Complications of tension-free vaginal tape surgery: a multi-institutional review
| Autor: | Jacques Corcos, Marguerite Lemieux, Le Mai Tu, Jean-Louis Bourque, Lawrence I. Gilchrist, Jordan Steinberg, Robert Abouassaly, Carlos Marois |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Urology Urinary Incontinence Stress Urinary incontinence Polypropylenes Postoperative Complications medicine Humans Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures Aged Retrospective Studies Aged 80 and over business.industry Urinary retention Bladder Perforation Retrospective cohort study Clean Intermittent Catheterization Length of Stay Middle Aged Surgical Mesh Urinary Retention Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Surgical mesh Vagina Female medicine.symptom business Complication Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | BJU international. 94(1) |
| ISSN: | 1464-4096 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE To analyse the complications of tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) surgery, a minimally invasive alternative for treating patients with stress urinary incontinence (SUI), at six institutions, and to review the management of these complications and their effect on patient outcome. PATIENTS AND METHODS In all, 241 patients who had a TVT procedure by six urologists at six hospitals (two university and four community) were reviewed retrospectively by the same urologist. Complications during and after surgery, and their management, were analysed. RESULTS Complications during surgery included bladder perforation in 48 patients (5.8%) and blood loss > 500 mL in 16 (2.5%). Immediate complications after surgery were urinary retention (>24 h after) in 47 patients (19.7%), pelvic haematoma in four (1.9%) and suprapubic wound infection in one (0.4%). Of the 47 patients in retention, 32 were in retention for |
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