INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS: We present our minimum 1-year results with a mesh spiral-sling procedure (MSSP) for managing refractory and disabling stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in women.
METHODS: Thirty-four women were treated with MSSP between 2007 and 2011. Six had incomplete data and were excluded from analysis. Study cohort comprised 21 women with refractory (mean number of previous surgeries 2.2; range 1-6) and seen with primary disabling SUI. All patients had marked intrinsic sphincter deficiency (ISD) with a Valsalva leak-point pressure (VLPP) < 60 cm H2O. Preoperative workup included assessing the impact of voiding symptoms using the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-Short Form (ICIQ-SF), estimating the daily number of pads, and urodynamic studies. Preoperative and postoperative findings were compared using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test.
RESULTS: Intraoperative unilateral bladder-neck perforation occurred in two women during dorsal urethrolysis. With a mean follow-up of 26 months (range 12-48), SUI was cured in 71.4 % of patients. Distal urethral reconstruction with vaginal mucosal flaps was performed in two patients with short urethral length (< 2.5 cm) due to recurrence of SUI 10 months after MSSP. Mean ICIQ-SF score decreased from 19.4 ± 3.6 preoperatively to 7.3 ± 2.8 postoperatively (p = 0.001). Mean daily pad number decreased from 5.2 preoperatively to 1.2 postoperatively (p = 0.02). Urethral or vaginal erosion was not observed in any case during follow-up.
CONCLUSION: Using spiral slings may be a viable option in managing refractory and disabling SUI.
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Onol SY, Sevket O, Onol FF, Erdem R, Tepeler A. Are you the author?
Department of Urology, Bezmi Alem Vakıf University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Reference: Int Urogynecol J. 2014 Aug 19. Epub ahead of print.
doi: 10.1007/s00192-013-2224-6
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 25135382
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