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Trial reportBMC urology2021

Two-year outcomes of surgeon-tailored trans obturator tape for female stress urinary incontinence: a randomized, comparative, trial with traditional trans obturator tape.

Salah E Shebl

Open access · goldAbstract readComparative StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in BMC urology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 author at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Salah E SheblUrology Department, Faculty of Medicine for Girls, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt. Salahshebl@yahoo.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2418-0803
Al-Azhar University · EG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPreviously, we presented the short-term outcomes of surgeon-tailored mesh in patients with SUI undergoing TOT. In this report, we aim to highlight the two-year outcomes of surgeon tailored mesh in terms of subjective and objective cure rates, as well as late complications.

methodsWe performed a randomized, open-label comparative trial that recruited women with SUI who were scheduled to undergo TOT. Eligible patients were randomly allocated in a 1:1 ratio to receive traditional TOT mesh or surgeon-tailored polyethylene mesh. All patients were followed up for two years.

resultsAt the end of the follow-up, there were 13 women in the traditional TOT mesh group and 14 patients in the surgeon-tailored polyethylene mesh group. Concerning the primary outcome of the present study, the cure rate was 100% in the surgeon-tailored polyethylene mesh (n = 14) and 92.9% in the traditional TOT mesh group (p = 0.39). One woman reported improved symptoms in the traditional TOT mesh group. There were no reported failures in both groups. Concerning safety, the incidence of de novo urgency was 0% in the surgeon-tailored polyethylene mesh group, compared to 7.1% in the traditional TOT mesh group (p = 0.34). None of the women in both groups reported mesh erosions, dyspareunia, or need for reoperation.

conclusionSurgeon-tailored mesh for patients undergoing TOT is a cost-effective technique, which has comparable long-term outcomes, in terms of cure rate and complications, to the traditional costly meshes. Larger multicentre studies should confirm our results.

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Suburethral SlingsSurgical MeshAdultCost-Benefit AnalysisEquipment DesignFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMiddle AgedPolyethyleneSurgeonsTreatment OutcomeUrinary Incontinence, StressUrologic Surgical ProceduresPolyethyleneLong-termStress urinary incontinenceTrans obturator tape

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