PURPOSE: To assess the outcomes of two different incision techniques used in the surgical treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) with concomitant anterior vaginal wall prolapse and to identify possible associated risk factors with a medium-term follow-up in patients who underwent TOT procedure.
METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 233 women who underwent transobturator tape procedure with cystocele repair. The women were divided into two groups according to two different incision techniques. The outcomes were analyzed considering five postoperative parameters: objective cure, subjective cure, patient satisfaction, resolution of urgency urinary incontinence and complications. The mean follow-up period was 43.6 months (range 12-85).
RESULTS: A total of 226 women were documented in this study: 79 women in single-incision technique (group 1) and 147 women in double-incision technique (group 2). The objective and subjective cure and patient satisfaction (visual analog scale score ≥80) rates were 89.8, 73.4, 84.8 % and 90.4, 74.1, 86.4 % in group 1 and group 2, respectively. Complications reported according to the Clavien-Dindo classification were grade I 5.2 %, grade II 42.1 %, grade IIIa 47.3 %, and grade IIIb 5.2 %, and grade I 22.2 %, grade II 77.7 %, grade IIIa 0 % and grade IIIb 0 % in group 1 and group 2, respectively. The mean operative time was significantly shorter in group 1 compared to group 2 (p = 0.001).
CONCLUSIONS: Both incision techniques have satisfactory outcomes in the surgical treatment of SUI with cystocele; nevertheless, the postoperative complications favor the double-incision technique.
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Yonguc T, Bozkurt IH, Arslan B, Kozacioglu Z, Gulden I, Gunlusoy B, Degirmenci T. Are you the author?
Department of Urology, Izmir Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital, Saim Cikrikci Str. No: 59 Bozyaka, 35110, Izmir, Turkey.
Reference: World J Urol. 2014 Aug 31. Epub ahead of print.
doi: 10.1007/s00345-014-1388-0
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PMID: 25173749