OBJECTIVE To identify risk factors leading to treatment failure in a sample of 302 women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) treated by transobturator vaginal tape (TOT) with a medium follow-up of 4 years (range 1-6). MATERIAL AND METHODS A population based cohort study with prospectively data from 302 women, aged 41-81 years underwent TOT between April 2003-November 2010. Data were collec...

ARTICLE INFO ______________________________________________________________ ______________________ Purpose: To assess the ratio of patients lost to follow-up (FU) after midurethral sling surgery, to evaluate their success rate and current status, and to identify the reasons for FU loss. Materials and Methods: Two-hundred thirty-eight patients who received trans-obturator tape (TOT) surgery were...

OBJECTIVE The treatment of female stress urinary incontinence has undergone a revolution in recent years due the emergence on the market of suburethral slings. The aim of this study is to compare two surgical techniques for treating stress urinary incontinence: Monarc™ (transobturator suburethral sling) and MiniArc(®) (single-incision suburethral mini-sling). MATERIAL AND METHODS Comparative,...

PURPOSE To assess the ratio of patients lost to follow-up (FU) after midurethral sling surgery, to evaluate their success rate and current status, and to identify the reasons for FU loss. MATERIALS AND METHODS Two-hundred thirty-eight patients who received trans-obturator tape (TOT) surgery were reviewed. For patients lost to FU within 3 months, Stamey's outcome questionnaire and questions re...

PURPOSE We wanted to identify factors predicting persistent urge urinary incontinence (UUI) after the transobturator tape (TOT) procedure in patients with mixed urinary incontinence (MUI). MATERIALS AND METHODS Of 293 patients who underwent a TOT procedure from May 2007 to August 2010, 175 MUI patients had at least one 6-month follow-up visit. Preoperative evaluations including history taking...

Currently, the most commonly performed surgeries for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) are mesh midurethral slings (MUS). They are minimally invasive outpatient procedures, and they are as effective as traditional suburethral slings, open retropubic colposuspension (Burch, Marshall-Marchetti), and laparoscopic retropubic colposuspension. They have a short operative time and fewer postoperative ...