OBJECTIVE To identify predictive factors of urinary retention following a tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) procedure, so that patients may be better advised of their risk of undergoing catheterization and tape release. METHOD A retrospective review of women who underwent a TVT procedure over five years. Patient age, pressure flow rate, concomitant vaginal surgery, and the form of anesthesia us...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the outcomes of tension-free vaginal tape in the treatment of primary versus recurrent genuine stress urinary incontinence. METHODS A retrospective, multicenter study of 245 consecutive women who were treated with tension-free vaginal tape for genuine stress urinary incontinence (157 for primary and 88 for recurrent genuine stress urinary incontinence) over a 27-month pe...

OBJECTIVES Tension-free vaginal tape has gained large popularity owing to the ease of the procedure and its effectiveness. These procedures were initially thought to rarely involve any significant morbid complications. The transobturator tape (TOT) procedure reproduces the natural suspension similar to the tension-free vaginal tape with a reduction in potential bladder, bowel, and vascular comp...

OBJECTIVE To analyse the urodynamic changes subsequent to the placement of TVT tension-free tape (retropubic tension-free vaginal tape) or TVT-O (obturator tension-free vaginal tape). MATERIALS AND METHODS We carried out a retrospective cohort study that included women with urodynamic diagnosis of stress incontinence, in whom we placed type TVT or TVT-O tension-free tape, and on whom we perfo...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether the mode of anesthesia used during the tension-free vaginal tape procedure affects postoperative voiding function. METHODS A retrospective cohort study was performed using cases in which tension-free vaginal tape placement was the sole procedure performed. Of the 173 cases reviewed, we were able to use the data from 163. Hierarchal linear regression was used to ...

Objective: To assess whether there is a difference in treatment outcomes for patients with or without intrinsic sphincter deficiency after tension-free vaginal tape insertion for stress urinary incontinence in a Chinese population. Methods: This retrospective study of Chinese women undergoing tension-free vaginal tape insertion for confirmed urodynamic stress urinary incontinence was carried ou...