TY - JOUR
T1 - Preoperative MUCP and VLPP did not predict long-term (4-Year) outcome after transobturator mid-urethral sling
AU - Costantini, Elisabetta
AU - Lazzeri, Massimo
AU - Giannantoni, Antonella
AU - Bini, Vittorio
AU - Del Zingaro, Michele
AU - Porena, Massimo
PY - 2009/12
Y1 - 2009/12
N2 - Objective: Maximum urethral closure pressure (MUCP) and Valsalva leak point pressure (VLPP) have been considered objective parameters for studying the urethral integrity and predicting outcome after surgery for stress urinary incontinence (SUI). We test the hypothesis that preoperative MUCP and/or VLPP may predict long-term outcome after out-in transobturator tape (TOT) surgery for female SUI. Methods: 65 patients affected by stress or mixed urinary incontinence were enrolled in a prospective observational descriptive study conducted from May 2002 to November 2005 at a single tertiary urban teaching university urogynecological department. Preoperative MUCP and VLPP, stratified as ≤ or >40 cm H2O and ≤ or >60 cm H2O, respectively, were separately or in combination correlated with primary (continence status: dry or wet) and secondary outcome variables (quality of life questionnaires) after surgery. Results: Out of 65 patients, 6 (9.2%) did not attend the follow-up. The median follow-up was 46 months (mean 52 ± 18; range 36-82). The overall objective cure rates (dry) were 74.4% for patients with VLPP >60 cm H2O and 65% for VLPP ≤60 cm H2O (p <0.654). The overall objective cure rates (dry) were 75% for patients with MUCP >40 cm H2O and 68.6% for MUCP ≤40 cm H2O (p <0.808). The overall objective cure rates (dry) were 82.4% for patients with MUCP >40 cm H2O and VLPP >60 cm H2O and 69.2% for MUCP ≤40 cm H2O and VLPP ≤60 cm H2O (p <0.956). Conclusions: These data seem to cast doubts on the predictive value of MUCP and VLPP in patients who underwent TOT.
AB - Objective: Maximum urethral closure pressure (MUCP) and Valsalva leak point pressure (VLPP) have been considered objective parameters for studying the urethral integrity and predicting outcome after surgery for stress urinary incontinence (SUI). We test the hypothesis that preoperative MUCP and/or VLPP may predict long-term outcome after out-in transobturator tape (TOT) surgery for female SUI. Methods: 65 patients affected by stress or mixed urinary incontinence were enrolled in a prospective observational descriptive study conducted from May 2002 to November 2005 at a single tertiary urban teaching university urogynecological department. Preoperative MUCP and VLPP, stratified as ≤ or >40 cm H2O and ≤ or >60 cm H2O, respectively, were separately or in combination correlated with primary (continence status: dry or wet) and secondary outcome variables (quality of life questionnaires) after surgery. Results: Out of 65 patients, 6 (9.2%) did not attend the follow-up. The median follow-up was 46 months (mean 52 ± 18; range 36-82). The overall objective cure rates (dry) were 74.4% for patients with VLPP >60 cm H2O and 65% for VLPP ≤60 cm H2O (p <0.654). The overall objective cure rates (dry) were 75% for patients with MUCP >40 cm H2O and 68.6% for MUCP ≤40 cm H2O (p <0.808). The overall objective cure rates (dry) were 82.4% for patients with MUCP >40 cm H2O and VLPP >60 cm H2O and 69.2% for MUCP ≤40 cm H2O and VLPP ≤60 cm H2O (p <0.956). Conclusions: These data seem to cast doubts on the predictive value of MUCP and VLPP in patients who underwent TOT.
KW - Maximum urethral closure pressure
KW - Stress urinary incontinence
KW - Transobturator tape, outcome
KW - Valsalva leak point pressure
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U2 - 10.1159/000251177
DO - 10.1159/000251177
M3 - Article
C2 - 19996644
AN - SCOPUS:72049129127
VL - 83
SP - 392
EP - 398
JO - Urologia Internationalis
JF - Urologia Internationalis
SN - 0042-1138
IS - 4
ER -