Patent ID: 7351197

Claim:
A method for cystocele repair comprising the steps of: (a) establishing four pathways in tissue around a bladder of a patient; (b) introducing a strap into each of said pathways; and (c) positioning beneath said bladder of said patient a support member having each said strap connected thereto such that said bladder of said patient is supported by said support member and a bulge of said bladder into a vagina of said patient is reduced; wherein the step of establishing four pathways in tissue around a bladder of a patient comprises the steps of: (a-1) making an incision in said vagina of said patient; (a-2) making an incision on a left side of said patient where a left adductor longus tendon of said patient inserts into a left portion of a pubic ramus bone of said patient, lateral to an edge of said pubic ramus bone; (a-3) making an incision on a right side of said patient where a right adductor longus tendon of said patient inserts into a right portion of said pubic ramus bone of said patient, lateral to said edge of said pubic ramus bone; (a-4) making an incision on said left side of said patient where a left inferior edge of the pubic ramus bone of said patient ends at a bottom of a left obturator foramen of said patient; and (a-5) making an incision on said right side of said patient where a right inferior edge of said pubic ramus bone of said patient ends at a bottom of a right obturator foramen of said patient.