Patent ID: 8585577

Claim:
A method for performing pelvic repair, the method comprising providing an implant useful to perform a level 1 repair of a cardinal/uterosacral ligament complex; providing an implant comprising a central support portion and four end portions extending therefrom, useful to perform a level 2 repair of rectovaginal fascia; and placing the implant useful to perform a level 1 repair at a location to support tissue of a cardinal/uterosacral ligament complex, placing the implant useful to perform a level 2 repair at a location to support rectovaginal fascia, so that third and fourth end portions of the four end portions are placed in an anterior position relative to first and second end portions of the four end portions, and passing a needle through an external skin incision, the needle attached to either the implant useful to perform a level 1 repair or the implant useful to perform a level 2 repair, wherein the incision is present on a first side of a rectum and posterior to an anus.