Is the adjustable TVA mesh effective for the long-term treatment of female stress incontinence?

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• 关键词：Stress urinary incontinence ; Adjustable suburethral mesh ; Surgical complications ; Results
• 刊名：Actas Urológicas Españolas (English Edition)
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January-February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：41
• 期：1
• 页码：55-61
• 全文大小：561 K
• 卷排序：41

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To assess the long-term safety and efficacy of the adjustable TVA mesh in treating stress urinary incontinence.Material and methodsPseudoexperimental study, before and after, conducted in a university urology department.Eighty-two patients were invited to participate from January 2002 to March 2005. Thirty-two patients agreed to participate and were implanted an adjustable TVA mesh. The preoperative study included a medical history review, physical examination with full bladder, flowmetry, residue study, complete urodynamic study and the self-administered questionnaires I-QoL and ICIQ-SF.In the postoperative assessment, the PGI-I questionnaire was added, but a complete urodynamic study was not performed.ResultsTwenty-nine (90.6%) and 28 (87.5%) patients were continent in the stress test at 1 and 10 years, respectively. Twenty (62.5%) and 16 (50%) patients had no urine escape at 1 and 10 years, respectively. Twenty-eight (87.5%) and 25 (78%) patients were satisfied 1 and 10 years after the surgery, respectively. Twenty-eight (87.5%) and 21 (62.5%) patients had a good quality of life at 1 year and at 10 years, respectively. There were no significant complications at the end of the study period.ConclusionsTreatment of stress urinary incontinence with the TVA mesh presented a high degree of objective healing and satisfaction at 10 years, with no severe adverse effects. The study showed that satisfaction does not always mean total continence but rather it reflects the improvement of symptoms and consequent quality of life.