Trial reportInternational urogynecology journal and pelvic floor dysfunction2007
A randomised controlled trial comparing two autologous fascial sling techniques for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence in women: short, medium and long-term follow-up.
Trial report in International urogynecology journal and pelvic floor dysfunction, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 39 citations in OpenAlex.
- Autologous Slings in Female Stress Urinary Incontinence Treatment: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.International urogynecology journal · 2024Pooled it
- Traditional suburethral sling operations for urinary incontinence in women.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Traditional suburethral sling operations for urinary incontinence in women.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Patient Reported Outcomes and Complications of Stress Incontinence Surgery: Effect of Patient Characteristics.International urogynecology journal · 2026Article
- 2024 Canadian Urological Association guideline: Female stress urinary incontinence.Canadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada · 2024Article
- Autologous Fascial Slings for Stress Urinary Incontinence: a 17-year Follow-up of a Randomised Controlled Study.International urogynecology journal · 2024Article
- Modified autologous fascial sling technique ('sling on a string') for stress incontinence.International urogynecology journal · 2022Article
- Outcomes of autologous fascial slingplasty procedure for treating female urinary incontinence.International urogynecology journal and pelvic floor dysfunction · 2008Article
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7 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
This randomised control trial compares full-length autologous slings (Group A: 81 women) with a modified "sling-on-a-string" (Group B: 84 women) technique for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI). Primary outcomes are quality of life (QoL) scores; Group A/Group B. The IIQ-7 scores decrease from 1.91/1.85 at baseline to 0.65/0.72 at 12 months and 0.85/0.92 at +5 years. The UDI-6 scores decrease from 1.85/1.61 at baseline to 0.66/0.62 at 12 months and 1.22/1.08 at +5 years. The incidence of SUI is 13% at 3 months but averages 53% at +5 years. Both techniques offer similar improvements. The shorter sling is quicker, less painful and with less hospital readmissions. The 'sling-on-a-string' technique is as effective as the standard technique with better short-term sequelae. The incidence of SUI post-autologous slings rises over the long term.
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