Objective:To determine the incidence of postoperative stress urinary incontinence (SUI) after laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy (LSCP) in women without preoperative symptoms or signs of SUI.
Methods:We conducted a retrospective chart review of all cases of LSCP over a five-year period in a major tertiary centre to identify cases of SUI at the six-month follow-up visit. Patients did not have demonstrable preoperative SUI with prolapse reduction techniques, and they did not have prior or concomitant SUI surgery.
Results:Of 31 women, only two had SUI at six months after LSCP, with one requiring surgery.
Conclusion: We do not recommend concomitant prophylactic surgery for SUI at the time of LSCP in women who do not have objectively demonstrable SUI before surgery.
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Khoshbakht N, Alarab M, Lovatsis D. Are you the author?
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Toronto, Toronto ON.
Reference: J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2012 Jul;34(7):653-6.
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 22742484
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