Trial reportInternational urogynecology journal2012
Twelve months effect on voiding function of retropubic compared with outside-in and inside-out transobturator midurethral slings.
Trial report in International urogynecology journal, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.
- Surgical Treatment for Stress Urinary Incontinence in Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia · 2018Pooled it
- Mid-urethral sling operations for stress urinary incontinence in women.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Incontinence-specific quality of life measures used in trials of sling procedures for female stress urinary incontinence: a meta-analysis.International urology and nephrology · 2015Pooled it
- Comparison between the retropubic and transobturator approaches in the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence: a systematic review and meta-analysis of effectiveness and complications.International braz j urol : official journal of the Brazilian Society of UrologyPooled it
- Long-term results of two different trans-obturator techniques for surgical treatment of women with stress and mixed urinary incontinence: a 10-year randomised controlled study follow-up.International urogynecology journal · 2019Trial
- Instruments Used for the Assessment of SUI Severity in Urogynecologic Surgical Trials: A Scoping Review.International urogynecology journal · 2024Article
- The True Impact of Voiding Dysfunctions after Transobturator Sub-Urethral Tape Procedures: A Systematic Review of Literature.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Polypropylene Pelvic Mesh: What Went Wrong and What Will Be of the Future?Biomedicines · 2023Review
- Adjustable transobturator sling for the treatment of primary stress urinary incontinence.International urogynecology journal · 2018Article
- Female sexual function following mid-urethral slings for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence.International journal of impotence research · 2016Review
- Thigh abscess and necrotizing fasciitis following an inside-out transobturator tape intervention: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2016Article
- Safety considerations for synthetic sling surgery.Nature reviews. Urology · 2015Review
- A novel radiographic technique to asses grafts in the female -pelvis: a comparison of the Inside-Out and the Outside-In trans-obturator mid urethral sling positioning.Facts, views & vision in ObGyn · 2013Article
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
introduction and hypothesisThe purpose of this study is to compare retropubic tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) with transobturator out-in TOT and in-out TVT-O for female stress urinary incontinence. Uroflow rate was primary; continence rates, quality of life (QoL) and complication pattern were secondary endpoints.
methodsA prospective randomised trial with 2:1:1 randomisation at two Swiss teaching hospitals. Patients were followed up at 12 months.
resultsEighty TVT, 40 transobturator tape (TOT) and 40 TVT-O were randomised. At 12 months, there was no difference in Qmax among the groups. Continence was comparable (≥ 89%). QoL was improved significantly in all groups (P < 0.05). Five vaginal tape exposures occurred (one TVT, four TOT, zero TVT-O; P = 0.028). Two percent (1/52) of sexually active patients after TVT, 17% (5/29) after TOT, but 0% (0/25) after TVT-O reported de novo female sexual dysfunction (P = 0.011). We considered this clinically important enough to stop enrolment.
conclusionsThere was no difference for Qmax at 12 months between TVT, TOT and TVT-O. Female sexual dysfunction and tape exposure may be higher with a transobturator tape.
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