OBJECTIVES This prospective, multicentre, randomised study compared the safety and success rate of tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) and transobturator tape (TOT) in treatment of female stress urinary incontinence. METHODS Of 148 women, 73 were randomised to TVT and 75 to TOT. Preoperative workups included case history, clinical examination, Urogenital Distress Inventory and Impact Incontinence...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy and complications of tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) versus tension-free transobturator vaginal tape (TVT-O) from inside to outside for the surgical treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in women. METHODS Retrospectively, 35 patients with SUI were recruited into this study; 18 patients were assigned to the TVT procedure and ...

Occult bladder injury may sometimes go unrecognized during tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) procedures. We report a case of occult intraperitoneal bladder injury that occurred during a TVT procedure. There was no sign of bladder perforation on the initial cystoscopy, which was performed just after the insertion of the trocar. Signs of general peritonitis appeared after the patient started to voi...

Zusammenfassung Die Jahrtausendwende ging in Bezug auf das Thema weibliche Inkontinenz mit vielen wesentlichen Änderungen einher, der Begriff Stressinkontinenz wurde von Belastungsinkontinenz abgelöst, die Integraltheorie Petros u. Ulmsten sowie Hammock-Modell DeLancey erweiterten Verständnis weiblichen Inkontinenz, TVT (Tension-free vaginal tape) setzte sich kurzer Zeit weltumspannend als Ther...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW The aim of this review was to assess the recent evidence on the effectiveness and complications of tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) and transobturator tape (TOT) procedures for female stress urinary incontinence between January 2008 and March 2009. RECENT FINDINGS A meta-analysis of recent studies revealed that the short-term objective cure rate was borderline worse in the TO...

OBJECTIVE To provide an update on currently used minimally invasive surgical treatments for stress urinary incontinence in women: tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) procedure, transobturator tape (TOT) procedure, and other midurethral sling devices. OPTIONS The discussion is limited to minimally invasive surgical management of stress urinary incontinence in women. EVIDENCE A search of PubMed a...