INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS - The purpose of this study was to investigate the success and complication rates of single-incision sling for treating stress urinary incontinence (SUI), with a 3-year follow-up.
METHODS - This study comprised 173 female patients with SUI or mixed urinary incontinence (MUI) with dominant SUI who underwent minisling procedure.
All patients had positive cough stress test preoperatively; they were followed up for 3 years after surgery (1, 3, 6, 12 months, and yearly).
RESULTS - Total follow-up was 36 months, and mean age 51 years (44-77); 128 (74 %) patients presented SUI and 45 (26 %) MUI. Objective and subjective cure and failure rates were 83.8 % (145 cases), 6.4 % (11 cases), and 9.8 % (17 cases), respectively. There were no differences in cure rates between 1 and 3 years. Mean body mass index was 28.7 (26.1-35.2), and mean operating time 7.9 min. (6.5-11.9). There were no major intraoperative complications. Eleven patients (6.4 %) had de novo urge incontinence that resolved using anticholinergic drugs; no patient had urinary retention. Vaginal mesh extrusion was reported in nine (5.2 %) patients.
CONCLUSIONS - The minisling system attained high success rates at 3 years' follow-up. The procedure was easy to learn and has lower complication rate.
International urogynecology journal. 2016 Mar 18 [Epub ahead of print]
Güner Yildiz, Yasin Ceylan, Oktay Ucer, Deniz Arslan, Orçun Çelik, Bülent Gunlusoy
Department of Urology, Dr. Suat Seren Chest Diseases and Surgery Teaching and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey., Department of Urology, Bozyaka Teaching and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey. Department of Urology, Celal Bayar University Medical Faculty, Manisa, Turkey., Department of Urology, Dr. Suat Seren Chest Diseases and Surgery Teaching and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey., Department of Urology, Tepecik Teaching and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey., Department of Urology, Bozyaka Teaching and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.