Trial reportInternational urogynecology journal2014
Retropubic vs. transobturator tension-free vaginal tape for female stress urinary incontinence: 3-month results of a randomized controlled trial.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.
- Does Pre-Operative Grade of Stress Urinary Incontinence Severity Affect the Post-Operative Outcome? A Systematic Review.International urogynecology journal · 2025Pooled 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
- Three- and twelve-month follow-up outcomes of TVT-EXACT and TVT-ABBREVO for treatment of female stress urinary incontinence: a randomized clinical trial.World journal of urology · 2018Trial
- Influence of age, BMI and parity on the success rate of midurethral slings for stress urinary incontinence.PloS one · 2018Trial
- Instruments Used for the Assessment of SUI Severity in Urogynecologic Surgical Trials: A Scoping Review.International urogynecology journal · 2024Article
- Complications and re-operations after tension-free vaginal tape operation in women with stress urinary incontinence.International urogynecology journal · 2021Article
- Intraoperative and early postoperative complications in women with stress urinary incontinence treated with suburethral slings: a randomised trial.Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques · 2020Article
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- Heterogeneity in post-intervention prolapse and urinary outcome reporting: a one-year review of the International Urogynecology Journal.International urogynecology journal · 2015Review
- Long-term outcome of transobturator tape (TOT) for treatment of stress urinary incontinence in females with neuropathic bladders.Spinal cord · 2015Article
- Experience in application of modified sling in treatment of Moderate Stress Urinary Incontinence.Pakistan journal of medical sciencesArticle
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18 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundWe conducted a prospective randomized controlled noninferiority trial to compare objective and subjective outcomes of retropubic tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) with those of transobturator tape (TVT-O) as primary treatment for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in women. STUDY
designThe study was conducted at 25 gynecology units in Austria and Germany; regional and academic hospitals participated. A total of 569 patients were randomly assigned to undergo TVT or TVT-O.
resultsA total of 480 patients (85%) were examined at 3 months. A negative cough stress test with stable cystometry to 300 ml was seen in 87% of patients after TVT and in 84% after TVT-O; 64% and 59% of patients, respectively, reported no pad use, and 88% of patients in both groups considered themselves much or very much better on the Patient Global Impression of Improvement (PGI-I) scale. Quality of life (QoL) as assessed with the SF-12 Health Survey, Kings' Health Questionnaire, (KHQ), and EuroQol-5D (EQ-5D) was significantly improved in both arms, with no differences between arms. There were no significant differences in postoperative pain or complications.
conclusionsResults of this trial demonstrate noninferiority between TVT and TVT-O with regard to postoperative continence and QoL and suggest little difference in perioperative problems (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT 00441454).
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