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ReviewInternational urogynecology journal2012

The role of anti-incontinence surgery in management of occult urinary stress incontinence.

Mark Malak

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In one paragraph

Review in International urogynecology journal, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02578056 (Advanced Genital Prolapse Surgery With and Without Mid Urethral Sling to Prevent Stress Urinary Incontinence. A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Controlled Study), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT02578056 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2014, after this paper: background citation

Advanced Genital Prolapse Surgery With and Without Mid Urethral Sling to Prevent Stress Urinary Incontinence. A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Controlled Study

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of Sao Paulo General HospitalRan2014 to 2024Enrolled374ConditionsPelvic Organ Prolapse, Urinary Stress IncontinenceArmsMidurethral sling, Genital prolapse surgery
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Is occult stress urinary incontinence truly "occult"?Gynecology and pelvic medicine · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mark MalakEast Sussex NHS Healthcare Trust, England, UK. mark.malak@esht.nhs.uk
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Combining anti-incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse surgery for patients with occult urinary stress incontinence is controversial. The concern is that some of these patients may remain continent after vaginal prolapse repair making the addition of anti-incontinence surgery unnecessary. However, this can be explained by the fact that the anterior vaginal repair has a curative effect on stress incontinence. Therefore, these patients are denied the more successful anti-incontinence surgery by treating their incontinence with vaginal repair. Once we are able to detect the true cases of occult urinary stress incontinence, all patients should be offered anti-incontinence surgery in combination of vaginal prolapse surgery.

Indexed as

Urologic Surgical ProceduresFemaleHumansUrinary Incontinence, StressUterine Prolapse

Identifiers

PMID21927940
OpenAlexW1991818134

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