the-correspondence-preservation-of-vaginal-elasticity-is-66b80cX89H SP - 907 EP - 907 VL - 21 IS - 11 DP - DeepDyve ER -