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ReviewCanadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada2017

Management of patients with stress urinary incontinence after failed midurethral sling.

Alex Kavanagh, May Sanaee, Kevin V Carlson, Gregory G Bailly

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Review in Canadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Trial
  2. 2024 Canadian Urological Association guideline: Female stress urinary incontinence.Canadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Alex KavanaghDepartment of Urologic Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Canada.
May SanaeeDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Canada.
Kevin V CarlsonSection of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB; Canada.
Gregory G BaillyDepartment of Urology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Surgical failure rates after midurethral sling (MUS) procedures are variable and range from approximately 8-57% at five years of followup. The disparity in long-term failure rates is explained by a lack of long-term followup and lack of a clear definition of what constitutes failure. A recent Cochrane review illustrates that no high-quality data exists to recommend or refute any of the different management strategies for recurrent or persistent stress urinary incontinence (SUI) after failed MUS surgery. Clinical evaluation requires a complete history, physical examination, and establishment of patient goals. Conservative treatment measures include pelvic floor physiotherapy, incontinence pessary dish, commercially available devices (Uresta

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PMID28616115
PMCPMC5461148

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