Clinical outcomes after surgery
All patients underwent vaginal repair. The clinical data are summarized
in Table S2. No significant differences in the duration of the surgical
procedure, hospitalization stay, and hospitalization cost were observed
between the groups (p > 0.05). However, the
hemoglobin level on the first postoperative day was significantly higher
in group-B patients than that in group-A patients (106.0 ± 11.2 g/L vs
99.5 ± 13.4 g/L, p < 0.05). In addition, four out of
228 patients in group B had complications (two cases of bladder injury
and two cases of hematoma), whereas one out of 50 patients in group A
had a complication (hematoma). Thus, the incidence of perioperative
complications was 1.8% and 2.0% in the two groups, respectively.