TY - JOUR
T1 - Tension-free vaginal tape
T2 - Analysis of outcomes and complications in 404 stress incontinent women
AU - Meschia, M.
AU - Pifarotti, P.
AU - Bernasconi, F.
AU - Guercio, E.
AU - Maffiolini, M.
AU - Magatti, F.
AU - Spreafico, L.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - The aim of this prospective multicenter study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) for the surgical treatment of female stress incontinence. Four hundred and four women underwent the TVT procedure. Their mean age was 57 years (range 31-83). The median follow-up time was 21 months (range 12-35). The subjective and objective cure rates were 92% and 90%, respectively. Another 4% of the women were significantly improved by the procedure. Intra- and postoperative complications were few and included uneventful bladder perforations (6%), retropubic bleeding requiring surgery (0.5%), voiding difficulties (4%) in the postoperative course, and one obturator nerve injury. We conclude that the TVT procedure is associated with a high cure rate and a low morbidity.
AB - The aim of this prospective multicenter study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) for the surgical treatment of female stress incontinence. Four hundred and four women underwent the TVT procedure. Their mean age was 57 years (range 31-83). The median follow-up time was 21 months (range 12-35). The subjective and objective cure rates were 92% and 90%, respectively. Another 4% of the women were significantly improved by the procedure. Intra- and postoperative complications were few and included uneventful bladder perforations (6%), retropubic bleeding requiring surgery (0.5%), voiding difficulties (4%) in the postoperative course, and one obturator nerve injury. We conclude that the TVT procedure is associated with a high cure rate and a low morbidity.
KW - Genital prolapse
KW - Stress urinary incontinence
KW - TVT
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U2 - 10.1007/s001920170008
DO - 10.1007/s001920170008
M3 - Article
C2 - 11450976
AN - SCOPUS:0034959504
VL - 12
JO - International Urogynecology Journal and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
JF - International Urogynecology Journal and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
SN - 0937-3462
IS - SUPPL. 2
ER -