ArticleInternational urogynecology journal2013
Long-term follow-up of the retropubic tension-free vaginal tape procedure.
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TVT Versus Bulkamid®-Injections in Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence - Patient Satisfaction and Complications of the Treatment
The FAST- Study: The Follow-up After Shorter Tapes Study Effectiveness and Safety of Shorter Trans-obturator Tapes: A Prospective Observational Study From the Norwegian Female Incontinence Registry
Who cites it
19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Mid-urethral sling operations for stress urinary incontinence in women.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Medium-term and long-term outcomes following placement of midurethral slings for stress urinary incontinence: a systematic review and metaanalysis.International urogynecology journal · 2015Pooled it
- Quality of life and sexual function after tension-free vaginal tape and polyacrylamide hydrogel injection for primary stress urinary incontinence: 3-year follow-up from a randomized clinical trial.International urogynecology journal · 2023Trial
- TVT versus laparoscopic mesh colposuspension: 5-year follow-up results of a randomized clinical trial.International urogynecology journal · 2015Trial
- Application of human breast acellular dermal matrix (hbADM) in sling surgery for female stress urinary incontinence: a phase 1 clinical trial.World journal of urology · 2025Article
- Comparison of midurethral tape with autologous rectus fascial sling surgery for stress urinary incontinence: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Current urology · 2025Article
- Effectiveness and Safety of Shorter Incontinence Slings.International urogynecology journal · 2025Article
- Long-Term Outcomes of the Altis® Single-Incision Sling: Up to 10 Years' Follow-up.International urogynecology journal · 2024Article
- A 10- to 20-year follow-up after tension-free vaginal tape for stress urinary incontinence.International urogynecology journal · 2023Article
- Long-term Safety of Synthetic Midurethral Sling Implantation for the Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence in Adult Women: A Systematic Review.European urology open science · 2023Review
- Retropubic slings are more efficient than transobturator at 10-year follow-up: a Swedish register-based study.International urogynecology journal · 2023Article
- Childbirth after mid-urethral sling surgery: effects on long-term success and complications.International urogynecology journal · 2020Article
- Assessment of the long-term outcome of TVT procedure for stress urinary incontinence in a female population: results at 17 years' follow-up.International urogynecology journal · 2019Article
- Long-term clinical outcomes with the retropubic tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) procedure compared to Burch colposuspension for correcting stress urinary incontinence (SUI).International urogynecology journal · 2017Article
- Safety considerations for synthetic sling surgery.Nature reviews. Urology · 2015Review
- Treatment status and risk factors for incidence and persistence of urinary incontinence in women.International urogynecology journal · 2014Article
- Nothing lasts forever? Long-term outcomes of stress urinary incontinence surgery.International urogynecology journal · 2013Article
- Novel endoscopic management of a late complication following TVT insertion for stress urinary incontinence.The American journal of case reports · 2013Article
- The practice of Burch Colposuspension versus Mid Urethral Slings for the treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence in developing country.Pakistan journal of medical sciencesArticle
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Abstract
introduction and hypothesisRetropubic tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) was introduced in 1996 as a new and innovative surgical approach in the treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI). In this study we evaluate the long-term objective and subjective outcomes in a non-selected patient population 10 years after the retropubic TVT procedure.
methodsAll women (603) operated on with retropubic TVT at four gynecological departments from September 1998 through December 2000 were identified, and those still alive (542) were invited to participate in this population-based prospective study. For subjective data a short-form urinary incontinence disease-specific questionnaire was used. For objective evaluation the women underwent a stress test. Data collected were merged with previously stored data in the Norwegian National Incontinence Registry Database.
resultsWe included 483 women; 327 attended a clinical follow-up consultation and 156 had a telephone interview. Median duration of follow-up was 129 months. Objective cure rate was 89.9 %, subjective cure rate was 76.1 %, and 82.6 % of the patients stated they were "very satisfied" with their surgery (treatment satisfaction rate). Only 2.3 % of the women had undergone repeat SUI surgery. Subjective voiding difficulties were reported by 22.8 %, the majority describing slow stream or intermittency. De novo urgency incontinence increased significantly from 4.1 % 6-12 months after surgery to 14.9 % at the 10-year follow-up.
conclusionsLong-term objective and subjective outcome after retropubic TVT is excellent with a low number of re-operations even in a non-selected cohort of patients.
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