Gluteal necrotizing myofascitis: an unusual delayed complication of abdominal sacrocolpopexy

Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2001 Nov;185(5):1273-4. doi: 10.1067/mob.2001.118154.

Abstract

Persistent low back pain developed in a 51-year-old woman after she had undergone abdominal sacrocolpopexy. Four months postoperatively, necrotizing myofascitis developed in her gluteal muscles. The infected mesh, which had eroded into the vagina, was removed. Cultures of the infected mesh and abscesses grew common vaginal flora, including Gardnerella vaginalis and Actinomyces.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Back Pain / etiology
  • Buttocks / diagnostic imaging
  • Buttocks / microbiology*
  • Fasciitis, Necrotizing / diagnostic imaging
  • Fasciitis, Necrotizing / etiology*
  • Female
  • Gynecologic Surgical Procedures / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Reoperation
  • Surgical Mesh / adverse effects
  • Surgical Mesh / microbiology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed