Laparoscopic colposuspension: a short term urodynamic follow-up and a three-year questionnaire-study
| Autor: | Thomas Bossmar, Jan Persson, Pål Wølner-Hanssen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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Stress incontinence
medicine.medical_specialty medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Obstetrics and Gynecology Urinary incontinence General Medicine University hospital medicine.disease Surgery Urethra medicine.anatomical_structure medicine medicine.symptom Laparoscopy Laparoscopic colposuspension Adverse effect business Questionnaire study |
| Zdroj: | Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 79:414-420 |
| ISSN: | 0001-6349 |
| Popis: | Background. The purpose of the study was to evaluate outcome, urodynamic correlates and adverse effects of laparoscopic colposuspension using polytetrafluoroethylene sutures. Methods. Eighty-five consecutive women with primary stress urinary incontinence at one university hospital were included in this prospective non-controlled study. During videolaparoscopic surgery, two polytetrafluoroethylene sutures were placed on each side of the urethra and fixed to the Cooper ligaments. Pre- and postoperative clinical and urodynamic evaluations, including pad-test, were performed. A mailed questionnaire was used to evaluate cure-rate and complication-rate three years after surgery. Results. At follow-up examination, we considered 62 of 76 women (82%) as being cured, ten (13%) improved, and four (5%) as being failures. The questionnaires were returned by 80 women; 41 (51%) considering themselves as cured and 31 (39%) improved, and eight women (10%) as unimproved or minimally improved. Clinical outcome was not assoc... |
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