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ArticleAnnals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England2014

Patient reported outcome measures in male incontinence surgery.

M G B Tran, J Yip, K Uveili, S M Biers, N Thiruchelvam

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Article in Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  4. Telephone - delivered quality of life after 365 male stress urinary incontinence (SUI) operations.International braz j urol : official journal of the Brazilian Society of Urology
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M G B TranCambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
J Yip
K Uveili
S M Biers
N Thiruchelvam

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionPatient reported outcome measures (PROMs) were used to evaluate outcomes of the artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) and the AdVance™ (American Medical Systems, Minnetonka, MN, US) male sling system (AVMS) for the symptomatic management of male stress urinary incontinence.

methodsAll male patients with stress urinary incontinence referred to our specialist clinic over a two-year period completed the ICIQ-UI SF (International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire on Urinary Incontinence Short Form) and the ICIQ-MLUTS LF (International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire on Male Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Long Form) at consultation as well as at subsequent follow-up appointments. The Wilcoxon signed-rank test for non-parametric paired data was used for pre and postoperative comparisons. The chi-squared test was used for categorical variables.

resultsThirty-seven patients (forty surgical cases) completed a preoperative and at least one follow-up questionnaire. There was a statistically significant improvement in PROMs postoperatively, regardless of mode of surgery (p<0.01). Analysis of the ICIQ-MLUTS LF showed that patients with higher preoperative scores (>25) had greater improvement with an AUS than with the AVMS (p<0.01).

conclusionsThis prospective study shows that completion and collection of PROMs as part of routine clinical practice is achievable and useful in the assessment of male stress incontinence surgery. PROMs are important instruments to assess effectiveness of healthcare intervention and they are useful adjuncts in surgical studies.

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Patient Outcome AssessmentSuburethral SlingsUrinary Sphincter, ArtificialAgedChi-Square DistributionCohort StudiesFollow-Up StudiesHumansMalePatient SatisfactionPostoperative ComplicationsProspective StudiesQuality of LifeSelf ReportSeverity of Illness IndexStatistics, Nonparametric

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PMCPMC4473438

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